Kairo's Quartet

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The Kairos Quartet is a Berlin- based string quartet founded in 1996 .

history

The Kairos Quartet (initially “work in progress quartet”) specializes in music from 1950 onwards. When it was founded in 1996, it was the first string quartet with such an orientation in German-speaking countries. It is named after Kairos , in Greek mythology the god of the favorable moment and the embodiment of the subjective concept of time. The quartet made its debut at the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt in 1996, where it was also taught by the Arditti Quartet's leader .

Since then it has worked with many composers, including Georg Friedrich Haas , György Kurtág , Helmut Lachenmann , Liza Lim , Sergej Newski , Enno Poppe and Wolfgang Rihm . The Kairos Quartet often gives concerts at new music festivals in Europe and Mexico. In autumn 2018 the quartet made its debut in China with a concert and several workshops at the Conservatory of Music Shanghai . His repertoire now includes over 150 compositions (as of spring 2019), including more than 50 world premieres and commissioned works.

The Kairos Quartet is also active in the mediation of new music, u. a. at the Zurich University of Music , the National University of Mexico , the Mozarteum University Salzburg , the Shanghai Conservatory and the Berlin University of the Arts . It sets its own accents through self-organized concerts, alternative concert formats and concert series.

Members

  • Wolfgang Bender, violin
  • Stefan Häussler, violin (1996/97: Kathrein Allenberg, 1997–2007: Chatschatur Kanajan, 6/2007 to 5/2008 Susanne Zapf)
  • Simone Heilgendorff , viola
  • Claudius von Wrochem , violoncello

The violins alternate in the function of the first violin.

Awards and grants

  • Kranichsteiner scholarship
  • German Record Critics' Prize 1/2005
  • Commissioned by the Berlin Senate
  • Concerts of the German Music Council
  • Scholarship from the Akademie Schloss Solitude 2000/2001 (as the first ensemble)
  • Awards from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation
  • Project funding by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds
  • Ensemble funding from the Berlin Senate

Recordings

  • Artist portrait of the Kairos Quartet at Edition Zeitklang
  • Georg Friedrich Haas: String quartets 1 and 2 at Edition Zeitklang
  • Composer portrait Viera Janarcekova at ProViva
  • Portrait of the composer Enno Poppe at col legno
  • "Wider den Strich" ( Music in Germany 1950–2000 ) a. a. Orm Finnendahl forgery for string quartet, laptop, ghetto blaster and live electronics (2003) for Red Seal
  • Composer portrait Jay Schwartz at Wergo (German Music Council)
  • Composer portrait Knut Müller: "Chamber Music" with Thorn [1996] (1st string quartet, recording from 2001, EZ), Zeug [1999] (2nd string quartet) 2012 Zeitklang edition
  • "Klangnarbe" - composer portrait Marina Khorkova u. a. String Quartet No. 1 from Wergo (German Music Council)
  • "mientras" Schönberg string quartet No. 2 and Sabine Panzer mientras with Angelika Luz (soprano) at Edition Zeitklang - www.zeitklang.de
  • Recordings and productions on most German broadcasters as well as on ORF, RAI, DRS and the BBC

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Information from the German Music Information Center
  2. ↑ Kairos Quartet at the Music Information Center Austria (as of September 2010)
  3. ^ Prize of the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik for Haas' string quartets with the Kairos Quartet on: Deutschlandradio from March 1, 2005
  4. ^ Akademie Schloss Solitude 2000/2001