Doré Quartet - The Quartet

“Doré Quartet is an Italian musical gem — a winning combination of beautiful sound, musicality, talent and a clear and profound vision of the repertoire. A truly unmissable ensemble.”

Simone Gramaglia - Quartetto di Cremona

Named after the French artist Gustave Doré, Doré Quartet is an Italian string quartet founded at the Conservatorium Maastricht in 2021 by four young musicians.

It quickly gained international recognition, performing at major festivals and institutions across Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, including Società del Quartetto di Milano, Società Filarmonica di Trento, Bologna Festival, Società del Quartetto di Vicenza, Sagra Musicale Malatestiana, Trame Sonore, MantovaMusica, Orlando Festival, Kunstenfestival Musica Sacra and the Muziekgebouw in Eindhoven.

The quartet has achieved success in competitions such as the 3rd Swiss International Music Competition, the 14th Concorso Internazionale Musicale "Luigi Cerritelli", the Virtuoso & Belcanto Chamber Music Competition 2024 and the La Follia Nuova International Chamber Music Competition 2026. It has also been granted a scholarship from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Doré Quartet regularly takes part in advanced courses and masterclasses, including the Accademia Chigiana in Siena (Italy), the Zeister Muziekdagen and the Orlando European Summer Course for Chamber Music (Netherlands), the 70th Jeunesses Musicales International Chamber Music Campus in Weikersheim (Germany), a Musethica/ECMA session in Grafenegg (Austria) as well as a Musethica session in Kinzigtal (Germany) and the Virtuoso & Belcanto Festival in Lucca (Italy).

The quartet has collaborated with musicians such as Eckart Runge, cellist of the Artemis Quartet, and soloists Anna Agafia Egholm, Anthony Ratinov and Luigi Carroccia.

Doré Quartet is attending the “Ébène Quartet Academy” with Quatuor Ébène at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, the Stauffer Performance Diploma at the Accademia Stauffer in Cremona with Quartetto di Cremona, as well as the Nederlandse StrijkKwartet Academie in Utrecht with artistic director Marc Danel (Quatuor Danel).

In 2025 and 2026 they attended the Chamber Music course at the Accademia Perosi in Biella with Oliver Wille (Kuss Quartet).

The quartet has attended masterclasses with some of the world’s most renowned chamber music teachers, including Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartett) through a collaboration with Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, Heime Müller (Artemis Quartett), Philip Setzer and David Finckel (Emerson String Quartet), Luc-Marie Aguera and Miguel Da Silva (Ysaÿe Quartet) and all members of the Jerusalem Quartet.

Since 2022, the quartet has been part of “Le Dimore del Quartetto”, with which it has frequently collaborated. In 2026, Doré Quartet was selected for MERITAcubed, a cultural project connecting emerging ensembles, cultural heritage sites and music professionals across Europe.

In 2026 they were selected by the Fondazione Accademia Musicale Chigiana di Siena to be part in the Giovani Talenti Musicali Italiani nel Mondo project, an initiative established in collaboration with Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale and CIDIM - Comitato Nazionale Italiano Musica.

Doré Quartet performs on four historical instruments provided by Fondazione Pro Canale.

ILARIA TAIOLI plays a Carlo Giuseppe Testore violin (Milan, ca. 1740).

SAMUELE DI GIOIA plays a Gaetano Antoniazzi violin (Cremona, 1885).

SALVATORE EMANUEL BORRELLI plays a Giovanni Pistucci viola (Naples, circa 1910).

CATERINA VANNONI plays a Celeste Farotti cello (Milan, 1906).