Keller Quartet (Budapest)
The Keller Quartet ( Hungarian : Keller Vonósnégyes) is a Hungarian string quartet that was founded in 1987 at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest .
The repertoire of the Keller Quartet includes the string quartets and related pieces by the composers from classical to modern : Joseph Haydn , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Ludwig van Beethoven , Franz Schubert , Antonín Dvořák , Pjotr Tchaikovsky , Claude Debussy , Maurice Ravel , Dmitri Schostakowitsch , Béla Bartók , George Enescu , György Ligeti , Alfred Schnittke , Alexander Knaifel and György Kurtág .
In addition to recordings by Franz Schubert, Antonín Dvořák, Pjotr Tchaikovsky, Béla Bartók, Claude Debussy and Alfred Schnittke, the quartet has particularly focused on the work of György Kurtág, who has also supported them as a mentor since their studies at the conservatory.
The quartet is characterized by its unconventional programming. For example, the instrumentalists worked out a Bach Kurtág program in which parts of The Art of Fugue were interwoven with works by György Kurtág and performed the composition Dialogue for String Quartet and Synthesizer by Kurtág Father and Son.
The current line-up of the Keller Quartet are András Keller (1st violin ), János Pilz (2nd violin), Zoltán Gál ( viola ), Judit Szabó ( violoncello ). The violin maker Stefan-Peter Greiner from Bonn makes the instruments of the Keller Quartet .
The quartet often organizes programs for international chamber music weekends and short festivals, to which it also regularly invites partners such as Miklós Perényi , Chen Halevi, Alexej Lubimov or Ewa Kupiec . It performs all over Europe (London, Brussels, Rome, Milan, Berlin, Hamburg and Essen) and has also made guest appearances in New York City .
Discography
The string quartets and other pieces of music by the following composers have been recorded: Johann Sebastian Bach , Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Antonín Dvořák, Pjotr Tschaikowski, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakowitsch, Béla Bartók, George Enescu, György Ligeti, Heinz Holliger , Alfred Schnittke, Alexander Knaifel and György Kurtág. The complete recording of Bartók's string quartets was particularly praised by the critics.
Web links
- Recordings of the Keller Quartet in the catalog of the German National Library
- Keller Quartet
Individual evidence
- ↑ Discography ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
