Delian Quartett

The namesake of the delian::quartett is the Greek god Apollo, who was worshipped as god of the fine arts, the muses and especially music, and also named Delian after his place of birth, the island of Delos. Ever since 2007, when it was founded, the doors of major music venues and important festivals opened for the delian::quartett. The echo of the ensemble’s first concerts catapulted them practically overnight to the center of the international concert scene. Their debut at the Berlin Philharmonie in 2009 sparked off genuine torrents of enthusiasm; the Quartet was received with standing ovations already after the opening piece. Since then the ensemble has performed, acclaimed by audiences and the press alike, in major concert seasons and venues all over Europe and – as artistic ambassadors of the Goethe Institute – in Africa. Apart from cultivating existing string quartet literature from the Baroque age to the present day, one of the delian::quartett’s major commitments is the enlargement of string quartet repertoire. Thus they have premièred a great number of new works. The quartet’s artistic partners include outstanding musicians such as Gilles Apap, Measha Brueggergosman, Gérard Caussé, Stella Doufexis, Bruno Ganz, Per Arne Glorvigen, the Henschel Quartet, Sergey Nakariakov, Menahem Pressler, and Anatol Ugorski. The ensemble's unconventional programmes, brimming with interconnections among works, draw the attention of critics and audiences. The delian::quartett soon shed their shooting star image to become regarded as a highly esteemed quartet from the first draw of chamber music ensembles on an international level. Ever since 2017, the members of the delian::quartett have also been Pirastro Artists in partnership with that renowned maker of strings for bowed instruments. Adrian Pinzaru plays a violin by Giovanni Battista Rogeri, generously provided by Christine Anderson; Andreas Moscho’s violin is by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, on generous extended loan from the Paderborn families Lödige and Jacoby. The delian::quartett performed for the first time at the Ruhr Piano Festival in 2018; it appears on this recording by courtesy of OehmsClassics.