Quartetto di Cremona
Since its formation in 2000, the Quartetto di Cremona has established a reputation as one of the most exciting chamber ensembles on the international stage. Regularly invited to perform at the most important festivals and concert seasons across Europe,
- Cristiano Gualco | violin
- Paolo Andreoli | violin
- Simone Gramaglia | viola
- Giovanni Scaglione | cello
Biography
Since its formation in 2000, the Quartetto di Cremona has established a reputation as one of the most exciting chamber ensembles on the international stage. Regularly invited to perform at the most important festivals and concert seasons across Europe, North and South America, and the Far East, the Quartet has garnered universal acclaim from critics and audiences alike for its high level of interpretive artistry.
Awarded with the BBT Fellowship in 2005, the Quartetto di Cremona is the recipient of the second “Franco Buitoni Award” (2019), in recognition of their contribution in promoting and encouraging chamber music in Italy and throughout the world.
The complete Beethoven string quartets recordings have been recently released for Audite. All the volumes attracted high levels of acclaim in the international press, winning several prizes (Echo Klassik 2017 and ICMA 2018, among the others) and with the Quartetto di Cremona being unanimously considered the true heir of the great Quartetto Italiano. A new album dedicated to Schubert will be released in April 2019, including the String Quintet in C major with cellist Eckart Runge (Artemis Quartet) and the String Quartet “Der Tod und das Mädchen”.
The 2017/18 season included successful debuts in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw, Muziekgebouw), Hamburg (Laeiszhalle) and Edinburgh, as well as tours in Sweden and Denmark, USA and Canada, Japan.
Noteworthy engagements in 2018/19 include performances in Berlin (Konzerthaus), Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie), Stockholm, Geneva, Manchester, Amsterdam, Valencia, New York, Hong Kong, Rome, Milan, as well as outstanding debuts at the Cartagena Festival Internacional de Música (Colombia), Colmar International Festival (France), Sandviken Kammarmusikfestival (Sweden) and at the Schubertiade.
They regularly collaborate with numerous artists of international renown, including Lawrence Dutton, Eckart Runge, Andrea Lucchesini, David Orlovsky, Edicson Ruiz, Aaron Pilsan and the Emerson String Quartet.
Frequently invited to present master classes across Europe and the United States, since autumn of 2011 the Quartet was assigned the professorship at the prestigious “Walter Stauffer Academy” in Cremona (String Quartet Advanced Master).
The Quartetto di Cremona is kindly supported by the Kulturfonds Peter Eckes (Mainz) with four fabulous Italian instruments:
Cristiano Gualco – violin G.B. Guadagnini “Cremonensis”, Torino 1767
Paolo Andreoli – violin Paolo Antonio Testore, Milano ca. 1758
Simone Gramaglia – viola Gioachino Torazzi, ca. 1680
Giovanni Scaglione – cello Dom Nicola Amati, Bologna 1712
The ensemble is ambassador for the “Friends of Stradivari” international project and it has been the first Italian string quartet recipient of a long term loan of the Stradivarius “Paganini Quartet” by the Nippon Music Foundation (Tokyo). The Quartet is also testimonial for Thomastik-Infeld Strings.
In November of 2015 they were awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Cremona.
Künstlerkontakte
- General Management | Italy
company General Management Ansprechpartner Vittoria Fontana country Italy telephone +39 347 0162917 e-mail vittoria.fontana@quartettodicremona.com - for artists GmbH & Co. KG | Germany
company for artists GmbH & Co. KG Ansprechpartner Birgit Niemeyer Address Kurfürstendamm 211, 10719 Berlin country Germany telephone +49 30 64475242 Weitere Infos PR e-mail birgit.niemeyer@forartists.de Internet https://www.forartists.de - Konzertdirektion Goette | Germany
company Konzertdirektion Goette Ansprechpartner Sonja Schachermeier Address Alsterterrasse 10, 20354 Hamburg country Germany telephone +49 (0)40 450 118 5 Weitere Infos Local Artist Manager Germany / Austria / Switzerland e-mail schachermeier@goette.de Internet https://www.goette.de/de/index.html - Kirshbaum Associates Inc. | United States of America
company Kirshbaum Associates Inc. Ansprechpartner Jason Belz Address 711 West End Avenue, Suite 5KN, 10025 New York country United States of America telephone 001 212 222 4843 Weitere Infos Local Artist Manager USA e-mail jbelz@kirshbaumassociates.com Internet https://www.kirshbaumassociates.com/ - Netherlands Chamber Music Foundation | Netherlands
company Netherlands Chamber Music Foundation Ansprechpartner Leana Furman Address Palmgracht 26, 1015 HM Amsterdam country Netherlands Weitere Infos Local Artist Manager Benelux e-mail leana.furman@kamermuzieknederland.nl - Nordic Artists Management | Denmark
company Nordic Artists Management Ansprechpartner Tina Linn Austad Address Christian IX's gade 2, 5.th, 1111 Kopenhagen country Denmark telephone +45 4449 2903 Weitere Infos Local Artist Manager Scandinavia e-mail tla@nordicartistsmanagement.com Internet https://www.nordicartistsmanagement.com/ - La máscara de Orfeo | Spain
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company Clássica Ansprechpartner Vivianne Franco country Brazil telephone +55 (11) 9-9255-6951 Weitere Infos Local Artist Manager South America e-mail vivianne@classicaproducoes.com.br Internet https://www.rodaproducoes.com/
Weblinks
Quartetto di Cremona | string quartet
Complete String Quartets
Ludwig van Beethoven 8SACD
Complete String Quartets - Vol. 8
Ludwig van Beethoven SACD
Complete String Quartets - Vol. 7
Ludwig van Beethoven SACD
Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 1
Camille Saint-Saëns CD
Complete String Quartets - Vol. 6
Ludwig van Beethoven SACD
Complete String Quartets - Vol. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven SACD
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Complete Chamber Music for Strings
Felix Mendelssohn 4CD
Complete String Quartets - Vol. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven SACD
Complete String Quartets - Vol. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven SACD
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: String Quartet in E flat major (Op. 44 No. 3), Four Pieces for String Quartet (Op. 81) & Octet in E flat major (Op. 20)
Felix Mendelssohn SACD
Complete String Quartets - Vol. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven SACD