Adamas Quartett

Austria

Violin I: Claudia Sturm

Violin II: Roland Herret

Viola: Anna Dekan-Eixelsberger

Violoncello: Jakob Gisler

II. Round:

Joseph Haydn

Streichquartett D-Dur, op. 64,5; Hob. III: 63
Allegro moderato
Adagio cantabile
Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio
Finale. Vivace

Yongbom Lee

Streichquartett „Traces de lumière“ (2015)
Siegerkomposition des Kompositionswettbewerbs in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Komposition, Elektroakustik und TonmeisterInnen-Ausbildung

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Streichquartett f-Moll, op. 80
Allegro vivace assai – Presto
Allegro assai
Adagio
Finale. Allegro molto

Semifinal:

Joseph Haydn

Streichquartett C-Dur, op. 76,3; Hob. III: 77
Allegro
Poco adagio. Cantabile
Menuetto. Allegro – Trio
Finale. Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven

Streichquartett c-Moll, op. 18,4
Allegro ma non tanto
Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
Menuetto. Allegretto
Allegro – Prestissimo

Franz Schubert

Streichquartett c-Moll, D 703
Allegro assai

Final:

Joseph Haydn

Streichquartett h-Moll, op. 33,1; Hob. III: 37
Allegro moderato
Scherzo
Andante
Finale. Presto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Streichquartett d-Moll, KV 421
Allegro moderato
Andante
Menuetto. Allegretto
Allegretto ma non troppo. Più allegro

Alexander Zemlinsky

4. Streichquartett
Praeludium. Poco Adagio
Burleske. Vivace. Sehr lebhaft. Äußerste Schnelligkeit, die die Ausführung des Pizzicatos gestattet
Adagietto. Adagio
Intermezzo. Allegretto
Thema und Variationen (Barcarole). Poco Adagio
Finale. Doppelfuge Allegro molto, energico – Più mosso – Prestissimo

Since being founded in 2003, the Adamas Quartet has won prizes in various competitions, including the 1st prize and the Special Prize for the Best Schubert Interpretation at the International Schubert Competition in Ruse (2009), 1st prize and a special prize at the international competition for “Verfemte Musik” (forbidden music) in Schwerin, Germany (2012), the Polish Music Prize at the mdw’s International Summer Academy (2009), and an award at the Josef Windisch Competition in Vienna (2009). In October 2013, the quartet won the Jeunesse MehrWERT Prize of Erste Bank and also released its debut CD. This recording received several honours of its own, such as “CD of the Week” and a Pasticcio Prize from Austrian cultural broadcaster Ö1, “Star of the Month” from the magazine Die Bühne, and a “Diapason découverte” from the French magazine Diapason. Their second CD was released in August 2016. The Adamas Quartet places a special focus on composers of so called “degenerate music”, music that was denounced and banned by the Hitler regime. The quartet studies with Prof. Johannes Meissl at the mdw.