Thanks to the support of NEUSTART KULTUR and BKM, we were able to commission no less than five new compositions this year. We succeeded in attracting fantastic composers from all over the world, whose new works will enrich the world of the string quartet with further repertoire.
We are happy that the Circle of Friends is growing steadily and was once again able to support wonderful projects this year.
The Goldmund Quartet becomes Henle Ambassador. The quartet is very excited about their new collaboration with G. Henle Publishers.
As "ambassadors" they share their enthusiasm about the digital sheet music app "Henle Library" with their audience and followers on social media, where the functionalities and benefits of the app are explained as well.
The Goldmund Quartet is looking forward to collaboration with Pirastro GmbH.
“Pirastro strings allow us to express ourselves individually and at the same time play with a unified sound. The vast range of articulations and colours offer us endless possibilities!”
“A highly individual musicality that speaks to the audience.”
Counted amongst the most exciting young string quartets, the Goldmund Quartet, consisting of Florian Schötz, Pinchas Adt, Christoph Vandory and Raphael Paratore, has with its exquisite playing and multi-faceted homogeneity given convincing interpretations of the great classical and modern works of the string quartet literature for more than a decade now. Their inwardness, unbelievably fine intonation, and phrasing worked out to the smallest detail inspire audiences worldwide.
Awarded at the prestigious 2018 International Wigmore Hall String Competition and winners of the 2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition 2018, the Goldmund Quartet has been named Rising Stars of the 2019/20 season by the European Concert Hall Organisation as well as laureates of the Jürgen Ponto-Foundation. The Nippon Music Foundation has awarded the Quartet with a full set of Stradivari instruments.
Following their successful debuts at Europe’s most prestigious concert halls such as Wiener Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, the 2021/22 season sees the Quartet continuing their ascent as one of today’s most exciting young string quartets with recitals at Philharmonie Essen, Historisches Reitstadel Neumarkt, Philharmonie Köln, DeSingel Antwerp, Stockholm Konserthus and others. Other highlights this season include appearances at Beethovenfest Bonn, Heidelberger Frühling as well as a tour of North America with concerts in Kansas City, Boston, Salt Lake City, Montréal and Ottawa.
In 2020, Berlin Classics released the Quartet’s third recording “Travel Diaries” featuring works by Wolfgang Rihm, Ana Sokolovic, Fazil Say and Dobrinka Tabakova which Harald Eggebrecht depicted “one of the liveliest and most inspiring string quartet CDs in recent time.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). “Travel Diaries” is a personal musical journey featuring contemporary works by composers the quartet worked with over the last ten years.
Educated at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik und Theater as well as by Günther Pichler of the Alban Berg Quartet at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia and the Artemis Quartet in Berlin, the Quartet has received important artistic impulses in master classes with the Hagen, Borodin, Belcea, Ysaÿe and Cherubini quartets, Ferenc Rados, Eberhard Feltz and Alfred Brendel. The Quartet also received the Bavarian Young Artist Award and the Karl-Klinger-Prize during the 2016 ARD International Music Competition Munich.
Recitals have taken them to prestigious chamber music venues and series in Denmark, France, Norway, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, China, Australia and the US. Regular chamber music partners include artists such as Jörg Widmann, Ksenija Sidorova, Pablo Barragan, Alexey Stadler, Wies de Boevé.
Harald Eggebrecht, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Pizzicato
Spiegel
HR 2 Kultur
Strad Magazine
Stuttgarter Zeitung
Fazıl Say: String Quartet, op. 29 "Divorce": III. Presto
Travel Diaries (Official Album Documentary)
Joseph Haydn – Streichquartett, Op.20 Nr.5| SWEET SPOT
Mendelssohn Bartholdy – Streichquartett, Op.80 | SWEET SPOT
Become a member.
Find out more in our circle of friends flyer. If you would like to join our association, simply send us the application form (last page of the flyer) by mail or e-mail.
You can also support the projects of the association directly by making a donation.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.We look forward to hearing from you!
The Goldmund Quartet is an official Henle Ambassador. The quartet is excited about the collaboration with G. Henle Publishers.
As "ambassadors" they share their enthusiasm about the digital sheet music app "Henle Library" with their audience and followers on social media, where the functionalities and benefits of the app are explained as well.
The Goldmund Quartet play strings made by Pirastro Strings.
“We are delighted to have Pirastro Strings as our partner. The incredible variety of different strings and the excellent quality of all their products, give us the possibility to find the perfect setup for our Stradivarius instruments!”
The Goldmund Quartet performs on the “Paganini Quartet” made by Antonius Stradivarius, generously on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation. The “Paganini Quartet” consists of four excellent instruments, once owned by Niccolo Paganini:
1st Violin: “Comte Cozio di Salabue”, 1727
2nd Violin: “Desaint”, 1680
Viola: “Mendelssohn”, 1731
Cello: “Ladenburg”, 1736
The Goldmund Quartet is the first german string quartet to have the honour to perform on these precious instruments.
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