Skylark Quartet

Skylark Quartet officially came to life in 2021. Initially known as the Samuele Sorana Quartet—after the guitarist and composer who first had the idea to bring four musicians together to perform and develop his own compositions—the group took a new direction when double bassist and composer Tobias Melcher decided to use the same lineup to present his works as well. This led to the birth of a collective project under the name Skylark Quartet, featuring Samuele Sorana (guitar), Tobias Melcher (double bass), Patrick Joray (saxophone), and Marton Juhasz (drums).

With a repertoire already rich—thanks to the compositions of Sorana and Melcher—the band wasted no time in recording their debut album in December 2022 at the Jazz Campus studio in Basel, the city where the musicians first met and where most of them still reside. The album, titled Risveglio (translated into English as Awakening), marked the beginning of a swift rise, leading the quartet to perform successfully across several European countries: Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Belgium, and soon Hungary.

In 2024, driven by their ongoing musical growth and the ever-increasing quality of their work, the Skylark Quartet recorded a new album with a very special guest: internationally renowned flugelhorn player Matthieu Michel. Recorded in December 2024, the album will be released in July 2025 under the title Luna Rossa al Belvedere.

From the very beginning, the group’s mission has been to create original, tasteful music—refined yet accessible to any audience—while emphasizing melody, form, and improvisation as the main sources of artistic expression. The quartet plays with the intention of conveying heartfelt emotions and engaging every listener, leaving no one out. Their musical influences are diverse, but Mediterranean and rock elements are especially prominent in their sound.

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