News
New CD release
Two years after their last CD, the Aris Quartett focuses on Johannes Brahms with their fifth production.
Included are two key works of the chamber music literature of the 19th century: The String Quartet in C minor, dating from the early period of maturity, is characterized by how the composer dealt with personal losses and how he overcame great doubts. The Clarinet Quintet is one of Brahms' last works ever. A swan song to his oeuvre, perhaps even to Romanticism in general.
Chamber music partner of the quartet is the clarinettist Thorsten Johanns.
The recording is a co-production of Deutschlandfunk and BBC Radio 3 and will be released by Genuin Classics.
The CD will be available from October 02, 2020, for example on amazon.com oder jpc.de.
Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award Winner 2020
The Aris Quartett is this year's winner of the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award of 30.000 £
The Award is given to recipients for the purpose of advancing their musical careers across a wide range of projects.The Trust also offers advice and practical support alongside the financial
endowments to the selected musicians.
„We are deeply honored, very happy
and thankful for this huge appreciation!!" (C. Vinzens, violist)
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