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We are thrilled to welcome the renowned Vienna-based Chaos String Quartet for an evening concert at the ACF London. Founded in 2019, inspired by the principles of chaos in the arts, science and philosophy, the quartet has quickly gained recognition on the international stage. Selected as a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist 2023-2025, the ensemble features Susanne Schäffer (violin), Eszter Kruchió (violin), Sara Marzadori (viola), and Bas Jongen (cello).
For this performance, they will present their program Italienische Reise ("Italian Journey") featuring works by celebrated composers such as Barbara Strozzi, Giuseppe Verdi, Marco Uccellini and Diego Conti.
The ensemble has been previously awarded at the most prestigious international competitions such as Bad Tölz (2023), Haydn (2023), ARD (2022), Bordeaux (2022) and Bartók (2021).
The Chaos String Quartet has been invited to music festivals such as the Schwetzingen SWR Festival, Mozartfest Würzburg, Les Musicales de Normandie, Davos Festival, Ravenna Festival, Lockenhaus Festival, Wien Modern, Festival Academy Budapest and to concert halls such as the Musikverein Wien, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wigmore Hall, Philharmonie de Paris and Bozar in Brussels.
Next to their classical concert career, the quartet enjoys developing its own projects in order to make the quartet repertoire more approachable and open it up to a more diverse audience. Their freshly released debut CD with works by Haydn, Ligeti and Hensel (Solo Musica) has enjoyed highly positive international critical acclaim, e.g. by the BBC Music Magazine.
Mentored by Prof. Johannes Meissl in Vienna through the ECMAster program, the ensemble additionally completed a postgraduate course at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole with the Cuarteto Casals. The young musicians received further musical impulses from artists such as Eberhard Feltz, András Keller, Oliver Wille and Helmut Lachenmann.
The emerging ensemble is a member of the MERITA Project and has been selected for the promotional program “New Austrian Sound of Music”.
Susanne Schäffer plays a violin by Carlo Giuseppe Testore (c. 1711) on loan from the MERITO String Instruments Trust and Bas Jongen plays a cello by Hendrick Jacobs (Amsterdam, 1696), kindly loaned to him by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation (NMF).
Photo: © Davide Bertuccio
The Chaos String Quartet will also be performing at Wigmore Hall, participating in the Fauré Chamber Music Masterclass with Steven Isserlis on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 at 11:00AM. For more information, please click here.
