Critic of our performance at Aspekte Festival Salzburg
Read the article written by Heidemarie Klabacher here:
QNG | quartet new generation
QNG successful in Berlin, Göttingen, Salzburg and Speyer!
The last week of May was an especially productive time for QNG: 4 concerts, 3 premieres, travelling, radio recording, beautiful cities and halls, inspiring people, enthousiastic audience, great sound technicians, happy presenters, demanding composers, great new pieces, good critics …
Some impressions: rehearsal break with composer Eva Reiter, the dome of Speyer, soundcheck in the beautiful hall of Göttingen, after party in Salzburg with Heide´s brother, relaxing day at the Königsee and Thermal bath in Berchestgaden;
QNG is working on 3 premieres!
This week QNG will premiere three new pieces! In the moment we are working hard on getting them ready for the great moments, when they are first performed during concerts at the BKA Theater (Unerhörte Musik) in Berlin and the Aspekte Festival in Salzburg. We are happy to announce the pieces „…ent-gleitend… (Nach-ruf)“ by Georg Friedrich Haas, „Zug ins Gelobte“ by Eva Reiter und „Pessel“ by Yoav Pasovsky. We hope to see many of you at one of our concerts!! Look in our agenda for details!
Concert at the Austrian ERTA Conference
QNG recently performed a concert during the Austrian ERTA conference at castle Weinberg/Kefermarkt. Watch Paul Moravec´s „Mortal Flesh“. Many thanks to Petra Wurz, who played as a substitute for Hannah.
Critic Reihe Historischer Musik in Göttingen
Read a critic published in the May edition of the German Early Music Magazine „Toccata“ here!
QNG on Arte TV on May 11th (with repeat on May 13th and 16th)
Important: Broadcasting on Arte.tv is on May 11th (or actually 12th) between 0.10 and 1.10 am!! You also can watch the repetition on May 13th (5.00-6.00 am) or May 16th (3.55-5.00 am). Be there or watch the show online until one week after its broadcasting.
QNG performed at the „ARTE Lounge“ among many famous guests like Rufus Wainwright, German Reggae musician Gentleman and Sitar player Anoushka Shankar. We played excerps from „Wicked“ by Michiel Mensingh and „Airlines“ by Woijtek Blecharz. Maurice Steger was a guest too and we had a lot of fun improvising variations upon „La Follia“ as a musical ground for a Rap by the ArteLounge mascot Mr. Maloke.
Arte TV is presenting classic stars, classic music-acts and interesting conversations off the conventional classic-stage. The Berlin Techno-Club „Maria am Ostbahnhof“ hosted the show on 30th March, which was presented by the Soul singer Oceana, pianist Andreas Kern and DJ Canisius.
MANY THANKS to Anna Petrini, who performed as a substitute for Hannah last minute and went through this great adventure with us!!
Arte Lounge
Great US Tour!
Finally we had a great US tour and enjoyed it very much. Soon you will see fotos in our gallery. Here there are first impressions:
Stage at Castleton VA
Zebra at Maestro Lorin Maazel´s estate
QNG in a tree
Also check out the interview in Online Magazine The Insider´s Passport.
Finally in the USA!
We made it! After one week of waiting in Europe for possible flights over the ocean we finally could start our US tour! Unfortunately we had to cancel our concert at the Russell Library in Middletown/CT. We thank the Middletown presenter for his understanding and are very happy that he booked us for next year already! Check our agenda for details about our concerts.
Concert at Stockton University on 28th April!
Due to the Icelandic vulcano activity and the difficult flight situation we had to change the date of our concert in Stockton University/California, but we are very happy to inform you that we finally will perform there on Wednesday, 28th April at 7.30pm. Thanks to the understanding and the flexibility of the presenter Friends of Chamber Music Stockton.
We thank Austrian recorder player Petra Wurz (substituting Hannah), who experiences this rather crazy time together with much patience and humour.