Emperor Quartet
| Emperor Quartet | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Hamburg |
| Genre (s) | Contemporary Classical |
| founding | 2004 |
| Website | kaiserquartett.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Adam Zolynski | |
violin |
Jansen Folkers |
| Ingmar Süberkrüb | |
| Martin Bentz | |
The Kaiser Quartet (emerged from the Strings DeLuxe group in 2012 ) is a German string quartet that was founded in Hamburg in 2004. It mainly plays contemporary music .
history
Founded in 2004 under the name Strings DeLuxe , the ensemble specialized in studio recordings in the areas of charts, film and cinema music, often in collaboration with arranger Wolf Kerschek . Live performances increasingly followed, and in 2011 the quartet began working with Canadian Grammy winner Chilly Gonzales . In 2015, the joint album Chambers was released and the subsequent tour led to concert halls in Europe. Further collaborations took place with Jarvis Cocker , Linda Perry , BOY, Anna Ternheim, Kettcar, Socalled, Daniel Hope , Fred Wesley and Gregory Porter . There were performances u. a. at the Edinburgh International Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival , Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , Wiener Festwochen , Rheingau Music Festival , JAZZMI Milano and Kampnagel International Summer Festival. In August 2019, the band released the first self-titled album Kaiser Quartett on PIAS Records.
Collaborations
- 2015: Chilly Gonzales feat. Kaiser Quartet - Chambers (Gentle Threat)
- 2016: Mischa Schumann - Follow The Passenger (Cattitude Records)
- 2017: Jarvis Cocker / Chilly Gonzales - Room 29 (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2017: Daniel Hope - "For Seasons" (Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2017: Pol Belardi's Force - Creation / Evolution (Double Moon)
- 2018: Milk and Bone - Deception Bay (Bonsound)
- 2018: Joshua Dolgin aka Socalled - Di Frosh (Socalled Entertainment / Membran)
- 2018: Bosse - Everything is now Deluxe Edition (Vertigo / Berlin)
- 2020: The Stars - The Stars ([Pias] Germany)
Awards
- 2017: HANS 2017, Hamburg Music Prize in the category "Musician of the Year"
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ HANS 2017. Accessed on January 16, 2019 (German).