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"Anyone who heard the Fauré Piano Quartet perform will want to hear it again" Martha Argerich Dirk Mommertz, Piano Erika Geldsetzer, Violin Sascha Froembling, Viola Konstantin Heidrich, Cello The musicians founded the Fauré Piano Quartet in 1995 taking on his name out of appreciation for the composer's two piano quartet pieces. It did not take the quartet long to win top prizes and awards for their interpretations at prestigious international chamber music competitions including the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis and the Parkhouse Award in Great Britain. Today it is the leading European ensemble in this permanent formation. Ten years later, the Fauré Piano Quartet has already climbed to the top as the only such German chamber ensemble. This led to a recording contract with Deutsche Gramophone in 2006 for the Mozart Anniversary, with the two Mozart piano quartets followed by a Brahms CD release, featuring op.25 and op.60, only two years later. The Fauré Piano Quartet has performed on the most important international stages in London (Wigmore Hall), Berlin (Philharmonie), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Hamburg (Musikhalle/Laiszhalle), Rio de Janeiro (Sala Cecilia Meireles and Teatro Colon), and in Tokyo, Paris and Milan. The quartet is also a regular guest at renowned festivals such as the Martha Argerich Festival Buenos Aires, Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Ludwigsburger Festspiele, Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Kissinger Sommer to name a few. The Fauré Piano Quartet has toured extensively in Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, and Mexico, and is a welcome guest in South America, where the Fauré Piano Quartet has already traveled throughout the continent for the fifth time. Radio and television stations worldwide have broadcast programs featuring the quartet. Additional CD recordings were produced by ARS MUSICI, covering the works of G. Fauré, A. Dvorák, J. Suk and Th. Kirchner. The Fauré Piano Quartet has maintained contact with the Karlsruhe Music Lyceum, where they are currently the Quartet in Residence. Karlsruhe had not given out this title for 30 years, and they are the first piano quartet to have received this honor. Their influential mentor was the Alban Berg Quartett in Cologne. The members give regular chamber music courses. Reviews "The Fauré Piano Quartet began their life together by scooping numerous European chamber music prizes: now they attract superlatives wherever they go" - The Strad "Superlatively played by the eponymous musicians as well as being deeply moving" (Wigmore Hall, London) - ClassicalSource.com "Brilliant chamber music concert" (Festival Martha Argerich Teatro Colon, Buenes Aires) - Clarin.com "Chamber music making of the highest order!" - Radio Bremen "Flawless precision and breathtaking musicality which is reflected in every phrase and each note" (Brahms CD) - Deutschland Radio "Emotionally explosive... plenty of dynamism, musical style and a lithe animation of texture" - Daily Telegraph, London "The Fauré Piano Quartet came, saw and conquered... their reputation preceded them" - Westphaelische Nachrichten "A highly charged, virtuosic and passionate performance" - Schwaebische Post "High on the classic chart with the interpretation of the Brahms piano quartets... new competition for Anna Netrebko and Co. on top of the charts" - Klassik Akzente "The Fauré Piano Quartet are supremely proficient" - Gramophone "A fabulous interpretation... a dynamic and convincing sound with a big color range and transparency" (Mozart CD) - Fono Forum "There is no such thing as perfection, but the Fauré Piano Quartet is dangerously close to challenging this notion. The group's success is each member's inborn musicianship, the sense of friends making music together sublimely and perceptively, and the musicians' collective ability to say so much in the most natural way. The Fauré Quartet has been beautifully recorded too, with a mix of immediacy, space and judicious balance between the foursome who play as equals and who care deeply about what they do and about each other." - ClassicalSource.com June 2008 - Please destroy all previous versions

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