casalQuartett
Founded in 1996, the casalQuartet’s formal training took place under the watchful eyes of the Carmina Quartet in Zurich, the Alban Berg in Cologne and Walter Levin in Basel.
The quartet has also benefited greatly from performing with musicians such as Martha Argerich, Clemens Hagen, Sol Gabetta, Emma Kirkby, Benjamin Schmid, Maurice Steger, Marcelo Nisinman, Christoph Prégardien, Khatia Buniatishvili and many others.
In more than 1.400 concerts in many parts of the world and at renowned festivals, the casalQuartet has captivated its audiences with inspired and precise musicianship and at the same time the integration of colleagues from other artistic disciplines. Concept oriented programming is equally important to the quartet’s vision – which it promulgates at several own festivals and concert series in Germany and Switzerland.
The four musicians see the string quartet as one of the most versatile genres in music, equally successful in its journeys from the 17th century to Tango Nuevo, jazz and the newest works of today, and well adapted to extending previous programming boundaries by the inclusion of theatre, dance and literature. Projects for young people, as well as moderated concerts are features of the quartet’s mission, which is to create a lively dialogue between tradition and innovation.
The intensive and substantial work on period instruments by Jacobus Stainer and the music of the 18th century during the last years culminated in the CDs „Birth of the string quartet“ I & II, which both received the highest critical acclaim. They won the ECHO KLASSIK award in 2010 and 2015 and the PIZZIKATO AWARD and the DIAPASON DÉCOUVERTE in 2012.
The cQ was also nominated for the 2012 ICMA-Award.
The latest production „Genesis“ (all 7 string quartets by Franz Xaver Richter, a contemporary of Mozart) reached even further. It receieved the Diapason d’Or 2014 and is nominated for a Grammy Award, the ICMA-Award and the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
Since the summer of 2013 Felix Froschhammer is the new primarius of the quartet.
casalquartett.ch
The quartet has also benefited greatly from performing with musicians such as Martha Argerich, Clemens Hagen, Sol Gabetta, Emma Kirkby, Benjamin Schmid, Maurice Steger, Marcelo Nisinman, Christoph Prégardien, Khatia Buniatishvili and many others.
In more than 1.400 concerts in many parts of the world and at renowned festivals, the casalQuartet has captivated its audiences with inspired and precise musicianship and at the same time the integration of colleagues from other artistic disciplines. Concept oriented programming is equally important to the quartet’s vision – which it promulgates at several own festivals and concert series in Germany and Switzerland.
The four musicians see the string quartet as one of the most versatile genres in music, equally successful in its journeys from the 17th century to Tango Nuevo, jazz and the newest works of today, and well adapted to extending previous programming boundaries by the inclusion of theatre, dance and literature. Projects for young people, as well as moderated concerts are features of the quartet’s mission, which is to create a lively dialogue between tradition and innovation.
The intensive and substantial work on period instruments by Jacobus Stainer and the music of the 18th century during the last years culminated in the CDs „Birth of the string quartet“ I & II, which both received the highest critical acclaim. They won the ECHO KLASSIK award in 2010 and 2015 and the PIZZIKATO AWARD and the DIAPASON DÉCOUVERTE in 2012.
The cQ was also nominated for the 2012 ICMA-Award.
The latest production „Genesis“ (all 7 string quartets by Franz Xaver Richter, a contemporary of Mozart) reached even further. It receieved the Diapason d’Or 2014 and is nominated for a Grammy Award, the ICMA-Award and the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
Since the summer of 2013 Felix Froschhammer is the new primarius of the quartet.
casalquartett.ch