Music

Counted among the foremost quartets of the world, Berlin-based Artemis Quartet has earned accolades with its exceptional level of musical intensity and finesse. The ensemble has performed at numerous great musical centres and international festivals in Europe, the United States, Asia, South America, and Australia, receiving overwhelming responses from audiences and critics alike.

Named after the Greek goddess of the hunt, the Artemis Quartet was founded in 1989 at the University of Music Lübeck. The ensemble’s important mentors have been violinist Walter Levin, pianist Alfred Brendel, the Alban Berg Quartet, Juilliard Quartet, and Emerson Quartet. Since 2004, the ensemble has curated its own seasons and hosted dedicated series at several major international venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, Wiener Konzerthaus, and Munich’s Prince Regent Theatre, etc. In 2013, the Beethoven-Haus Bonn made the quartet honorary members of the Beethoven-Haus Association for the ensemble’s interpretation of Beethoven’s works.

The Artemis Quartet will bring us a programme of diversity delights including Beethoven’s first foray into the string quartet genre, Schumann’s novelty from his own “chamber music year”, and Janáček’s frenetic response to The Kreutzer Sonata, a controversial novella by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.