• Born 1989

Biography

The Artemis Quartet was founded by four students at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck in 1989; they are first violinist Natalia Prischepenko, second violinist Heime Muller, violist Volker Jacobsen and cellist Eckart Runge. In Lübeck they studied with LaSalle Quartet alumnus Walter Levin and took master classes with the Alban Berg Quartet, an apprenticeship which began in 1994 and continues to this writing (2006). By the time of its seventh season the Artemis Quartett had already played most of the major European capitals and had conducted its first tour of the United States, and in 1997 they made their first recordings for Ars Musici, the label run by the Freiburger Musikforum; since 2001 they have recorded exclusively for Virgin Classics. The Artemis Quartett are the first string quartet ever to be awarded the prestigious prize for music given by the Federation of German Critics, and are noted for their performances of Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Brahms and above all, Beethoven. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis, All Music Guide

Discography

Dimitri Terzaki: String Quartet No. 5; Songs without Words, Liturgia profana Buy this CD	Ligeti: String Quartets 1 & 2 Buy this CD	Beethoven: String Quartets, Opp. 18/2 & 131 Buy this CD	Beethoven: String Quartets, Opp. 95 & 59/1 Buy this CD	Ligeti: String Quartets 1 & 2 Buy this CD
Dvorák, Janácek: String Quartets Buy this CD	Verklärte Nacht Buy this CD