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Piotr Anderszewski
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Nicolas Namoradze
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Alexander Melnikov
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Anja Bihlmaier
Daniel Cohen
Johannes Debus
Ariane Matiakh
Bejun Mehta
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Günther Groissböck
Bejun Mehta
Mandolin
Avi Avital
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Sharon Kam
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Martina Gedeck
The young Impresariat
ARD-Competition Award-Winning Quartet 2022
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String Quartet
Arditti Quartet
Belcea Quartet
Brooklyn Rider
Cuarteto Casals
Jerusalem Quartet
Leonkoro Quartett
Novus String Quartet
Quatuor Ébène
Quatuor Modigliani
Quatuor Van Kuijk
Schumann Quartet
Simply Quartet
Ensemble
Sitkovetsky Trio
Violin
Isabelle Faust
Vadim Gluzman
Gidon Kremer
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Cello
Miklós Perényi
Jean-Guihen Queyras
Alisa Weilerstein
Piano
Piotr Anderszewski
Saleem Ashkar
Elena Bashkirova
Roman Borisov
Alexander Melnikov
Nicolas Namoradze
Fortepiano
Alexander Melnikov
Conductors
Anja Bihlmaier
Daniel Cohen
Johannes Debus
Ariane Matiakh
Bejun Mehta
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Singers
Günther Groissböck
Bejun Mehta
Mandolin
Avi Avital
Clarinet
Sharon Kam
Recitation
Martina Gedeck
The young Impresariat
ARD-Competition Award-Winning Quartet 2022
Musethica
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"Having come from the Soviet Union, if you knew the number of pianos I had to try – nothing scares me if something goes wrong […] Most of the venues I’m playing at I know the pianos. Some are nice, others I must struggle with. But if there’s a problem, I can fix it myself."
Alexander Melnikov, The Daily Gazette, January 2017
"If you know one room in an apartment, but not that the apartment has seven other rooms, you won’t even understand the room you’re in."
Julian Steckel
"The desire to be loved can become a real enemy. It can very much stand in our way when it comes to reaching a truly free interpretation, where you say, 'Bach is like this for me. I love you guys, but I will not compromise, because something more important is at stake.'"
Jean-Guihen Queyras, VAN, December 2017
"You need to implement immediately the ideas you have inside. Don't think about how to place your fingers, then it won't work. It has to come automatically, so to speak. You have to watch what I'm doing, but you can't stop."
Miklós Perényi, Fono Forum, January 2018
"Mine is not necessarily an instrumental way of thinking. It's not about which note sounds bad and how do you make it better. It's always about the phrase. How does a phrase have to be? And then you make it technically possible to get the phrase the way you want it to be."
Sharon Kam, The Irish Times, April 2005
"Performing complete cycles of all Beethoven sonatas has changed my life. One starts to look for connections; one needs two years to get close to the musical language. I've found connections encompassing all sonatas. Pablo Picasso expressed it well: I do not search – I find."
Saleem Ashkar, Osnabrücker Zeitung, August 2016
"When playing in a quartet, one of the most important things is to respect all the individual personalities of each member; they are part of the identity of the group."
Loïc Rio / Quatuor Modigliani, Februar 2019
"The thing that attracts me to conducting is that we get the chance to paint with an enormous brush. I play the violin as well, that is a much smaller paint brush. It’s still music, it’s still me, but the kind of colors that you can paint with an orchestra is incredible."
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, London Symphony Orchestra Blog, December 2014
"For me the String Quartet is the only ensemble in which sometimes you are right at the front of the texture and in the next bar you have to disappear completely. "
Axel Schacher / Belcea Quartet, The Strad, September 2019
"The hardest part is the travelling and being far away from the ones you love (children, husband, parents, friends). The best part is being able to touch people with my music and seeing their happy faces after a wonderful concert. I really still believe that music makes people better!"
Sharon Kam, tokafi, March 2008
String Quartet
Arditti Quartet
Belcea Quartet
Brooklyn Rider
Cuarteto Casals
Jerusalem Quartet
Leonkoro Quartett
Novus String Quartet
Quatuor Ébène
Quatuor Modigliani
Quatuor Van Kuijk
Schumann Quartet
Simply Quartet
Ensemble
Sitkovetsky Trio
Violin
Isabelle Faust
Vadim Gluzman
Gidon Kremer
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Cello
Miklós Perényi
Jean-Guihen Queyras
Alisa Weilerstein
Piano
Piotr Anderszewski
Saleem Ashkar
Elena Bashkirova
Roman Borisov
Alexander Melnikov
Nicolas Namoradze
Fortepiano
Alexander Melnikov
Conductors
Anja Bihlmaier
Daniel Cohen
Johannes Debus
Ariane Matiakh
Bejun Mehta
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Singers
Günther Groissböck
Bejun Mehta
Mandolin
Avi Avital
Clarinet
Sharon Kam
Recitation
Martina Gedeck
The young Impresariat
ARD-Competition Award-Winning Quartet 2022
Musethica
String Quartet
Arditti Quartet
Belcea Quartet
Brooklyn Rider
Cuarteto Casals
Jerusalem Quartet
Leonkoro Quartett
Novus String Quartet
Quatuor Ébène
Quatuor Modigliani
Quatuor Van Kuijk
Schumann Quartet
Simply Quartet
Ensemble
Sitkovetsky Trio
Violin
Isabelle Faust
Vadim Gluzman
Gidon Kremer
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Cello
Miklós Perényi
Jean-Guihen Queyras
Alisa Weilerstein
Piano
Piotr Anderszewski
Saleem Ashkar
Elena Bashkirova
Roman Borisov
Alexander Melnikov
Nicolas Namoradze
Fortepiano
Alexander Melnikov
Conductors
Anja Bihlmaier
Daniel Cohen
Johannes Debus
Ariane Matiakh
Bejun Mehta
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Singers
Günther Groissböck
Bejun Mehta
Mandolin
Avi Avital
Clarinet
Sharon Kam
Recitation
Martina Gedeck
The young Impresariat
ARD-Competition Award-Winning Quartet 2022
Musethica
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  • Alexander Melnikov on his way to Berlin, a sight to be seen and shared #barcelonaairport
  • Now that playing together is impossible, @sqbamsterdam will bring together four different players of four different string quartets in conversations called ‘Ricercare: Quartets in Quarantine’. This way we explore what this quarantine means for string quartets all over the world. The first conversation is between: Jonathan Brown (@cuartetocasals), John Myerscough (@doricstringquartet), Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartett) and Cibrán Sierra (Cuarteto Quiroga). ? Watch live via Youtube or Facebook @sqbamsterdam this Wednesday 19:00 (CEST)!
  • Stay tuned for tomorrow evening when we are #liveandonlylive from the Maison de France in Berlin. Program to follow soon!
  • It has been two months now that we haven’t heard a live concert by a string quartet - and we miss it so much. This is why we can’t wait to present the unique @artemisquartet performing #liveandonlylive this Saturday at 08:30pm. from Berlin. ?
  • Sharon Kam and Matan Porat are playing live tonight at 8.30pm (CET) the final concert of the series „Home Music Berlin“ at @schinkelpavillon ✨? The program includes Debussy: Rhapsody for clarinet and piano, Brahms: Sonata for clarinet and piano op. 120 no. 2, Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano and Schubert: Der Hirte auf dem Felsen with @jacquelynwagnersoprano ?? Link in bio.
  • #worthreading ?? Link in bio!
  • Tomorrow evening on Instagram Live and Facebook Live, #liveandonlylive with @marcbouchkov. Be there at 20:30 CET, no catch up, no download.
  • Our next edition of #liveandonlylive will be this Saturday at 20:30 (CET) with our dear @marcbouchkov. See you there! ?
  • Sonia Simmenauer is featured on @arte.tv! Listen to her thoughts about the current situation of classical music (German only and Link in bio).
  • As per usual, #liveandonlylive will start at 20.30 CET, tonight with Julian Steckel. Julian will be playing two movements of the Zoltán Kodály Cello Sonata, so tune in on facebook live or Insta Live.
  • Times change, so do plans! Instead of celebrating today's release of the Schubert Octet by @modiglianiquartet, Sabine Meyer, Dag Jensen, Bruno Schneider & Knut Erik Sundquist on tour with concerts at @schwetzinger_swr_festspiele, @wienerkonzerthaus, @schlosselmau or Münchner Konzertdirektion Hörtnagel, we invite you to listen to the recording on all streaming platforms. ??
  • #liveandonlylive in its sixth edition: we are proud to present @juliansteckel this coming Saturday at 20:30 CET. Join us for this special occasion and spread the word
  • #worthreading - link in the bio For those of you who speak German, we'd like to share an open letter drafted by the Initiative of Artists in Germany. Have a read and feel free to sign the petition.
  • Thank you @queyrasjg and @jeremie_queyras_art for yesterday’s amazing performance! It was absolutely inspiring! #liveandonlylive
  • Don't forget to tune in tonight, at 20.30 when we're #liveandonly live on Instagram Live and Facebook Live - facebook.de/simmenauer
  • Two more days until our next #liveandonlylive concert with @queyrasjg and special guest @jeremie_queyras_art. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ?? Can you guess this piece? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ? @harmoniamundi_inter
  • Join us this Saturday for another edition of #LiveAndOnlyLive with an exciting combination. Jean-Guihen Queyras will be accompanying the painter Jérémie Queyras, so stay tuned for the program and further details. The time will be 20:30 CET, the place Facebook Live via simmenauer.de/live or Facebook.de/simmenauer
  • Don’t miss @amihaigroszviola an out 4th Edition of Live and only Live, tomorrow evening at 8:30pm (CET) As usual, you‘ll find the stream on Facebook.de/Simmenauer and on Simmenauer.de/Live
  • Pick your favorite - let us know! 50 years worth of Beethoven recordings at your disposal, befitting to his birthday. This is meant as a big thank you to all recording artists, what would we do without you in times like these?
  • Our fourth live and only live concert will be streamed on Saturday at 8.30pm. (CET) with our dear @amihaigroszviola #liveandonlylive
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