CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Performance
Monday, Mar 15, 2010 | 7:30 PM
Artemis Quartet
Zankel Hall
A journey through Beethoven’s life and art begins with the youthful exuberance of the Op. 18 quartet. It then moves through the terse drama of Op. 95, and ends in a place that words can’t describe, on the rarefied heights of Op. 132. Leading the journey is a string quartet that, says the New York Times, “has always played with vigor, brilliance and sensitivity.”
Performers
- Artemis Quartet
·· Natalia Prishepenko, Violin
·· Gregor Sigl, Violin
·· Friedemann Weigle, Viola
·· Eckart Runge, Cello
Program
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BEETHOVEN
String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
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BEETHOVEN
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 95, "Serioso"
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BEETHOVEN
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132
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Program is approximately 1 hour, 50 minutes, including one intermission
Bios
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Artemis Quartet
Natalia Prishepenko, Violin
Gregor Sigl, Violin
Friedmann Weigle, Viola
Eckart Runge, Cello
Based in Berlin, the Artemis Quartet was founded at the Musikhochschule Lübeck in 1989 and has gained a reputation as one of the leading ensembles of its generation. Following their first-place victories at the ARD International Music Competition and the International String Quartet Competition "Premio Paolo Borciani" in 1996, the ensemble members pursued further study, spending a year in residence with the Alban Berg Quartet in Vienna in 1998, followed by a three-month sabbatical at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. Their 1999 debut at the Philharmonie (Berlin) marked the formal start of the ensemble's career.
Since 2004, the Artemis's series of concerts at the Philharmonie has been met with praise from critics and audiences alike. Managing a busy schedule of concerts at venues and festivals in Europe, the US, Japan, South America, and Australia, the ensemble is also committed to teaching. The quartet maintains relationships with its own teachers and mentors, Walter Levin, the Emerson String Quartet, the Juilliard String Quartet, and the Alban Berg Quartet.
The Artemis Quartet's recordings have been awarded the German Record Critics' Award and the Diapason d'Or. In 2006, the quartet's recording of Beethoven's Op. 95 and Op. 59, No. 1, was awarded Germany's ECHO Klassik Award for Chamber Music Recording of the Year.
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