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| Cristiano Gualco | Violine Paolo Andreoli | Violine Simone Gramaglia | Viola Giovanni Scaglione | Violoncello "...An album for the ensemble’s 20th anniversary that offers the highest level of listening pleasure!..." Rondomagazin | November 2020 "I very much admire Quartetto di Cremona and all they do." Ilaria Borletti Buitoni (BBT President | March 2019) "---Ein Wunder! (A wonder!)..." Der neue Merker | July 2019 "...An unexpected emphasis here, an unusual moment of phrasing there: the Cremona Quartet are unpredictable, but never mannered in these Schubert chamber masterpieces. They capture the profound beauty of both works." BBC Music Magazine | July 2019 "...Indeed, in Beethoven cycle, the Quartetto di Cremona presents itself as an eminent ambassador of the Italian Quartet Culture and, at the same time, confirms its position as an ensemble of international excellence." Fono Forum | January 2018 Since its foundation in 2000, the Quartetto di Cremona has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting chamber music ensembles on the international stage. It is regularly invited to the major music festivals in Europe, North and South America and the Far East and receives universal acclaim for its high art of interpretation. Winner of the "BBT Fellowship" in 2005, the Quartetto di Cremona also received the "Franco Buitoni Award" (2019) from the Borletti Buitoni Trust for its constant contribution to the promotion of chamber music in Italy and throughout the world. In 2020, the Quartetto di Cremona celebrated its twentieth anniversary with outstanding concerts and recording projects developed in successive seasons. Among them, the release of "Italian Postcards" (Avie Records), on which four non-Italian composers such as Mozart, Wolf, Tchaikovsky and Nimrod Borenstein, who wrote a brand new piece for the occasion, compiled their memories of the Mediterranean country. The album was very well received by international critics. Due to the pandemic crisis, several concerts were postponed in the 20/21 season (including the debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and the return to Wigmore Hall in London and the Salle de la Madelaine in Geneva). However, the quartet has debuted at the Rudolfinum in Prague and the CRR Concert Hall in Istanbul, and will perform in Germany, France, Scandinavia and with major Italian concert companies throughout the spring and summer. In the 21/22 season, the quartet will perform in India, Spain, the Netherlands, and Germany, as well as tour Asia and North America, making its debut at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York (February 2022). Notable previous recording projects include a double CD dedicated to Schubert, featuring cellist Eckart Runge. The album was recorded with the Stradivarius instrumentarium "Paganini Quartet", kindly loaned by the Nippon Music Foundation (Tokyo), and received great acclaim in the international press. The same applies to the cycle of Beethoven string quartets: the eight CDs were awarded prestigious prizes (2017: Echo Klassik, 2018: International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), BBC Music Magazine, Pizzicato "Supersonic", among others) and received numerous accolades from critics worldwide. The Quartetto di Cremona is frequently invited to give masterclasses in Europe, Asia, North and South America and have been professors at the "Walter Stauffer Academy" in Cremona since 2011. They are ambassadors for the international project "Friends of Stradivari" and since 2015 honorary citizens of Cremona, the city of traditional violin making, which is a UNESCO cultural heritage. They are also testimonials for "Le Dimore del Quartetto" (international training centre for chamber music based in Milan) and Thomastik-Infeld Strings, the famous string manufacturer in Vienna. Cristiano Gualco violin Nicola Amati, Cremona 1640 Paolo Andreoli violin Paolo Antonio Testore, Milano ca. 1758 (Kulturfonds Peter Eckes) Simone Gramaglia viola Gioachino Torazzi, ca. 1680 (Kulturfonds Peter Eckes) Giovanni Scaglione cello Dom Nicola Amati, Bologna 1712 (Kulturfonds Peter Eckes) 2021/2022 We ask that you reprint this biography without alteration. Omissions and changes are only permitted after consultation with the agency. Please use only material from the current season, thank you. office@msbuhl.com | |
