April 7, 2019

Artemis Quartett

String quartet

Artemis Quartett © Felix Broede

Biography

Vineta Sareika  -  violin
Anthea Kreston  -  violin
Gregor Sigl  -  viola
Eckart Runge  -  cello

The Artemis Quartett was founded in 1989 at the University of Lübeck and ranks today as one of the world’s foremost ensembles of its kind. Since 2004 the ensemble has been creating its own cycles at the chamber music hall of the Berlin Philharmonie, since 2011 at the Wiener Konzerthaus (together with the Belcea Quartet, also performing in the LMMC series this season), and at the Prinzregententheater in Munich. In 1996 and 1997 the quartet won first prize at two highly prestigious competitions, the ARD in Munich and the Premio Paolo Borciani in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Since then, tours have taken them to five continents. They have recorded exclusively for Virgin Classics since 2005 and have won numerous awards including the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Gramophone Award, the Diapason d’or and the ECHO Klassik. Their complete Beethoven cycle was honored with the Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros in 2011.The quartet is named after the Greek goddess of the hunt. 3rd LMMC appearance.

Robert Markow

Programme

HAYDN            String Quartet in G minor,
(1732-1809)
   Opus 74 No.3 ‘Horseman’ (1793)

BRITTEN         String Quartet No. 2 in C major,
(1913-1976)
   in C major,Opus 36 (1945)

BRAHMS         String Quartet in A minor,
(1833-1897)
   Opus 51 No. 2 (1873)                  

 

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    Richard Goode, piano
    April 28, 2019 at 3:30 p.m.