Aperto Piano Quartet

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The Aperto Piano Quartet ( APQ ) is a German piano quartet that was founded in 2000. Founding members were Frank-Immo Zichner ( piano ), Gernot Süßmuth ( violin ), Felix Schwarz (viola) and Hans-Jakob Eschenburg ( violoncello ). The APQ has been playing with the following line-up since 2017: Frank-Immo Zichner (piano), Frank Reinecke (violin), Stefan Fehlandt (viola) and Jonathan Weigle (cello).

The quartet has premiered several pieces that were specially composed for the Aperto Piano Quartet.

World premieres

  • 2002: Juliane Klein : Suite for piano quartet, soprano, baritone and 13 instruments . Text by Katharina Höcker; World premiere (premiere) on June 21, 2002 in the chamber music hall of the Berlin Philharmonic; EJK0077
  • 2007: Christian Jost : Spinnwebwald , in memoriam Akira Kurosawa ; Premiere on February 26th, 2008 in the Herzog-Friedrich-August-Saal in Wiesbaden; Bulkhead 52935
  • 2008: Elena Mendoza : Nebelsplitter , for piano and string trio ; Premiere on October 25, 2008 in the Sempergalerie in Dresden; Edition Peters 32948
  • 2009: Krzysztof Meyer : Quartet op. 112; World premiere on July 3, 2010 in Kościerzyna (Poland); 3. Kaszubskie Lato Muzyczne-Festiwal Muzyki Kameralnej; Edition pro nova

Discography (selection)

  • Gabriel Fauré : The piano quartets . hrMEDIA 2000
  • Juliane Klein: Suite (commissioned by APQ) WER 6559 22004
  • Max Reger : String Trios and Piano Quartets . Naxos 8.570785, Naxos 8.570786 2008
  • Elena Mendoza: Splinters of Fog (commissioned by APQ) 2008, Kairos 0012882KAI (2008)
  • Poland abroad . Konstanty Regamey : Quintet for clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello & piano (1944); Józef Koffler : Love , cantata op. 14 for soprano, clarinet, viola & cello (1931); Simon Laks : Divertimento for flute, violin, cello & piano 1966, eda records EDA 37

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aperto Piano Quartet
  2. ↑ CD review, August 15, 2008 in: The Guardian, accessed October 18, 2017