The Fauré Quartett Returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 3/19

The Fauré Quartett has established itself as one of the world’s leading piano quartets within just a few years.
Dirk Mommertz (piano), Erika Geldsetzer (violin), Sascha Froembling (viola) and Konstantin Heidrich (cello)
have discovered new sound fields in chamber music and perform compositions outside the mainstream
chamber music repertoire.

They are visionary in their approach and highly regarded for their experiments and discoveries; be it
performances with the NDR Big Band, collaborations with artists like Rufus Wainwright or Sven Helbig,
appearances in clubs like the Berghain, Cocoon Club or “Le Poisson Rouge” in New York or TV shows in
KIKA or “Rhapsody in School,” getting children excited in chamber music.

When they released their album “Popsongs” in 2009, there was a great deal of buzz in the press and audience.

In the following year, the ensemble was awarded the ECHO Classic for their album “classic beyond borders,”

their second award after their recording of Brahms’ piano quartets (Chamber Music recording of the year, 2008).

Other prizes include the German Music Competition, the ensemble prize from Festspiele Mecklenbug-Vorpommern,

 international competition and recording awards, Music Prize Duisburg and Brahms prize Schleswig Holstein.

The musicians of the Fauré Quartett are pioneers in many ways. After they met during their studies in 1995
in Karlsruhe for the 150th anniversary of Gabriel Faure, the quickly realized that this combination offered new
insights into undiscovered repertoire. In 2006, they signed a contract with Deutsche Grammophon,
promoting them to the Champions League of classic music business. They made highly regarded
benchmark-recordings with works by Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn, and pop songs from Peter Gabriel and
Steely Dan. Sony Classical has just released works from Mahler and Richard Strauss.

Worldwide tours raise their profile abroad and international masterclasses are part of their work with
students. The members teach at the universities of Berlin and Munich. Moreover, they were Artistic Directors
of “Festspielfruehling Rügen” and are ‘Quartet in Residence’ at the University of Music Karlsruhe. During
their tours, the musicians appear in the world’s most important chamber music venues including
Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Berlin Philharmony, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires and
Wigmore Hall London. All these mosaics form a unique profile for this defining chamber music ensemble.

Single tickets start at $39 and are now available online at www.SCFTA.org, at the Box Office at 600 Town Center

Drive in Costa Mesa or by calling (714) 556-2787. For inquiries about group ticket savings of 10 or more, please

call the Group Services office at (714) 755-0236.

Photo Credit: Segerstrom Center for the Arts

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