Pellegrini Quartet

The Pellegrini Quartet is one of the most important international string quartet ensembles . It was founded in 1989 in Freiburg i. Br. And is named after his primarius Antonio Pellegrini.

One of the main concerns of the ensemble is the juxtaposition of the traditional and the experimental. In this regard, the repertoire of the ensemble includes works from the Renaissance, Baroque, Viennese Classic ( Haydn , Mozart , Beethoven ), early modern ( Alexander von Zemlinsky , Hanns Eisler ) as well as composers from the second half of the 20th century (including Morton Feldman , John Cage , Luigi Nono and Giacinto Scelsi ). The Pellegrini Quartet has an intensive collaboration with the contemporary composers Klaus Huber , Péter Eötvös , Salvatore Sciarrino and Walter Levin . The quartet has premiered compositions by Adriana Hölszky ( suspension bridges - string quartet to Schubert ), Erhard Grosskopf (12 pieces for string quartet - string quartet No. 4), Peter Kleindienst ( What Power Art ) and Juliane Klein ( Ungetrennt ).

The discography focuses on works by contemporary composers.

Members

• Antonio Pellegrini - violin
• Thomas Hofer - violin
• Fabio Marano - viola
• Helmut Menzler - violoncello

Former members

• Charlotte Geselbracht - viola (until 1993)

Web links

• Works by and about the Pellegrini Quartet in the catalog of the German National Library