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New Album - in the fields

With our first recording in five years, we return with a project that reimagines the string quartet as a living, breathing band. Rooted in classical chamber music and carried by bold flexibility, in the fields unfolds as a journey in which folk energy, dance rhythms, and classical depth come together.

Inspired by the dramatic arc of Bartók’s Fourth String Quartet, this album weaves movements by Bartók, Ravel, and Dvořák with new music born out of collaboration and traditional folk material shaped through close artistic exchange with Joel Lyssarides, Mahan Mirarab, and Bernhard Schimpelsberger. The result moves seamlessly between tradition and innovation—timeless in sound, yet full of fresh energy. We recommend listening to in the fields not in shuffle mode, but from beginning to end in the intended order :)

We wish you lots of varied enjoyment while listening!

Yours,

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SKYMNING - New Single Out Now!

Happy New Year and Happy Release Day again!!

Our song SKYMNING is out now!
This is the second single of our upcoming album "In the Fields". It's a musical depiction of the glowing skies of northern sunsets. A beautifully pulsating piano melody is carried by the most gentle sound of 4 string instruments, giving one the impression of meandering through the endless clouds of red and purple.

In the Fields arrives January 30, 2026. Pre order now!

Stay tuned and keep your chins up!

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Happy release day!!

Our song Raindance is out now!
This first single introduces our upcoming album "In the Fields".
It presents the unique soundworld we created with Iranian born guitarist Mahan Mirarab. A gentle interplay of fascinating rhythms and melodies reimagening chamber music.

In the Fields arrives January 30, 2026. Pre order now!

Stay tuned and keep your chins up!

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We are thrilled to announce that our long-awaited next studio album will finally be released at the end of January 2026!

The new album also marks the beginning of our collaboration with The ACT Agency on selected projects. “In the fields” is dedicated to the tireless spirit of discovery that has brought us together with fantastic musicians over the past few years.

On this album we present three of the most exciting of these collaborations, with artists who have not only expanded our tonal awareness as a string quartet but also widened the horizons of our playing: Iranian double-neck guitarist Mahan Mirarab, Austrian percussionist Bernhard Schimpelsberger, and Swedish pianist Joel Lyssarides. Through their individual soundscapes—ranging from rhythmic virtuosity to earthy sonority to improvisational finesse—they have opened up new spheres of interaction for us.

Together with ACT, a label and agency that stands for precisely this kind of unheard, creative soundscapes, we will bring our new music to the world—digitally, on CD and LP, and in concerts.

Stay curious and stay tuned!

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We’re thrilled to announce that we are returning to Japan for the third time! This time, we’ll be performing in Tokyo, Niigata, Nagoya, Sendai, Hyogo, and Yokohama — and we couldn’t be more excited to share our music (along with a few servings of maki, ramen, and okonomiyaki) with all of you once again.

We’ve put together a diverse and exciting program, and we’re especially looking forward to collaborating with the outstanding clarinetist Alessandro Beverari. We’ll also be giving another masterclass at the Tokyo College of Music – a highlight we’re excited about.

Each visit to Japan has left us with unforgettable memories, and we’re incredibly grateful for the warmth, enthusiasm, and support we’ve received from audiences across the country. This tour feels a bit like coming home — and we can’t wait to see familiar faces and make nerw connections.

またすぐに会いましょう！

See you soon again!

They're finally here: our new concert dates for the first half of 2025!

After a short winter break, we start in January and return to some well-known venues, including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Conservatory Esch Luxembourg, the Wigmore Hall London, the Erlöserkirche Kassel, as well as festivals such as the Heidelberger Frühling, Moselmusik Festival and the Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern. The list will of course continue to be supplemented. We are particularly looking forward to some new projects, such as collaborations with orchestras like the WKO Heilbronn, the Nationaltheater-Orchestra Mannheim and the Düsseldorfer Sinfoniker. We are particularly looking forward to the world premiere of a new piece for string quartet and orchestra by our principal composer Florian Willeitner in June.

We will also be performing in Warsaw, Venetia and Rome for the first time and are looking forward to another tour to Japan in the second half of the year.

We will keep you up to date.

Until then, stay confident and keep coming to our concerts :)

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Christmas is coming!

Just in time for the pre-Christmas season, we present our brand new webshop! From now on you can buy the sheet music from our album Spectrum. Whether you just want to treat yourself to your personal favorite song or the whole package as a bundle - both are possible! And there's even a discount on the latter.

Of course, our personally signed CDs and vinyls are also available in the store - because who needs an autograph from a star when you can have one from us? Payment is easy with Apple Pay, direct debit, bank transfer...

And for those who already have all the records: We're also recording our new album this year. With a bit of luck, it will be in your ears next year.

So: stay tuned, relax and keep your ears to the ground - the best is yet to come!

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The agitiation is bubbling within us like a pot of boiling kimchi stew! Our much-awaited first trip to Korea is finally on the horizon, and we are giddy with excitment! Picture this: a year and a half of eager anticipation, thwarted plans, and suddenly, almost out of the blue, the stars have aligned for our grand adventure.

Despite our jam-packed schedule that would make a workaholic sloth jealous—four concerts in four days—we are determined not to let this be a mere whirlwind romance with Korean cuisine. Our strategy is a meticulously planned culinary expedition. We're on a quest to dive into the depths of sul-jips, and ambitious to set our sights on conquering as many bibimbaps as humanly possible between the concerts.

So, while our schedules might be tighter than the lid on a jar of perfectly pickled radishes, fear not! Our love for Korean cuisine shall not be sidelined. It's a mission, an adventure, and a pledge to fill our bellies and souls with the delicious wonders of Korea.

The tour dates are 17th - 23rd February and ticket sales are open. See you soon in Seoul, Injeon, Jeonju and Ulsan!

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Our new concert dates for the upcoming season are now available. The list will of course continue to be lovingly supplemented - we ask for your understanding, we cannot accept any liability for any gaps ;)

We are looking forward to giving concerts again in some well-known venues, including the Glocke in Bremen, the Tauberphilharmonie in Weikersheim and the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden. We are also finally returning to our hometown of Berlin and will be performing at the Fruchthalle in Kaiserslautern, the Funkhaus in Saarbrücken and at the Festspiele in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Rheingau Music Festival. We are also planning concert tours to Italy, England, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain.

We have some exciting collaborations planned for the coming year, including performances with the Swedish jazz pianist Joel Lyssarides, the Iranian double-neck guitarist Mahan Mirarab and the Finnish jazz pianist Iiro Rantala. We are looking forward to these versatile collaborations and inspiring musical encounters.

See you soon,

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This year it's time, probably our biggest and most exciting tour to the other end of the world is coming up! The continent of Australia has remained unexplored by the visions until now, but that is going to change. Only 80 more sleeps and then we're off. We are really looking forward to this adventure with 12 concerts in 4 weeks, to name a few, we will visit cities like Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide. On our string we have our new Australian partner "leatherwood bespoke", with rosin custom-made for us personally. We are confident that with this sticky support we will be able to handle this exciting tour ;) Until then, we wish you all a fantastic summer!

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We are really excited to be the new rosin mascots for leatherwood bespoke rosin. Can’t wait to make our bows dance with these crispy gums which give our sound the right bite. Looking forward to many years of liability to our new fantaStick partner.

Also on our debut tour in Australia, the country of origin of this sticky secret recipe, we will appreciate the reliable string contact and look forward to the good grip on highways and stages!

From now on you can find our new concert dates for the upcoming season. The list will of course continue to be lovingly supplemented.

We are looking forward to concerts at the Liederhalle Stuttgart, the Wigmore Hall and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, as well as in the Konzerthaus Wien, in the Kultur & Kongresszentrum Lucerne and at the Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern and the Rheingau Musikfestival, and to concert tours to Italy, Austria, Belgium, Israel, Norway and Australia!

In addition, we are now happy to perform as Artist in Residence at the Bodenseefestival 2023 with a delay of 3 years.

See you very soon,

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+++Side to String with Thomastik+++

We are very happy that we have been accepted into the artist family of the Thomastik-Infeld company! The strings have been with us for as long as we can remember and have inspired us in all registers ever since :)

It is a great honour for us to be officially sponsored by Thomastik from now on and to know the wonderful strings always at our side.

In June we found the magic formula for the perfect string combination on our instruments in Vienna with the product management and since some of us have now put the secret prototypes on their instruments, champagne glasses are shattering by the dozen and the plaster is finally crumbling from the ceiling at our concerts.

#standwithukraine

We are very happy about the success of our fundraising campaign. Through our CD and vinyl sales, we were able to generate proceeds of 4,475€, which will now go directly to the donation account of the Partnership Association Steglitz-Zehlendorf e.V. From there, the money can be used directly for further acutely important things such as humanitarian and medical care.

Many thanks to all who followed our call for donations!

love,

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We too are very shaken by the recent events in Ukraine. The situation is very serious, but not hopeless.

We are clearly on the side of peace and harmony.

To help the people in Ukraine, we have decided to donate the proceeds of our CD and vinyl sales after our concerts in March. For this purpose we cooperate with the Partnership Association Kharkiv - Steglitz-Zehlendorf e.V. and follow their call for donations to support the Ukrainian twin city Kharkiv.

The partnership with the second largest city in Ukraine, which is located about 40 km from the Russian border in the northeast of the country, has existed since 1990. The money goes directly to the donation account of the partnership association and will be used primarily for urgently needed medicines.

Thank you very much for your support,

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+++GEFÖRDERT VON NEUSTART KULTUR+++

Das Abenteuer geht weiter! Nach dem Besetzungswechsel an der 1. Geige liegt sowohl eine aufregende Etappe voller intensiver Proben und fantastischen Konzerten hinter uns, als auch eine spannende Zeit mit einer Fülle an neuen Projekten und Produktionen vor uns.

So bereiten wir uns im Jahr 2022 u.a. auf Konzerte in den großen deutschen Konzertsälen wie z.B. der Berliner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie, Konzerthaus Dortmund oder der Liederhalle vor. Mit an Bord ist dabei unser Live Sound Engineer Philipp Treiber, der künftig bei unserem Spectrum-Programm den Ton angeben wird! :)

Außerdem werden wir neue Musikvideos drehen und unser Repertoire durch neue Songs erweitern.

All dies erfordert natürlich eine konzentrierte umfassende Vorbereituns-/Planungs- und Probenzeit und viel Energie, nicht nur körperlich sondern auch finanziell. Deshalb sind wir sehr glücklich und dankbar, dass wir für die Förderung im Programm NEUSTART KULTUR vom Deutschen Musikrat ausgewählt wurden, welche es uns ermöglicht und enorm erleichtert, alle unsere Vorhaben in diesem Jahr zu realisieren.

Bleibt gesund,

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HIT THE REFRESH BUTTON. new line-up announcement.

Shortly before our 10th anniversary, we say goodbye to our 1st violinist Jakob Encke, who moves on to pastures new.

Dear Jakob, as a quartet we grew up together, you were with us through thick and thin and shaped us significantly with your ideas and your inspiration. We thank you for nine wonderful years together and wish you all the best in your future life!

Spoiler: We won't have to celebrate our ten-year anniversary as a threesome because we've found an excellent new member:
The great Lower Bavarian violinist and composer Florian Willeitner will join us and we're now looking forward to the next (hopefully at least) nine years as a quartet with him :)

Neues Album "Spectrum"

Wir sind überglücklich, euch mitteilen zu können, dass unser Zweites Album "Spectrum" nun endlich fertig ist und nur darauf wartet, gekauft und gestreamt zu werden.

Au unserem neuen Album präsentieren wir 13 Songs, die wir selbst komponiert, arrangiert und produziert haben.

Inspiriert von Folk, Pop, Rock, Funk, Minimal und Singer-Songwriter-Musik haben wir uns auf die Reise zu unserem ganz eigenen Sound und Genre begeben. Entstanden ist ein in dieser Form völlig neuartiges musikalisches Abenteuer ohne Grenzen, geprägt durch persönliche Erlebnisse, Begegnungen sowie vielseitige Eindrücke verschiedenster Kulturen. Dabei tauchen wir nur mit unseren vier Streichinstrumenten in eine ganz neue Welt voller Klänge ein - von Gitarre, Ukulele und Bass bis hin zu Bongos oder gleich einem ganzen Drumset. Zu einigen der Songs haben wir auch Musikvideos gedreht.

Wir wünschen euch ebenso freudige und euphorische wie auch nachdenkliche und berührende Momente beim Anhören :)

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After all four of us were torn from our parents' house at an early age and subjected to a long period of training at various music colleges, we can now proudly announce that we have received the accolade.

We were awarded the Ritter-Prize by the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation for particularly outstanding achievements in the field of music. We are very happy about that!

The ceremony will take place October 12th at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg.

You can now book free tickets under the link below:

https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/452-konzert-der-oscar-und-vera-ritter-stiftung/17274

Here it is: from now on you can find our new single Plunk Ballad on all streaming platforms.

For the music video we had the honor to work together with the incredible dancers Madoka Sugai and Matias Oberlin, both members of the Hamburger Staatsballett. Watch the music video here:

https://youtu.be/ABRF3s8bWnQ

Enjoy listening / watching and keep staying fit healthy! See you soon :)
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Our new single Sailor is now available on all streaming platforms!
Watch the music video here: https://youtu.be/-CCMcIIDSaA

Enjoy listening / watching and keep staying fit healthy! See you soon :)
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REGULAR NEWS - GOOD NEWS as well!

While our concert calendar is still being kept in check by the corona pandemic, we are still looking forward cheerfully, because something big is coming!

At this time, we cannot reveal what exactly, it just needs to be said: it won't be long!

Thank you for your patience, we can't wait to be live on stage for you again very very soon. (And maybe then even with a brand new program...:)

Hang in there,

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After all of our concerts have been cancelled or postponed since November last year, we are now cautiously confident to announce brand new old dates! :)

We can't wait to finally play again in front of a real live audience and are really looking forward to spring, summer and especially you guys !!

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This Sunday, October 18, 2020, the big OPUS KLASSIK Gala 2020 will take place, where we will share the stage in the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus Berlin with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau and many other wonderful artists. The evening will again be led by the great Thomas Gottschalk. We are very pleased!

For everyone who should miss this program, you can find the link below to the ZDF media library to watch and listen to "live an in color" :)

Our new single Samba is now available on all streaming platforms!
Watch the music video here: https://youtu.be/_VtmVX7wjtM

Enjoy listening / watching and stay healthy in this unusual and difficult times
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OPUS KLASSIK Award

We got awarded with the OPUS KLASSIK in the category "Chamber Music Recording Quartet" for our debut album MEMENTO. Thanks a lot!

A HUGE shoutout to our fantastic sound engineer Christoph Franke!!!

We are very happy to perform at the OPUS KLASSIK award ceremony on the 18th of October in Konzerthaus Berlin. The ceremony will be broadcast on TV on the 18th of October at 22.15 with ZDF.

Our new single The Shoemaker is now available on all streaming platforms!
Watch the music video here: https://youtu.be/uNPDB0QnsN4

Enjoy listening / watching and stay healthy in this unusual and difficult times
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GOOD NEWS - BAD NEWS!

First of all we want to share something very exciting with you:

Our long-awaited debut album "memento" will be released on Warner Classics!

Schubert „Death & The Maiden“ and Mendelssohn No. 6 will be available in stores and on all streaming platforms on March 13th.

For pre-order or a first sneak-preview follow this link: https://w.lnk.to/mm

Apart from this we sadly have to announce that some concerts of our upcoming tour had to be canceled due to the current corona situation.
For some of them there are already alternative dates. So far this concerns the following concerts:

Berlin - March 13th

Düsseldorf - March 15th

Stuttgart - March 16th I POSTPONED to December 7th 2020

Weikersheim - March 19th I POSTPONED to November 5th 2020

Reutlingen - March 20th I POSTPONED to December 14th 2020

Aachen - March 22th I POSTPONED to June 14th 2020

Milano - March 31st

Rovereto - April 2nd I POSTPONED to June 10th 2020

Rijeka - April 4th

Meersburg - May 17th I POSTPONED to Dec 13th 2020

London - June 29th

We keep this list updated in case of any short-term changes.

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From now on you can find all dates for the season 19/20 at concerts!

We look forward to concerts in the Philharmonie Berlin, in the Elbphilharmonie, at the Heidelberger Streichquartettfest, in the Liederhalle Stuttgart, in the newly founded Tauberphilharmonie, in the Wigmore Hall as well as concert tours to Japan, Canada, the USA, Austria, Norway, Italy, Croatia and Switzerland.

We are also very happy to be Artist in Residence at the Bodenseefestival 2020.

In March 2020 our debut album with works by Schubert and Mendelssohn will finally be released - more detailed information will follow soon!

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After we had to cancel some concerts due to a torn ligament that our cellist Leonard suffered during a bicycle accident in January, we are happy to be back on stage now! We apologize for any cancelled concerts, the following list of alternate dates will be updated as soon as any dates are fixed.

18.01. Wiesbaden: postponed to 11.12.2020

19.01. Bensheim: postponed to 19.09.2020

20.01. Münster: postponed to 12.05.2019

27.01. Florence: postponed to the season 2020/2021

31.01. Cologne: postponed to 08.06.2019

01.02. Hamburg: postponed to 14.01.2020

03.02. Essen: postponed to 24.01.2021

27.02. Sage Gateshead: postponed to 21.04.2021

19.03. Brussels: cancelled, next concert on 28.06.2019

20.03. Munich: postponed, date will be announced soon

22.03. Steinhagen: postponed to 21.06.2019

23.03. Greven: postponed to 24.01.2021

24.03. Menden: postponed to 22.09.2019

Unfortunately, our cellist Leonard suffered a torn ligament in his right shoulder in a bicycle accident, so we had to cancel some concerts at short notice. We regret this very much and apologize for any inconvenience! Fortunately, he is already on the way to recovery, so we will be back on stage soon. Alternate dates for all cancelled concerts are being organized and will be announced here in a timely manner.

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We have to proudly announce that we have been awarded the chamber music prize of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation. We are speechless, grateful an most of all incredibly honored!

Our concert dates until June 2018 have finally been updated and will be completed soon! 

We can’t wait for our (2nd) debut at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg as well as concerts in Rio de Janeiro and Spain, Italy and England!

And there will be some great upcoming announcements to make very soon:) (good old cliffhanger!)

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We are really excited to announce our new collaboration with the british agency Sulivan Sweetland.
They will present us worldwide as well as on the moon and we are very much looking forward to our tours through America, Europe and Asia coming up the next years! 
We also cannot wait to meet our future agency-brother Avi Avital, the great mandolinist, with whom we will be performing at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival on 7th & 8th of July 2017!

Finally on our long way home and after 2 weeks full of action in Switzerland and Italy we are really glad especially about the last week in Geneva!

Awarded with 1st Prize and all special prizes (audience prize, young audience prize, "concerts de Jussy"-prize and "Coup de coeur Breguet"-prize) we finally coming home to berlin delighted and tired!

First and not least a big thankyou to the competition's team for making these nervous situations really bearable for us!

But most of all we have to thank all of our friends (family anyway) and amazing teachers, who supported us stoically on our way and hopefully keep on doing this further on!

We already wish you all a wonderful christmas time!

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There is a new addition to the festival's family: it’s us!

We first of all want to thank our wonderful audience! After all, it is responsible for that!

But a great thank-you also goes out to Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and its lovely team, we had so many great projects with this year. We already looking forward to the next one!

Thanks to all of you!

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欢迎 光临​

After a great promotion concert we can't wait for our 2-weeks-China-Tour next year to come!
Shenzhen, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Peking, Hongkong - Our quartet together with phenomenal pianist (and also interpreter by the way) Haiou Zhang!

Still quite speechless regarding the list of former prize winners as Claudio Abbado, Gustavo Dudamel or the Artemis Quartett we are extremely honored to announce that we were awarded the Würth prize by the Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland.

The really flattering explanation:

"Appreciating their dedicated, bold and great artistic Intention, the way of their appearance and performing, the choice of program including improvisation and modern own ompositions, defining the string quartet genre in a new, young and vivid way and on a high level musicianship."

We would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to the Würth Foundation and the Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland but also to all the teachers and friends who supported us on our way.

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On Wednesday we are going to Rotterdam!

We are extremely looking forward to our Showcase at the international Music Fair Classical:NEXT, on Friday, the 27th May at 8 pm!

(among other reasons, because exactely one half of our quartet is half dutch)!

"Yippee"  (- vision string quartet, 16th January '16)

The Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Competition is over.

We are delighted at the 1st prize as well as both special awards for "best interpretation of the commissioned piece" and "Freunde Junger Musiker".

Thanks to all the people who supported us on our way!

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Back in town!

For two weeks we have travelled through South Africa (completely fascinated), saw at least four of the "Big Five" and had some great concerts.

Really pleased especially by two guest appearances at performances by Rolf Stahlhofen ("Söhne Mannheims") and his georgeous band as well as with the great Laith Aldeen and with frontman of "Rock 4".

Instead of reindeers we got giraffes and there were no sleights but a safari-jeep but though we had strong christmas feelings coming up at 35 degrees.

Now we start preparing for the Mendelssohn Competition in January but first:

Merry Christmas!

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