
The Saphir Quartet consists of Amanda Noor Vatn, Philippe Jayer, Torje Råbu and Iris Kalliovirta, all born in 2006. They started playing together in 2018, while in the same class at school, and studying at Barratt-Due institute of music in Oslo.
In 2019, Saphir appeared on Norway’s Got Talent, where they got the golden buzzer, resulting in worldwide attention and praise from the renowned YouTubers TwoSet Violin.