Pellegrini Quartet

The Pellegrini Quartet is an important international string quartet ensemble. It was founded in 1989 in Freiburg im Breisgau and is named after its first violinist Antonio Pellegrini.

Presentation

A main concern of the ensemble is the juxtaposition of the traditional and the experimental. In this respect, the ensemble's repertoire includes works of the Renaissance, the Baroque, the Viennese Classic (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven), the early modern (Alexander von Zemlinsky, Hanns Eisler) as well as composers of the second half of the 20th century (among others Morton Feldman, John Cage, Luigi Nono and Giacinto Scelsi). The Pellegrini Quartet has worked closely with contemporary composers Klaus Huber, Péter Eötvös, Salvatore Sciarrino and Walter Levin. The quartet has performed works by Adriana Hölszky ("Suspension bridges - string quartet to Schubert"), Erhard Grosskopf (12 pieces for String Quartet - String Quartet No. 4), Peter Kleindienst ("What Power Art") and Juliane Klein.

Their discography focuses on works by contemporary composers.

Members

Former member
  • Charlotte Geselbracht[3] – viola (until 1993)

References
  1. Fabio Marano
  2. Helmut Menzler on Discogs
  3. Charlotte Geselbracht
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