Minetti Quartett

Audio sample: Minetti Quartett - J. Haydn, Reiterquartett in g-minor (mp3, 7,8MB)

Maria Ehmer (Violin)
Anna Knopp (Violin)
Markus Huber (Viola)
Leonhard Roczek (Violoncello)

Artistic education
The Minetti Quartett are currently continuing their chamber music studies with Johannes Meissl (Artis Quartett) and members of the Alban Berg Quartett at the University of Music, Vienna. Since 2006 they are members of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA).
They have participated in a number of masterclasses and intensive study courses with the Alban Berg Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Quatour Mosaiques, Quartetto Italiano, Smetana Quartet, Vermeer Quartet and the Tokyo String Quartet.

Artistic career
The Minetti Quartett has been chosen "Rising Star" by the ECHO Association for the season 2008/09 and will perform in this context at Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Stockholm Konserthuset, Cité de la musique in Paris, Cologne Philharmonie, Luxembourg Philharmonie, Athens Megaron, Brussels Palais des Beaux Arts, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Baden-Baden Festspielhaus, Salzburg Mozarteum and Vienna Musikverein.
The National Bank of Austria has generously donated violins of Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1774) and Gaspare Lorenzini (1756), a viola of Giovanni Battista Ceruti, as well as a cello of Giovanni Tononi (1681) for use by the members of the quartet.
The Minetti Quartett is proudly sponsored by Asamer Holding AG (Ohlsdorf, Austria).

Competitions and Prices
Since its formation in 2003 the Minetti Quartett, consisting of four outstanding young austrian musicians, have enjoyed considerable success.

In 2007 the quartet won the 1st prize at the international string quartet competition "Rimbotti" in Florenz and the Haydn prize at the Joseph Haydn competition in Vienna. The year before they won the international string quartet competition "Franz Schubert and the music of modern times" in Graz, Austria.In 2003 the quartet received the main prize of "Gradus ad Parnassum".

In addition to an array of further awards and prizes, the Minetti Quartett has been accepted into several programmes that cultivate and support young artists, such as the Karajan Stipendium, Musica Juventutis Vienna, Live Music Now and Austrian Jeunesse.