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In 2014 the Henschel Quartet celebrates its 20th anniversary year
The year 1994 marked the foundation of the Henschel Quartets international career, when cellist Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj joined the founding members Christoph, Markus, and Monika Henschel, and the quartet devoted itself exclusively to chamber music. In 1995 the quartet won multiple prizes at the international competitions of Evian, Banff, and Salzburg, and the following year won 1st prize and the gold medal at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. Successful debuts in the worlds musical capitals, including an acclaimed BBC live broadcast standing in for the Juilliard Quartet, led their way to the forefront of international chamber music. This is, no question, one of the best groups in the world, a great string quartet. (Los Angeles Times).
In 2011 the quartet welcomed the celebrated chamber musician Daniel Bell as a new member.
The quartets musical journey has included many remarkable highlights. The Henschel Quartet played at the official re-opening of the Anna-Amalia Library in Weimar (a UNESCO World Heritage site), and travelled to Brussels as a Cultural Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany. In March 2010 the quartet was privileged to perform at the Vatican in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI. The quartet has regularly been invited to the Royal Palace of Madrid to perform on the four Stradivari of the royal collection. In June 2012 the Henschel Quartet was invited, as the first European quartet in twenty years, to perform Beethovens complete string quartets in the prestigious Suntory Hall in Tokyo. In the same year Monika Henschel became the president of the newly-formed Association of German String Quartets, and in 2013 Christoph Henschel was appointed Honorary Professor at the University of Augsburg.
Highlights of the current season include concerts in Amsterdam and New York (Carnegie Hall).
The Henschel Quartets recordings have been awarded many prizes, including the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik and several CD of the Year Awards (IMW). Their CDs have been recommended in such prominent titles as Gramophone Magazine, the Sunday Times, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The Henschel Quartet regularly accepts invitations to teach at world-class institutions, from Yale University in the USA to the Royal Northern College of Music in England and the University of Melbourne in Australia. The quartet is also engaged in an ongoing dialogue with the Bavarian Ministry of Culture in relation to youth music projects in the quartets home city of Munich.
Since 2006 the Henschel Quartet has been contributing as an Ambassador of SOS Childrens Villages.
Henschel Quartet's appearance in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
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Please note: this repertoire list is for reference only. The choice of repertoire for a particular project remains at the artist’s discretion.
The works listed below are a selection of the Henschel Quartet repertoire. Further information is offered upon request.
Alban Berg
Alberto Ginastera
Antonin Dvorak
Arnold Schönberg
Bedrich Smetana
Béla Bartók
Benjamin Britten
Claude Debussy
Dmitry Shostakovich
Franz Joseph Haydn
Franz Schubert
Igor Stravinsky
Johannes Brahms
Leoš Janácek
Ludwig van Beethoven
Maurice Ravel
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Antonin Dvorak
César Franck
Felix Mendelssohn
Franz Schubert
Johannes Brahms
Ludwig van Beethoven
Niels W. Gade
Robert Schumann
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart




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Representation:
DK, NO, SE, FI
- Christoph Henschel (Violin)
- Monika Henschel (Viola)
- Catalin Desaga (Violin)
- Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj (Cello)