2. Internationales Musikfest Hamburg 21. April bis 22.Mai 2016
Compositions for eternity in the third concert of the festival series »Survival Music«, featuring Messiaen’s »Quartet for the End of Time« among others
Di. 26.4.2016 20 Uhr Laeiszhalle Hamburg / Kleiner Saal
During the string quartet Biennale at the Cité de la Musique, Paris, the Tetzlaff Quartet plays Mozart, Shostakovich and Sibelius.
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“The players make declarations, pose questions, give answers, thrust and parry, chase each other, proceed in lockstep; there are moments of tender lyricism and of furious aggression – I’ve never seen string players subject their instruments to such apparently extreme maltreatment – but the Tetzlaffs encompassed it all with wit and impeccable virtuosity. This was a heroic performance.”
Independent, Michael Church, 05.01.2016
Tanja Tetzlaff, Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt, with “Brahms: The Piano Trios” by Ondine, received a nomination in the category “Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance”
The Tetzlaff Quartet receives a Diapason d’or de l’année 2015 for a recording of Alban Berg’s “Lyric Suite” for string quartet and Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s String Quartet op. 13. (more…)
The Tetzlaff Quartet is starting its tour through Europe today. Starting in Prague, the tour will bring them to Hamburg, Bremen and Ghent. (more…)
The Jury of the Mahler-Record Prize in Toblach (South Tyrol) has given a Special Award to a CD featuring Mahlers Fourth Symphony in the chamber version of Erwin Stein, recorded for Cavi by Christiane Oelze and the Festival Ensemble Spannungen, composed among others by Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff. (more…)