Gringolts Quartet
The Gringolts String Quartet, which has also used the name Gringolts Quartet, has emerged as one of western Europe's most acclaimed young chamber ensembles. The group is led by violinist Ilya Gringolts.
The group was formed in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2008, but none of its four members is Swiss; the musicians were acquainted and knew that they all enjoyed making music together. The quartet takes its name from violinist Ilya Gringolts, but all of its other members have flourishing solo careers as well: violinist Anahit Kurtikyan and cellist Claudius Herrmann had performed together in the Amati Quartet, while Kurtikyan and violist Silvia Simionescu had played together in chamber groups at various festivals. Those connections enabled the new quartet to land prestigious festival appearances soon after its formation, including those at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Salzburg Festival, and the Lucerne Festival. The Gringolts String Quartet has appeared at Wigmore Hall in London, the Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen, L'Auditori in Barcelona, and the Sociedad Filarmónica de Bilbao, and the group has toured Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.
The group landed a top-level recording contract with unusual speed, releasing an album of Schumann string quartets on the Onyx label in 2011. That was followed by further recordings on Onyx, Profil, Orchid Classics, and BIS, mostly centering on Romantic repertory. The quartet's recordings of Schoenberg's String Quartets Nos. 2 and 4, however, appeared on BIS in 2017, and in concert, the group has championed quartets by contemporary composers such as Marc-André Dalbavie, Jens Joneleit, and Jörg Widmann. A recording of quintets by Glazunov and Taneyev with Christian Poltéra earned a Diapason d'Or award. Besides Poltéra and Widmann, the quartet's collaborators have included Eduard Brunner, Leon Fleisher, David Geringas, and Malin Hartelius. All four members of the quartet play instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries; Herrmann's cello was the same one used in the premiere performances of Beethoven's late string quartets by their dedicatee, Prince Nikolas Golitsin of St. Petersburg. The Gringolts String Quartet returned in 2020 on BIS, joining the quartet Meta4 for a recording of octets by Mendelssohn and Enescu. In 2022, the Gringolts String Quartet completed its Schoenberg cycle with a recording of String Quartets Nos. 1 and 3.
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Close Encounters. Works for Bassoon and String Quartet
Chamber Music - Released by Prospero Classical on 7/04/2023
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Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3, Opp. 7 & 30
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 1/04/2022
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Schumann: String Quartets 1-3, Piano Quintet
Classical - Released by Onyx Classics on 26/09/2011
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Brahms: Complete String Quartets & Piano Quintet
Chamber Music - Released by Orchid Classics on 3/06/2014
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Taneyev & Glazunov: String Quintets
Gringolts Quartet, Christian Poltéra
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 4/03/2016
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Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 4
Malin Hartelius, Gringolts Quartet
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 4/08/2017
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Astor Piazzolla: Tango Etude No. 3 (Arr. for Bassoon and String Quintet by Roger Helou)
Rui Lopes, Gringolts Quartet, Ruslan Lutsyk
Chamber Music - Released by Prospero Classical on 24/02/2023
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Felix Mendelssohn & Enescu: Octets
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 6/03/2020
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Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 168: III. Adagio – Allegro moderato (Arr. for Bassoon and String Quartet by Wolfgang Renz)
Chamber Music - Released by Prospero Classical on 10/02/2023
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Nisinman: Rui's Tango for Bassoon and String Quintet
Classical - Released by Prospero Classical on 6/01/2023
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Édouard Du Puy: Quintet in A Minor for Bassoon and String Quartet: III. Rondo
Chamber Music - Released by Prospero Classical on 10/03/2023
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