Arditti quartet

The Quatuor Arditti is a String quartet of international reputation, founded in 1974.

The quartet interprets especially Modern music. It gave hundreds of first of works of Harrison Birtwistle, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Brian Ferneyhough, Sofia Goubaïdoulina, György Ligeti, Conlon Nancarrow, Martin Smolka, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kjell Perder and Iannis Xenakis.

Members

  • Irvine Arditti (first violin, since 1974)

  • Ashot Sarkissjan (second violin, since June 2005)
  • Ralf Ehlers (viola since January 2003)
  • Lucas Fels (violoncello since 2006)

Preceding members

Second violin
  • Graeme Jennings (1994 - May 2005)
  • David Alberman (1986 - 1993)
  • Alexander Balanescu (1983 - 1986)
  • Lennox MacKenzie (1974 - 1983)
Viola
  • Dov Scheindlin (1997 - 2002)
  • Garth Knox (1990 - 1996)
  • Levine Andrade (1974 - 1990)
Violoncello
  • Rohan de Saram (1977 - 2006)
  • Helen Liebmann (1976)
  • John Senter (1974 - 1976)

Discography

Anton Webern : Integral of the trios and string quartets (CD: Montaigne/naive MO782136, published in 2000)

Distinctions

  • Prix Ernst von Siemens (June 1999)
  • Gramophone Award (October 1999) for CD with works of Elliott Carter
  • Gramophone Award (October 2002) Pulsates Shadows of Harrison Birtwistle

External bond

  • Official site

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