By: Bernhard Schmidt

Brahms Prize 2026 awarded to the Mandelring Quartet
April 10, 2026

The Brahms Society of Schleswig-Holstein is pleased to announce the awarding of the 2026 Brahms Prize, endowed with €10,000, to the…

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50th Anniversary of the Schubertiade, Mandelring Quartet plays Anniversary Concert
April 1, 2026

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Hohenems, the Mandelring Quartet has been invited to perform a jubilee…

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Vancouver
March 15, 2026

Here is a blog about the Mandelring Quartet’s concert in Vancouver. C Mark Mushet

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Calgary
March 10, 2026

After a tour start with minor complications at check-in at Frankfurt Airport due to the extra seat for the cello, the…

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New CD: Antonín Dvořák Chamber Music Impressions from the New World
June 15, 2025

Antonín Dvořák’s ‘American’ chamber music works are the fruits of a happy, carefree time. And this is reflected in the music:…

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The 28th Hambacher Musikfest is imminent
April 1, 2025

The program for the 28th Hambach Music Festival. The flyer with the entire program for download as PDF. Tickets are available…

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Remembrance of an encounter with György Ligeti
March 27, 2025

On the occasion of the concert at the Berlin Philharmonie, which featured György Ligeti’s first quartet, “Métamorphoses nocturnes,” Nanette Schmidt recalls…

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Concerts with the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate
November 23, 2024

© Wilfried Dechau The concerts with the enormously committed State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rhineland-Palatinate on November 21, 22 and 23, 2024 in…

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Concert in the Cathedral of Speyer/Germany
September 27, 2024

C Klaus Landry Concert in the crypt of the Speyer Cathedral. Part of the program was the string quintet by Anton…

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Television broadcast with Nanette and Bernhard Schmidt on the occasion of the 40th birthday of the quartet
April 8, 2024

On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, a “couch conversation” with Nanette and Bernhard Schmidt takes place in the SWR Rhineland-Palatinate TV programme…

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