The Belcea Quartet is rapidly gaining an enviable reputation as one of the leading quartets of the younger generation. Made up of Corina Belcea (violin), Laura Samuel (violin), Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola) and Alasdair Tait (cello), it continues to take the British and international chamber music circuit by storm, consistently receiving impressive critical acclaim for its performances.

The Quartet was established at the Royal College of Music, where its members were coached by the Chilingirian Quartet, Simon Rowland-Jones, and the Amadeus Quartet. From 1997-2000 the Quartet was represented by the Young Concert Artists Trust in London, during which time they were coached by the Alban Berg Quartet, won the first prizes at both the Osaka and Bordeaux International String Quartet Competitions in 1999, and represented Great Britain in the European Concert Halls Organisation Rising Stars series for the 1999/2000 season. The Quartet was one of the selected artists for the BBC Radio 3 New Generations scheme from 1999-2001. The Belcea Quartet is supported by the Royal College of Music's New Generation Scheme, the Zurich Financial Services Ltd. and Rosalind and Brian Gilmore. In 2001, the Belcea Quartet received the Chamber Music Award of the Royal Philharmonic Society and since the autumn of 2001, it has been the Resident-Quartet of Wigmore Hall.