Ma'Alot Quintett

Stephanie Winker Flute Christian Wetzel Oboe · Ulf-Guido Schäfer Clarinet Sibylle Mahni Horn · Volker Tessmann Bassoon Founded in 1986, the Ma’alot Quintet is one of the world’s leading chamber music ensembles. First prizes in four chamber music competitions paved the way for international concert tours, radio broadcasts, and invitations to many important music festivals.
After winning the renowned ARD Munich Competition in 1989, the Ma’alot Quintet went on tour throughout Europe, to South Korea, the US, South America, and Southeast Asia. The ensemble’s repertoire embraces music from the classical period to the avantgarde. The unique and wonderful arrangements of the ensemble’s clarinetist Ulf-Guido Schäfer are perfectly written for the quintet and are almost completely featured on their CD recordings.
Ma’alot’s long term collaboration with the Dabringhaus & Grimm label (MDG), has led to numerous prestigious award-winning recordings, including two coveted German Echo Klassik prizes in 2006 and 2010 for their Dvoˇrák and Rossini CD’s.
The members of the quintet are principal solo players or professors in some of the world’s leading orchestras and music academies. In their search for new ideas and their passion for modern music, they have created dynamic relationships with contemporary composers: thus, the ensemble has premièred a number of works and has conceived new, experimental recital forms.
Artists with whom they have had close artistic relationships include the composer Detlef Glanert, the actor Dominique Horwitz, the tenor Christoph Prégardien, and the pianist Markus Becker.