Colin Currie Quartet

The Colin Currie Quartet is a bold and virtuosic percussion quartet, brought together by Colin Currie to perform works by Steve Reich alongside composers such as Julia Wolfe, Kevin Volans and Andy Akiho. They have made a name for their exciting performances of contemporary percussion works and for commissioning new music by the next generation of composers. Notable world premieres performed by the Quartet include works by Anna Meredith, Freya Waley-Cohen, Ben Nobuto, Joe Duddell and Aileen Sweeney.

The Colin Currie Quartet have appeared at festivals and venues including the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, Paris Présences Festival, Stoller Hall, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Dublin Chamber Music Festival, Two Moors Festival, ConcertLab Utrecht, Barber Institute, West Road Cambridge, Concentus Moraviae, NCPA Beijing, and Nagakute Cultural Center.

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In the 2026/27 season, the Quartet will give the world premiere of a new work by Robert Honstein at Milton Court London, and also performs across the UK including at The Glasshouse, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and in Manchester.

The Quartet

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Colin Currie

Percussion

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Owen Gunnell

Percussion

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Adrian Spillett

Percussion

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Sam Walton

Percussion

Press

Press Quotes
Arts Desk

"A scintillating display of virtuosity from the world-leading percussion quartet." 

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Financial Times

“The Colin Currie Quartet made Kings Place resound with radical rhythms and technical precision… This was rhythm as pure excitement, and it concluded a concert that richly explored the nature of music and rhythm.”

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Observer

“A sonic display of startling magnificence.”

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Bachtrack

"I have described Currie and his friends as daredevils and super-heroes, for their bravura performances of Xenakis."

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VoxCarnyx

"The sight of these four black-shirted virtuosi was powerfully visceral, given the physicality involved and the heated communication between them... the performance was scintillating for its dextrous precision and intoxicating interaction... the Reich-like adrenalin rush of Julia Wolfe’s Dark Full Ride had a sense of artful exhilaration as this dazzling floor show powered towards its final thump."

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