{"id":606,"date":"2014-10-19T21:50:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T19:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/das-quartett-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T22:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:04:18","slug":"thequartet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/vita\/thequartet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-2km3h2-c0ceda9c151d669b6ec32e0b3908248c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2g02me-a5d00ebdc5b4cf4b0d885c6abcdf9129\">\n.avia-image-container.av-2g02me-a5d00ebdc5b4cf4b0d885c6abcdf9129 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-2g02me-a5d00ebdc5b4cf4b0d885c6abcdf9129 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-2g02me-a5d00ebdc5b4cf4b0d885c6abcdf9129 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itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/vita\/floriandonderer\/\">Florian Donderer, violin<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1ewfae-7293f7151bc7820e84e531c4bc88e0df '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Annette Walther\" href=\"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/vita\/annettewalther\/\">Annette Walther, violin<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-197dce-c1cc5b8b64790bc418092819cf959862 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Xandi van Dijk\" href=\"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/vita\/xandivandijk\/\">Xandi van Dijk, viola<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-15if2u-76e8e2ff807a6b58a44101bf952f2072 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Thomas Schmitz\" href=\"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/vita\/thomasschmitz\/\">Thomas Schmitz, violoncello<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-y8l5i-0356a752ca1e25503a21093586c44269\">\n.flex_column.av-y8l5i-0356a752ca1e25503a21093586c44269{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-y8l5i-0356a752ca1e25503a21093586c44269 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-p1m12-67ded0428960ae2059463f675cca666f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fury, tenderness, terror, sardonic humour and resignation were here in a journey that left the listener bruised and breathless.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Times<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ikuee-2e2590a3c098f2d35ad9e9a0ac49dc3b av_one_half  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-m9x7hscs-4280757c4f97d5e84161784017473e38 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Performances of unsparing expressivity, intimacy and vitality are hallmarks of the Signum Quartet, pairing music making of the subtlest order with playing of the highest intensity. The dramatic composition of their programmes is innovative and distinct, and is realised with uncompromising perfection in interpretations of effortless transparency. (\u201cenormously intelligent and knowledgeable programming\u201d\u2014Rondo Magazin)<\/p>\n<p>The quartet has been a welcome guest at the Wigmore Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie de Paris, Konzerthaus Vienna, Philharmonie Cologne, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and at the BBC Proms, with partners such as Nils M\u00f6nkemeyer, Dominique Horwitz, J\u00f6rg Widmann, Daniel Ottensamer, Nicolas Altstaedt and Elisabeth Leonskaja. In 2023 the ensemble will gave its debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The Signum Quartet\u2019s discography is a testament to their stylistic range: Next to the greats of the quartet literature, they have recorded works by Wolfgang Rihm, Thomas Ad\u00e8s, J\u00f6rg Widmann and Kevin Volans. Their recording of Erkki-Sven T\u00fc\u00fcr\u2019s Second String Quartet <em>Lost Prayers<\/em> for ECM won Classical Album of the Year at the Estonian Music Awards 2021. \u201cA dark flaring\u201d, their follow-up album for ECM containing South African compositions, will be released in the spring of 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cy7na-4f34383734a88dd641bcc3c9c5615f1d\">\n.flex_column.av-cy7na-4f34383734a88dd641bcc3c9c5615f1d{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-cy7na-4f34383734a88dd641bcc3c9c5615f1d av_one_half  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-azlza-014aad68b5674d505b2db313b4606d9b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Following their multi-award-winning album \u201cAus der Ferne\u201d (Diapason D\u2019Or, Opus Klassik), the Signum Quartet continued its Schubert cycle for PENTATONE with \u201cIns stille Land\u201d, deepening its exploration of the fascinating connections between his string quartets and songs. (\u201cThe Signum\u2019s \u2018Death and the Maiden\u2019 is up there with the best from a crowded field\u201d\u2014The Strad). 2023 saw the release of\u00a0 \u201cLebensmuth\u201d, the final installment of their Schubert trilogy, which has garnered rave reviews and won a further OPUS Klassik in 2024 for Best Chamber Music Album of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the quartet launched its innovative social media project #quartweet, where composers of all ages and abilities are invited to tweet a short quartet of 140 notes or less on Twitter. The project has received much media attention and been featured on Deutschlandfunk, BBC In Tune and BR U-21. Contributing composers include Bruno Mantovani, Grawemeyer Award winners Brett Dean and Sebastian Currier and Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the Signum Quartet launched their <a href=\"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/bridge-the-chasms-that-divide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBridge the chasms that divide\u201d<\/a> project, commemorating 30 years since the fall of apartheid in South Africa. For this, they have invited some of South Africa\u2018s most original and powerful voices to reflect on their own experiences and journeys before and after 1994, including composers such as Abel Selaocoe and Dizu Plaatjies. This project saw premieres at the Cologne Philharmonie and Boulezsaal Berlin, and an album of the commissioned works will be released in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022 the quartet established its Bremen-based project <em>SIGNUM open space<\/em>, supported by <em>Neustart Kultur<\/em>. This will be a site for rehearsals, recordings, workshops and education initiatives as well as an interactive exchange with the public. Additionally, there will be interdisciplinary projects such as exhibitions, readings, dance and seminars with renowned lecturers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":913,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606\/revisions\/967"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/signumquartet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}