Philharmonia Quartet Berlin | |
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| Years active | 1985; 40 years ago (1985) |
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ThePhilharmonia Quartet Berlin is astring quartet founded in 1985 by members of theBerlin Philharmonic.[1]
Among the long-standing members were principal players of the orchestra,concertmasterDaniel Stabrawa, second violinistChristian Stadelmann, the principalviolistNeithard Resa, and cellistJan Diesselhorst.[2][3] When the latter died unexpectedly in 2009,[2] the cello part was taken over by Dietmar Schwalke the same year.[1][4]
The Philharmonia Quartet has given concerts worldwide, includingWigmore Hall andCarnegie Hall,[4] and has made several recordings.[3] At the Kammermusiksaal of theBerliner Philharmonie, the ensemble performed complete cycles of the string quartets byBeethoven andShostakovich.[4] The quartet's repertoire covers more than one hundred works from classical music tocontemporary music. The string quartet also plays rarely performed compositions of the genre, such as the first string quartet byErwin Schulhoff, the second string quartet byKarol Szymanowski, Hindemith'sFourth String Quartet andMax Reger's String Quartet No. 3,Op. 74.[3][5]
They recorded Hindemith's String Quartet No. 5, Op. 32, in 1995.[6] In 2001, they recorded Reger's Clarinet Quintet,Op. 146, with clarinetistWenzel Fuchs, and his String Quartet No. 4,Op. 109.[7][8] They recorded all the Beethoven string quartets over years, combined in 2015 when they celebrated their 30th anniversary.[9][10] On the same occasion, a recording of all the quartets by Johannes Brahms was released. The players, knowing the composers' symphonic works well, have a special approach to the symphonic features in their string quartets.[9]
After the death of second violin Christian Stadelmann in 2019, the status of the ensemble remains unclear.[11][12]
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