Searching for musical truth

The Süddeutsche Zeitung writes: “Anyone listening to the renowned Mandelring Quartet’s four-CD box set of Mendelssohn’s chamber music for strings will be astonished by, for example, the pure pathos of the introduction to the Quartet opus 13 or the eventful compositional density of the three opus 44 quartets. The listener will be devastated by the agitated desolation of op. 80, expressing the composer’s reaction to the death of his beloved sister Fanny.”, and continues: “Thus the whole project is dominated by an enthralling blend of astringency and virtuosity.”

The Mandelring Quartet’s distinguishing characteristics are its expressivity and remarkable homogeneity. The four individual members are as one in their shared determination always to seek out the innermost core of the music Thus there is a passionate interest in the structure and crafting of the works while at the same time there is the great joy of living with the music in a sensual dimension.

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  • Fri
    17
    Apr
    2026
    REGENSBURG-LAPPERSDORF
    7:30 pmAurelium

    Joseph Haydn, string quartet op. 71 Nr. 2
    Astor Piazzolla, "Libertango" for marimba solo
    Daniel Schnyder, "Zoom in" for marimba and string quartet
    Antonin Dvorák, string quartet op. 96 "American"
    Igmar Alderete Acosta, "Sones de America" for marimba and string quartet
    Leonard Bernstein, "West Side Story" for marimba and string quartet

    with Katarzyna Mycka, marimba

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  • Sun
    19
    Apr
    2026
    Neustadt/Weinstrasse, THE CLASSICAL SERIES
    6:00 pmSaalbau

    VIOLA - MON AMOUR
    Alexander von Zemlinsky, Two Movements for string quintet
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, string quintet in G minor KV 516
    Antonín Dvorák, string quintet op. 97 "American"

    with Roland Glassl, viola

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  • Wed
    22
    Apr
    2026
    Berlin, BERLIN CYCLE
    8:00 pmPhilharmonie, Chamber Music Hall

    VIOLA - MON AMOUR
    Alexander von Zemlinsky, Two Movements for string quintet
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, string quintet in G minor KV 516
    Antonin Dvorák, string quintet op. 97 "American"

    with Roland Glassl, viola

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  • Thu
    30
    Apr
    2026
    HOHENEMS, SCHUBERTIADE
    8:00 pmMarkus-Sittikus-Saal

    RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PROGRAMM FROM THE FIRST SCHUBERTIADE IN HOHENEMS
    Franz Schubert, Quartettsatz in C minor, D 703
    Franz Schubert, string quartet in A minor, D 803 "Rosamunde"
    Franz Schubert, string quartet in D minor, D 810 "Death and the Maiden"

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  • Wed
    03
    Jun
    2026
    HAMBACHER MUSIKFEST
    8:00 pmHambach castel

    ERÖFFNUNGSKONZERT
    Robert Schumann, piano quintet in E flat major op. 44
    André Caplet, "Le Masque de la Mort rouge", Conte fantastique for harp and string quartet
    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Song without Words op. 30 Nr. 1, arr. for alto trombone and string quintet
    Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Septet Militaire in C major op. 114, for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, double bass and piano

    with Sivan Magen (harpe), Oliver Triendl (piano), Henning Wiegräbe (trombone), Jens Veeser (double bass), Primin Grehl (flute), Laura Ruiz Ferreres (clarinet), Jörge Becker (trumpet)

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