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CENTRAL EUROPEAN MUSIC AGENCY
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CONDUCTOR SINGERS PIANO HARPSICHORD ORGAN HARP VIOLA CELLO FRENCH HORN ENSEMBLES PROJECTS |
| MEREL QUARTET Mary Ellen Woodside - violine Meesun Hong - violine Alexander Besa - viola Rafael Rosenfeld - violoncello „…each individual is a musician of the highest technical ability, but what is more impressive is how they create a completely homogenous and harmonious ensemble. Their honest approach to the works convinces me as intelligent and mature. If this all sounds too serious, allow me to emphasize the group’s joyful and youthful playing…” Bernard Haitink on the Merel Quartet Since its formation in 2002, the Merel Quartet, resident in Zurich, Switzerland, has received unanimous praise. The Quartet performs extensively in Europe in such prestigious venues as the Zurich Tonhalle and Wigmore Hall, and in such important festivals as the Salzburger Festspiele, Lucerne Festival, Kunstfest Weimar, the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, the "Omaggio a Palladio' series in Vicenza, EuroArt Prague, Concentus Moraviae and are regular guests of András Schiff and Heinz Holliger at the Ittingen Whitsun Festival. In addition, the quartet has collaborated with such artists as Ruth Ziesak, Juliane Banse, Dénes Várjon, Nobuko Imai, Thomas Demenga, Jörg Widmann, Heinz Holliger, Erich Höbarth, Christoph Schiller, Quatuor Ebène, the Stamitz Quartet, and the Panocha Quartet, among others. The Merel Quartet is based in Zürich. „It is with great pleasure that I recommend the Merel Quartet, as the latest, most welcome addition to the podiums of the chamber music world. I wish the quartet the recognition they deserve.“ Alfred Brendel, 2006 |
