Morgenkonzert: Koehne Quartett

Morgenkonzert: Koehne Quartett
zum Tag der humanitären Hilfe

Mon 19.08.2024, 7.30h l MQ Summer Stage, MQ Vorplatz l Free entry

The Koehne Quartet, founded in 1987 by Joanna Lewis, is one of the most outstanding interpreters of contemporary music in Central Europe. The quartet's repertoire spans a wide musical spectrum from classical composers for string quartet to works of the 20th and 21st centuries. From the very beginning, the quartet has sought close co-operation with the composers whose music it plays in order to achieve the most authentic and lively interpretation of their works.

What began with works by Graeme Koehne - one of Australia's most renowned and multifaceted composers - has since continued consistently with Austrian contemporaries such as Friedrich Cerha, Kurt Schwertsik, Francis Burt, Thomas Pernes, Gerd Kühr, Thomas Larcher and Wolfgang Liebhart. The Koehne Quartet's working principle of breaking new musical ground together with the composer was significantly influenced by their participation in masterclasses with the Alban Berg Quartet (Günter Pichler), the Amadeus and Brodsky Quartets, Hatto Beyerle and György Kurtág.

The Koehne Quartet also works regularly with international jazz musicians such as Dave Liebman, Wayne Horvitz, Peter Herbert, Anthony Braxton, Georg Graewe, Max Nagl and Otto Lechner and with artists from the world music scene such as Marcel Khalife, Marwan Abado and Dhafer Youssef.

Photo: Koehne Quartett © Skye Kiss