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Nomination for the Opus Klassik Award
We are pleased to be nominated for the Opus Klassik Award in two categories:
· Ensemble/Orchestra of the year
· Chamber Music up to (and incl.) 19th century
Recording: Johannes Brahms
string quartet op. 51 no. 1
clarinet quintet op. 115 (with Thorsten Johanns)
Label: Genuin Classics
Ref.number: GEN20704
In cooperation with BBC Radio 3 and Deutschlandfunk
The recording is available in stores and online (like on Amazon or
JPC)
Furthermore the recording is available on all common streaming platforms, such as Spotify, AppleMusic, Deezer a.o.
ENJOY THE MUSIC
New CD release "Attacca"
One of the most brilliant works in the quartet literature, an exciting new composition based on it, and a virtuoso award-winning ensemble: the Aris Quartet's GENUIN CD Attacca bursts with energy from the very first moment.
Highly acclaimed with awards such as "Echo Rising Stars" 2019/2020, the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, and "BBC New Generations Artists" 2018-2020, the Aris Quartet juxtaposes Beethoven's "Russian" Quartet Op. 59, No. 1, with Gerald Resch's String Quartet No. 3.
Gerald Resch's intention was to build a kind of "adjacent property" to Beethoven. The Aris Quartet vividly brings out both the connections and differences with its nuanced playing.
The CD will be available from May 07, 2021, for example on amazon.com or jpc.de.
The Aris Quartet at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
ECHO – this is the name of the network set up by Europe's leading concert halls, a cooperation that aims to work on joint initiatives and a mutual exchange of ideas. Every year the 22 members nominate six outstanding young artists and send them off on a large-scale tour.
The current »Rising Stars« appear at the Elbphilharmonie every year in the space of a week. Concerts cannot be given in front of a large audience this time round, but everyone can still enjoy the festival: the concerts are being transferred to the internet, and can be watched as a stream, starting on Tuesday 26 January at 20.30 with the Aris Quartett.
Each stream starts with a short talk from the artist, followed by the actual concert.
You can rewatch the concert stream here!
Prizes and Awards
- 2012 - 1. Prize "International Johannes-Brahms-Competition", Pörtschach (Austria)
- 2013 - 1. Prize "European Chamber Music Competition, Karlsruhe (Germany)
- 2014 - 1. Prize "Lenzewski Competition for Modern Chamber Music", Frankfurt (Germany)
- 2014 - 1. Prize "International August-Everding-Competition" for string quartets, Munich (Germany)
- 2016 - 1. Prize and 4 special prizes at the "7th International Joseph-Joachim Chamber Music Competition" in Weimar
- 2016 Chamber Music Prize, Jürgen-Ponto Foundation
- 2016 - 2. Prize, Audience Prize, Osnabrücker Musikpreis, Special Awards ProQuartet and Genuin Classics at the International ARD Music Competition
- 2016 - 1. Prize International Competition of the Irene Steels Wilsing- Foundation (Berlin)
- 2017 - Supersonic Award of the music magazine "pizzicato" (Luxembourg) for the CD release: "Ludwig van Beethoven: String quartet op. 59/3 and op. 131"
- 2018 - BBC "New Generation Artists
- 2018 - Supersonic Award of the music magazine "pizzicato" (Luxembourg) for the CD release with music by Shostakovich and Schubert
- 2019 - ECHO Rising Stars of the European Concert Hall Organisation
- 2020 - Borletti Buitoni Trust Award
Reviews
“... one of the most sensational ensembles of the younger generation ..."
ARTE
" ... brilliantly played..."
BBC Music Magazine
“... simply sensational music-making …”
“... one of the outstanding string quartet formations …”
Deutschlandfunk
“... on the verge of an international career ...”
NDR Kultur
“... the Aris Quartet demonstrates world-class playing …”
SPIEGEL
“... finely nuanced and riveting ...”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"... an ensemble to which the future belongs ..."
Neue Musikzeitung
“World-class music-making …”
Süddeutsche Zeitung