Petit Four String Quartet

Miriam (lead violinist) won the United Kingdom’s Jewish Performer of the Year . She gave her debut recital at the Alice Tully Hall in New York’s Lincoln Center with a rapturous review from THE NEW YORK TIMES, who said that Miriam was, “a gifted young violinist who proved a soulful performer showing flair and temperament, fine sensitivity and warmth.” She has performed in the Theatre Champs Elysees with Phillipe Herreweghe, Barbican Hall with Adrian Leaper, Queen Elizabeth Hall with David Josefowitz and Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center with Alexander Schneider. Her many recitals have taken her to Cardiff’s St David’s Hall, the London Palladium, the Purcell Room, the Swaledale and Ryedale Festivals, and the Dartington Festival where, in addition to master classes and solo recitals, she performed as soloist with the Dartington Festival Orchestra under the baton of Diego Masson. Miriam’s debut recital at London’s prestigious Wigmore Hall drew further praise from the critics. STRAD magazine stated, “the intensity and rich allure of Kramer’s performance was nothing short of spellbinding.” A re-engagement with great success followed. Miriam has broadcasted with the BBC Concert Orchestra as soloist in the Beethoven Triple Concerto, on Classic FM, Radio 3, Radio Prague, Paris Radio Classique, and on BBC-TV to name a few…

Katie (violinist) studied the violin at the Royal College of Music in London. Since graduating in 2002, she has enjoyed a varied career, performing with some of the UK’s leading orchestras and travelling worldwide as a chamber artist. Katie has toured the UK with West End shows including Chicago and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. She has toured the UK arenas with Jeff Wayne and his musical production of The War of the Worlds, and as a commercial musician, Katie has performed with Teatro, Hayley Westenra, All Angels and has toured the UK with Britain’s Got Talent winner, Paul Potts and Natasha Marsh.

Susan (cellist) is an honours music graduate of York University, and her post graduate studies were at the National Centre of Orchestral Studies. Susan played with a number of orchestras including the New Mozart Orchestra, BBC Radio Orchestra, English Philharmonic Orchestra, Aurelian Chamber and Symphony Orchestras and the Orchestra Kameralna of London. She worked as both principal and rank and file cellist under Clive Fairbairn, Adrian Leaper, George Hurst, Sir Simon Rattle, and Kurt Mazur. Susan was a member of the virtuoso Brittania Orchestra in its definitive and highly acclaimed EMI recording of English string music.

Helen (violist) began learning the violin at the age of 9. She took up the viola aged 14. She was awarded the Fishmongers Beckwith Scholarship and a John Lewis Award to study at the Royal College of Music, where she studied with Roger Best, Ivo-Jan Van der Werff and Andriy Viytoviych. Whilst a student she won the coveted Kathleen Long Chamber Music Prize. Since graduating, Helen has worked with some of the country’s leading orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. She is also constantly in demand as a soloist and chamber musician.

The quartet plays in prestigious venues such as the Royal residence, Lancaster House, the Israeli Embassy, the Tate Gallery, the Royal Society of Medicine, the Dover Street Arts Club, the Polish Embassy, the Silverstone Race Track and the Royal Opera House, and in some of the finest hotels in the UK and abroad such as the Savoy, Claridges, the Landmark, the Langham Hilton, the Dorchester, the Berkley, and the Park Lane.

They have also played for major international charities such as Amnesty International, Hospice UK, CRISIS, MIND, B’Nai Brith, JAMI, JNF and Hadassah, and for countless corporate events running the gamut from Lexus Sports Car Launch to the memorial service for Estee Lauder.

Petit Four has played in the presence of such celebrities as Lord and Lady Winston, the Earl and Countess of Wesses, King Constantine of Greece, the British Ambassadors to Luxembourg and Australia, the Ambassador from Israel, the Polish Ambassador, STING, Salman Rushdie and his Royal Highness, Prince Charles.

Pop & Rock
Elton John
STING
Van Morris
Led Zeppelin
Coldplay
Deep Purple
Nirvana
Guns N Roses
Harem
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Radiohead
Adele

Show Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber
My Fair Lady
Sound Of Music

Cole Porter
George Gershwin
Hoagy Carmichael
Jerome Kern

Hits of
Andrea Bocelli
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra

Jazz standards
Autumn Leaves
Cant Help Lovin’ That Man
Fly Me to the Moon
How Deep Is Your Love
It Had to be You
Lullabye of Birdland
Makin’ Whoopee
Misty
Smoke Gets In You Eyes
Someone to Watch Over Me
Stars Fell on Alabama
Take Five
When I Fall in Love

Wedding Favorites
Bach Air
Besame
Come Back to Sorrento
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Greensleeves
Handel Largo
Handel Watermusic
Irish and Celtic
Klezmer Spanish and Italian
Mucho
Pachelbel Canon
Purcell Trumpet Voluntary
Russian & Gypsy Folk Songs
Tangos
Vivaldi Four Seasons

Popular operatic arias
O Mio Babbino Caro
O Sole Mio

… also Special Requests and many others