Quartet: vision string quartet

Biography

vision string quartet

From a garden allotment to the big stage is just a small step. In one of their music videos, the four musicians of the vision string quartet pluck out a relaxed samba while moving through the setting of a German allotment garden colony – complete with Hawaiian leisure outfits, swimming pool, and unicorn float. In another universe, they stride onto major international stages in elegant attire to perform the core string quartet repertoire at the highest level – always from memory and (with the exception of the cellist) standing. After studying with the Artemis Quartet and Günter Pichler, the primarius of the Alban Berg Quartet, and after many competition successes, the ensemble, founded in 2012, soon found itself in the international spotlight. The quartet’s vision includes broadening stylistic horizons and integrating arrangements from pop and jazz as well as their own compositions into their concert programmes. With their groove and imaginative improvisations, the four musicians demonstrate that combining classical fidelity to the work with the feel of an experimental band is not a daring balancing act, but is rather a form of lived musicality. The proof: they perform in such prominent concert halls as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and London’s Wigmore Hall. They have also toured Japan, Australia, and Korea.