Various Artists - Fabrik Quartet (2024)

Founded during an intensive period studying I. Xenakis’s seminal string quartet “Tetras” under the direction of Ensemble Modern, the Fabrik Quartet began in 2022 out of the four members' desire to cultivate the music of our time and embrace its expressive potential within the string quartet medium.

Since its creation, the Fabrik Quartet has garnered awards and support for their performances of contemporary music. Most recently, the Quartet was in residence at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse and was invited to perform Morton Feldman’s String Quartet and Orchestra as soloists with the HR Sinfonieorchester and conductor Pierre Bleuse. In July 2023, the Quartet was one of three ensembles selected for the InSzene program through Podium Gegenwart of the Deutscher Musikrat, and is currently part of the String Quartet program promoted by the international platform MERITA.

The Fabrik Quartet was awarded first prizes at the International Chamber Music Competition "A. Rubinstein" 2022 in Düsseldorf, the Third International Contemporary Music Competition Re_Crea in Castelló, Spain, and the Polytechnischer Competition at the Frankfurt Hochschule für Musik, and as a recipient of the Kamar Percy und Ingeborg John-Stiftung award the Quartet recorded its first CD with the label “Bad Homburger Schlosskonzerte.”

As working with living composers remains a primary interest of the Fabrik Quartet, they have played for Rebecca Saunders, developed pieces with Jose Luis Escrivà and Pablo Garretón, and continue to seek out collaborations with young composers. Within their education as a quartet, they have received masterclasses from Irvine Arditti and members of Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Intercontemporain.

An essential part of their identity, the four members of the quartet met as part of the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, which offered them an intensive training in contemporary music practice and the opportunity to perform in many of the most important contemporary music festivals throughout Europe, including: Manifeste 2022, Paris; Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik; Lucerne Festival 2022; Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht; Time of Music Festival, Vitasaari (Finland); F*Lab Festival, Frankfurt am Main; and the INMM Spring Conference Darmstadt.

Since October 2022, the Fabrik Quartet is studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt with Prof. Lucas Fels (Arditti Quartet) and Prof. Tim Vogler (Vogler Quartett).