Modulus Quartet specialises in performing original string quartet repertoire written in close collaboration with a number of international composers. Drawing on its collective experience, the quartet seeks out music of an individual style, developing creative relationships with composers and artists. The quartet explores new ways of presenting music, performing in unusual venues and incorporating visual arts and multi-media technology.

 

Past projects include their 2017 debut album 12 Seconds of Light performed on tour in UK and Romania; premiering new scores, by Terry Davies, for three 1920s silent Surrealist films at the Crucible Theatre for the 2019 Sheffield DocFest; and several recording projects including Richard Norris’s Sensoria; Veera Lummi’s Tide Within for the film short Burning Gold directed by Matt McDermott; and Veera Lummi’s solo vocal album Liminal. 

 

Modulus have recently started a new series of concerts, Modulations, at the Theatreship in Canary Wharf, London, showcasing new string quartet writing. They will be continuing this series during 2026 – their 10th anniversary year. They will be releasing an EP – Evolutional – featuring works by Malcolm Lindsay and Eliot Lloyd Short in Feb 2026.

 

Since 2023, they have been working closely with composer Nicholas de Carlo developing Gagarin Quartets – a work charting the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin in 1961. They premiered this at Ramsgate Festival of Sound 2023. The music was used as inspiration for a large-scale creative composition project with Newham Music in 2024. The most recent performance of the work was at London’s Stone Nest in Sep 2025. The quartet will be recording a full length album of the piece in Dec 2025 for release in April 2026. Gagarin Quartets will be performed on tour in 2026.