
About Opus13
First Prize winners at the 2025 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, Opus13 is rapidly emerging as a leading voice on the international chamber music scene. Named after Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13 — the first work they performed together — the ensemble opens their programme with this youthful and passionate masterpiece.
Advocates of Nordic and Slavic repertoire, they bring a work by Kryštof Mařatka which deftly bridges past and present through inventive textures and expressive exploration. The programme concludes with Janáček’s powerful “manifesto on love,” a work bursting with theatricality, colour and emotional intensity.
Opus13 string quartet
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Felix Mendelssohn QuartetNo. 2, Op. 13
Kryštof Mařatka AMEDEA visage de jeune fille
INTERVAL
Leoš Janáček Quartet No. 2 (Intimate Letters)
In memory of
- Lady June Marychurch
Getting Here
Parking
There is a pay and display car park at the venue – this car park is very popular so please allow plenty of time.
Other car parks can be located a 10–15-minute walk away at the North Place car park (GL50 4DW), NCP Car Park The Brewery (GL50 4EJ), and further into the town centre. Parking can also be found at Cheltenham Racecourse, which is a 10–15-minute walk from the Pump Room.
Rail & Bus
The Pump Room is a 30 - 40 minute walk from Cheltenham town centre and Stagecoach bus services stop nearby on the Promenade in the centre. Local bus services also operate in and around the town, with Stagecoach’s routes 99 and D passing Pittville Park. For further information on Cheltenham bus services, please visit stagecoach.com
Cheltenham Spa Railway station is a 35-40 minute walk away from Pittville Pump Room. There is a regular D bus service which stops in the centre of Cheltenham as well as a taxi rank directly outside the main entrance to the station.
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Pittville Pump Room has a step free entrance. Due to the historic nature of the building, there is no lift to the upstairs areas of the venue and so accessible bookings should be made in stalls seating on the ground floor. If uncertain about your booking, we advise contacting our box office via email ([email protected]), by phoning us on 01242 850 270, or using our Access Booking Form so that we can ensure you seating is suitable for the event you wish to attend.
Guide dogs are welcome in this venue. This venue does not have a hearing loop.
There are accessible toilets located on the ground floor and the Pump Room car park has six accessible parking bays, with three hours of free parking for blue badge holders.
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