Adler Quartet

Abigaél Králik (violin)
The only musician listed in the 2020 Forbes Hungary “30 under 30” list, Abigél Králik is quickly gaining attention as “a shooting star in the truest sense of the word” (MRK). Her musical journey took her from Dublin to Budapest, eventually to Juilliard to study with Itzhak Perlman where She was awarded the Kovner Fellowship for all six years.
Abigél frequently performs with orchestras as a soloist, most recently with the Mexico City Philharmonic and Warsaw Philharmonic. Additionally, Abigél is a passionate chamber musician, having founded a chamber music festival in Belgium called TARA Concerts, of which she is co. Artistic Director. 2024-25 will be an exciting season. Abigél will release a recordings featuring Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 2, Couson’s Yiddish Concerto, Arthur Benjamin’s Romantic Fantasy, and a series of works by Saint-Saens for violin and Orchestra with ORF Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien. She will perform all around the world, with orchestras such as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, ORF Radio Symphony and Timisoara Philharmonic

Katherine Yoon (violin)
Katherine Yoon, violin (Ilsan, South Korea) has performed in concert venues including Musikverein Vienna, Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Victoria Hall Singapore, Berlin Philharmonie, and Wigmore Hall. She has made festival appearances at the Heidelberger Frühling, Yellow Barn, Mendelssohn on Mull, and Gstaad Menuhin festivals. As a concertmaster, she has worked with Vasily Petrenko, Sakari Oramo, and John Wilson. She is a member of the Kleio Quartet, which formed at the Seiji Ozawa Academy in 2019. The quartet was awarded the First Prize and the Commission Prize at the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition 2023. Katherine’s chamber music mentors include John Myerscough and Eckhart Runge. She has recorded at the Abbey Road Studios and at Teldex Berlin for Naxos Records with the LGT Young Soloists. She studied with Akiko Ono at the Yehudi Menuhin School, then went on to study at the Royal College of Music in London under the tutelage of Itzhak Rashkovsky as an ABRSM Scholar. Katherine pursued her Artist Diploma degree with Gaby Lester. Throughout her studies, she was supported by the Anne and Brian Wadsworth Scholarship, the Drake Calleja Trust, and the Dolly Knowles Trust

Natalie Loughran (viola)
Twenty-six year old American violist Natalie Loughran is quickly establishing herself as one of the most versatile young artists of our time. Natalie was awarded First Prize at the 2021 Primrose International Viola Competition, along with the Audience Award, as well as the BIPOC Composer Prize for her arrangement and performance of William Grant Still’s ‘Mother and Child’. She has also appeared as a finalist for the 2020 Young Concert Artist Auditions, and was awarded a special prize for her performance of the Bowen Viola Sonata in C Minor at the Tertis International Viola Competition. Natalie has also been awarded with the William Schuman prize for her outstanding leadership and achievement in music, from the Juilliard School.

Natalie has appeared in many internationally renowned chamber music series, including The Heidelberg Frühling Musikfestival, 92NY, San Francisco Performances, and Dallas Chamber Music Society. Additionally, she has performed extensively at Marlboro, Yellow Barn, The Perlman Music Program Chamber Workshop, and Kronberg’s Chamber Music Connects the World. Natalie has collaborated with renowned chamber musicians such as Mitsuko Uchida, Stephen Hough, Itzhak Perlman, Dénes Várjon, Gidon Kremer, Christian Tetzlaff, Tabea Zimmermann, and Nobuko Imai.

Natalie studied viola at The Juilliard School, under the tutelage of Roger Tapping and Misha Amory, where she was a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. Natalie is continuing her professional studies at the Kronberg Academy with Tabea Zimmermann.

Natalie plays on a 1976 viola by Sergio Peresson.

Steffan Morris (cello)
Welsh cellist Steffan Morris enjoys a richly varied career as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. He studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Thomas Carroll and then with Heinrich Schiff at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Steffan was principal cello with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and has been a guest principal with orchestras such as the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. Much in demand as a chamber musician, he has performed internationally alongside musicians like Alasdair Beatson, Alexander Lonquich, Timothy Ridout, Maria Wloszczowka, John Meyerscough and Antje Weithaas. Prizes include first prize at the Banff and Bordeaux string quartet competitions. He has played as a soloist with orchestras such as the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sinfonia Cymru and Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra. He has taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music.

Steffan plays on a cello made by Hieronymus Amati II made in 1695 generously on loan from private sponsors.