Artemis Quartet

The Artemis Quartet, named after the Greek goddess of hunting and the wilderness, is a German string quartet founded in 1989 in Lübeck and now Berlin-based.[1] They are noted for their performances of Beethoven string quartets.[2]

History

The recordings of the ensemble were awarded several important prizes, recently including the ECHO Klassik 2006 for their recording of the Beethoven Quartets Op. 95 and 59/1. The quartet was awarded the German Critics' Prize 2001, and the Würth Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Germany 2007. In 2015 the quartet was again awarded the ECHO Klassik in the category of chamber music recording of the year.[3]

The first members of the Artemis Quartet were professors of chamber music at the Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin). For personal and health reasons Wilken Ranck left the quartet in 1994 and Volker Jacobsen and Heime Müller left at the end of the 2006/07 season. Natalia Prishepenko resigned from the quartet after 18 years of membership of the ensemble in 2012. Newer members were Gregor Sigl (2nd violin), the violist Friedemann Weigle (until his death in July 2015)[4][5] and the Latvian violinist Vineta Sareika (1st violin).

Discography

The Artemis Quartet has had an exclusive recording contract with Virgin Classics/EMI since 2005. Their discography includes

Members (since 1989)
  • Violin: Wilken Ranck (1989–1994), Natalia Prishepenko (1994–2012), Vineta Sareika (since 2012)
  • Violin: Isabel Trautwein (1989–1991), Heime Müller (1991–2007), Gregor Sigl (2007–2016), Anthea Kreston (2016-2019), Suyoen Kim (since 2019)
  • Viola: Volker Jacobsen (1989–2007), Friedemann Weigle (2007–2015), Gregor Sigl (since 2016)
  • Violoncello: Eckart Runge (1989-2019), Harriet Krijgh (since 2019)

References
  1. Tommasini A. "No Laws Broken, Artemis Quartet Goes on Tour." New York Times. February 12, 2004 :E1- B9
  2. Solare C. "At home with Beethoven." Stradivarius April 2010;121(1440):22-25. : Academic Search Premier. Accessed July 10, 2014.
  3. echoklassik.de - Preisträger 2015 Archived 2015-09-19 at Archive.today retrieved 19 October 2015
  4. Hagedorn, Volker (8 July 2015). "Ganz für die anderen und ganz bei sich". Zeit online (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  5. Lemke-Matwey, Christine (28 March 2016). "Häutungen eines Igels". Zeit online (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  6. "Benchmark recordings of Schubert masterpieces." Stradivarius September 2012;123(1469):105. Academic Search Premier Accessed July 10, 2014.
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