Our 2008/2009 Season
Sunday - 1 March 2008 - 3:00 pm
Hugo Wolf Quartett
Sebastian Gürtler, violin
Régis Bringolf, violin
Gertrud Weinmeister, viola
Florian Berner, cello
The Hugo Wolf Quartett was founded at the Vienna Conservatory in 1993. The name was granted to the quartet by the International Hugo Wolf Society of Vienna. The late Romantic composer Hugo Wolf was situated between the great Viennese music tradition and its departure into the modern period, thus the quartet exhibits a wide range of musical venues. Shortly after its founding, the four young musicians began their professional careers by winning the Fifth International String Quartet Competition in Cremona, took first prize at the 45th International G.B. Viotti Chamber Music Competition, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Special Prize, and the European Cultural Award for Chamber Music, then made their debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus to wide acclaim by public and press alike.
For more than 10 years the quartet has performed in the most prominent concert halls and renowned festivals such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Berlin and Cologne, the Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Symphony Hall Birmingham, Wigmore Hall London, Carnegie Hall New York, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Edinburgh Festival, and many other places our Newtown audience would recognize. Their performances have taken them on extensive concert tours in Europe, North and South America, Mexico, Japan, and elsewhere.
“One hears in these players, embryonically and in miniature, the qualities that make the Vienna Philharmonic special” -- New York Times
“Urgent and impassioned, but with an absolute commitment to the ideal values of every note” -- Los Angeles Times