Romano Crivici
Australian musician
Romano Crivici (1953) is an Australian violinist, pianist and composer.
Crivici, a former member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the New England String Quartet, has also worked as a repetiteur and conductor. However it has been his work as composer, director and violinist with his group Elektra String Quartet and Elektra Collektiv, that has made a unique contribution.
The Elektra String Quartet is best known for performing works by Crivici himself, as well as other Australian composers such as Nigel Westlake, Robert Davidson, Roger Dean, Mathew Hindson, Paul Stanhope, Martin Armiger, Ross Edwards and other contemporary works.
Elektra String Quartet
Romano Crivici formed the Elektra String Quartet in 1990. It came to be considered one of Australia's most innovative and prolific ensembles in the contemporary music scene.
Performing both nationally and internationally with tours of South America and Europe, it presented a range of music with particular focus on Australian composers, and the compositions of its director and founder, Romano Crivici.
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