Quartetto di Cremona & Eckart Runge
Biography Quartetto di Cremona & Eckart Runge
Quartetto di Cremona
Since its formation in 2000, the Quartetto di Cremona has established a reputation as one of the most exciting chamber ensembles on the international stage. Regularly invited to perform in major music festivals and halls in Europe, North and South America, and Far East, they garner universal acclaim for their high level of interpretive artistry. Highlights of recent seasons include concerts at the Wigmore Hall (London), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), Konzerthaus in Berlin, Brucknerhaus (Linz), in Geneva, Salzburg, Istanbul, Stockholm, Mumbai, Taipei, Beijing, for the Fundación Juan March in Madrid, at the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg and at the Dvorak Festival in Prague. North American tours are regularly planned twice a year: the acclaimed debut at Carnegie Hall (October 2023) was followed by a re-invitation to Lincoln Center for the Chamber Music Society (February 2022, March 2024). In 24/25 season the ensemble will celebrate 25 years of career with several concerts at Italian major series, as well as in Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, North America, Taiwan, Japan, and China. Previous recordings include: “Italian Postcards” (2020, Avie Records); a Schubert double CD (2019, Audite); the complete Beethoven String Quartets (2018, Audite). The Quartet is honorary citizen of Cremona, where they have been Professors at the Walter Stauffer Academy since 2011. Prized in 2019 with the “Franco Buitoni Award” by the Borletti Buitoni Trust for their constant contribution to the promotion of chamber music in Italy and around the world, they are ambassadors for the international project “Friends of Stradivari” and endorse Thomastik Infeld Strings.
