The Solem Quartet loves to take the string quartet genre to unexpected places, including collaborations with Ayanna Witter-Johnson at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, playing Beethoven and Britten at Picturehouse Cinemas to bring Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster to life, and performing a lecture-recital of Steve Reich’s Different Trains with broadcaster Tom Service.

They work closely with leading composers including Thomas Adès, Edmund Finnis, and Bushra El-Turk. World premieres include Ryan Latimer, Errollyn Wallen, and Laurence Osborn at venues including Wigmore Hall.

Their cross-genre work includes projects with vocalist/composer Alice Zawadzki, filmmaker Jessie Rodger, and clarinettist/composer Mark Simpson at Aldeburgh Festival. In 2024 the Quartet appeared at the Southbank Centre with cellist/composer Philip Sheppard as part of Sleeping at Last’s UK debut and were featured artists on the BAFTA-nominated Blue Jean (2022) performing a score by composer Chris Roe.

The Solem Quartet are frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and elsewhere and have released two albums to critical acclaim – The Four Quarters (Orchid Classics, 2021) and Painted Light (Delphian Records, 2023).