Cherubini Quartet

The Cherubini Quartet (German: Cherubini-Quartett) was a German string quartet from Düsseldorf, founded in 1978.

It is named after the Italian composer Luigi Cherubini, who wrote six string quartets. The Cherubini Quartet has won international acclaim with its interpretations of nineteenth-century string quartets, winning prizes such as the Grand Prix in Evian/France.^[1]

Members

• Violin: Christoph Poppen^[2]
• Violin: Harald Schoneweg (1978-1994),^[3] Ulf Gunnar Wallin^[4] (1995-1997)^[5]
• Viola: Hariolf Schlichtig^[6]
• Violoncello: Klaus Kämper (1978-1989),^[7] Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (1989-1995),^[8] Christoph Richter^[9] (1995-1997)^[10]

Repertoire

The Cherubini Quartet has performed string quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, and Robert Schumann.

Awards

• Märkisches Stipendium für Musik for the years 1980/81 and 1981/82
• Grand Prix at the International String Quartet Competition in Evian/France in 1981^[11]

External links

• Literature by and about Cherubini Quartet in the German National Library catalogue
• Entry in the ACADEMIC Universal-Lexikon (in German)

References

1. ↑ "60 Jahre Sendesaal: Das Cherubini-Quartett" (in German). Retrieved 2013-01-23. 
2. ↑ "Cherubini-Quartett". Academic dictionaries and encyclopedias (in German). Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
3. ↑ "Biografie Harald Schoneweg" (in German). Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
4. ↑ "Cherubini-Quartett". Academic dictionaries and encyclopedias (in German). Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
5. ↑ "Schubertiade Hohenems/ Cherubini Quartett- Vergangene Veranstaltungen" (in German). Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
6. ↑ "Cherubini-Quartett". Academic dictionaries and encyclopedias (in German). Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
7. ↑ "Biografie Klaus Kämper" (in German). Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
8. ↑ "Biografie" [Biography]. Retrieved 2017-02-16. 
9. ↑ "Cherubini-Quartett". Academic dictionaries and encyclopedias (in German). Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
10. ↑ "Schubertiade Hohenems/ Cherubini Quartett-Vergangene Veranstaltungen" (in German). Retrieved 2016-05-24. 
11. ↑ "Oper-Stuttgart.de – Christoph Poppen" (in German). Retrieved 2013-01-27.