Leipzig string quartet
The Leipzig String Quartet (LSQ) is a German string quartet ensemble . The quartet was also part of the Ensemble Avantgarde around the Leipzig pianist Steffen Schleiermacher .
history
The quartet was founded in 1988 as the Neues Leipziger Streichquartett and kept the name until 1995. At that time, three of the quartet members were active as section leaders in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra until they left in 1993 at their own request to devote themselves entirely to chamber music.
Studies with Gerhard Bosse in Leipzig, the Amadeus Quartet in London and Cologne, with Hatto Beyerle in Hanover and with Walter Levin preceded this.
Since November 1991 the quartet has been organizing its own Pro Quatuor concert series in Leipzig . As part of the Avantgarde Ensemble , the quartet co-founded the “musica nova” series at the Leipzig Gewandhaus . At the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the LSQ performed all the important quartets of the First and Second Viennese Schools from 1993 to 2000 . In 1996, the members of the ensemble were also responsible for the German premiere of Alfred Schnittke's “Zu dritt” for string trio and orchestra.
In 1996, the Leipzig String Quartet initiated the “Beethoven String Quartet Cycle as a Sign of European Friendship”, which brought together over 15 European cities of music. The first complete recording of all Franz Schubert's quartets, comprising nine discs, was completed in 1997. In 2002 the quartet was Artist in Residence at the Auditorio Nacional Madrid . At the invitation of Claudio Abbado , the LSQ has been part of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra since 2009 . In addition, the quartet held a visiting professorship at the Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku (Geidai, Tokyo University of the Arts) from 2009 to 2013 .
Lively concert activity through Europe, North and South America, Australia, Japan, Israel, Africa and Asia has led the quartet to over 60 countries. It has received several awards for its approximately 60 CD recordings, which were mainly released by the German label Dabringhaus & Grimm .
repertoire
In addition to the classical quartet repertoire, the quartet also plays works of classical modernism and contemporary works.
In premieres it interpreted works by Beat Furrer , Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf , Wolfgang Rihm , Steffen Schleiermacher , Christian Ofenbauer , Siegfried Thiele , Viktor Ullmann , Jörg Widmann , David Philip Hefti , Rainer Riehn , Ulrich Leyendecker and Bernd Franke .
The ensemble's musical partners include clarinetist Karl Leister , cellist Michael Sanderling , violist Hartmut Rohde , pianists Alfred Brendel , Christian Zacharias and Andreas Staier , soprano Christiane Oelze , baritone Olaf Bär and Klezmer clarinetist Giora Feidman .
Members
- Stefan Arzberger - 1st violin (2008–2015 and again since 2018)
- Tilman Büning - 2nd violin
- Ivo Bauer - viola
- Peter Bruns - violoncello (since 2019)
Former members:
- Andreas Seidel - 1st violin (until 2008)
- Conrad Muck - 1st violin (2015-2018)
- Matthias Moosdorf - violoncello (until 2019)
Awards
- International music competition of ARD in Munich 1991
- Prize of the Busch Brothers Society 1991
- Sponsorship award of the Siemens Music Prize 1992
- Schneider Schott Prize of the City of Mainz 1993 (for the "musica nova" series)
- Amadeus Scholarship Fund grant
- Scholarship from the Kulturfonds Foundation
- German Record Critics' Prize
- Diapason d'or
- Premios CD-Compact
- Cannes Classical Award (two nominations)
- Echo Klassik 1999, 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2012
- Indie Awards 1999 and 2000
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Arzberger leaves Leipzig String Quartet. in: Musik heute , 7 December 2015.
- ↑ Stefan Arzberger: The star violinist who has been arrested is allowed to leave the USA . Spiegel Online, June 30, 2016.