Chaos String Quartet

SUSANNE SCHÄFFER, Violin

ESZTER KRUCHIÓ, Violin

SARA MARZADORI, Viola

BAS JONGEN, Cello

2nd Round

Joseph Haydn - Streichquartett h-Moll, op. 64,2; Hob. III: 68

Ingi Kim: Linienfärbung II

Robert Schumann - Streichquartett A-Dur, op. 41,3

Semifinal

Joseph Haydn - Streichquartett F-Dur, op. 77,2; Hob. III: 82

Ludwig van Beethoven - Streichquartett G-Dur, op. 18,2

Final

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Streichquartett D-Dur, KV 499

Joseph Haydn - Streichquartett f-Moll, op. 20,5; Hob. III: 35

György Ligeti - 1. Streichquartett

Recently awarded the 2nd Prize and the Special Prize for the best performance of the contemporary piece at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, the Chaos String Quartet is quickly establishing themselves on the international music scene. Additional successes include the 2nd Prize and numerous Special Prizes at the 2021 Bartók World Competition and winning the International Premio V. E. Rimbotti.

The Chaos String Quartet was invited to festivals to Davos, Ravenna Lockenhaus an Heidelberg a.o.

Mentored by Prof. Johannes Meissl in Vienna (ECMAster), the quartet has additionally completed a postgraduate course at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole with the Cuarteto Casals. They received additional musical impulses from artists such as Eberhard Feltz, Patrick Jüdt, Rainer Schmidt, Hatto Beyerle, András Keller and Oliver Wille.

The quartet is member of the association Le Dimore del Quartetto and promoted by the New Austrian Sound of Music.

Bas Jongen plays a cello by Hendrick Jacobs (Amsterdam, 1696), a kind loan from the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation.