Henneman String Quartet - Strepen (2003)

(...) The tension between composition and improvisation and between tradition and innovation creates an uncommon music that knows few equivalents in the world of contemporary jazz music.
-- Emanuel Wenger

Founded in 1993, the Henneman String Quartet is an improvising chamber ensemble which combines contemporary composition with an essential element of improvisation. Its music is informed by the major trends in the 20th century notated music as well as by diverse genres like pop and jazz. Ig Henneman's compositions draw also much inspiration from the poetry of different languages and cultures.