Mendelssohn Quartet (Leipzig)
The Mendelssohn Quartet is a string quartet ensemble from Leipzig that was founded in 1995 as the UROS Quartet.
History and cast
The quartet was founded in the course of a postgraduate course at the Leipzig University of Music , which it completed in 2000. The members studied with Dietmar Hallmann . On the occasion of a Mendelssohn memorial concert in November 1997, the quartet was renamed in honor of the composer. Since then the Mendelssohn Quartet a. a. in the Gewandhaus in Leipzig , in Potsdam , Höxter , Nossen , Heilbronn and in Staßfurt .
The current line-up consists of:
- Larissa Petersen, viola
- Gunnar Harms, violin
- Sebastian Ude, violin
- Susanne Raßbach, violoncello
The Leipzig Mendelssohn Quartet was awarded first prize in the chamber music competition of the Leipzig University of Music. The quartet reached the final of the competition of the German universities in Würzburg.
repertoire
The focus of the musical work is derived from the name. In addition to Mendelssohn, other classical and romantic composers are also in her interest, such as Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms . A selection of the repertoire:
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847):
- String quartet in D major op.44.1
- String Quartet in E minor op.44.2
- String quartet in E flat major op.44.3
- String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
- String quartet in E major op.81.1
- String Quartet in A minor op.81.2
- String Quartet in E minor, Op. 81,3
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Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
- String quartet in F major op.41,2