Internationality is key: Founded in China, trained in Madrid and other places, based in Vienna – it's no wonder that the Simply Quartet always has big goals. As former "ECHO Rising Stars," the ensemble is now returning to Cologne.

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Simply Quartet

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Finding coherence in the complex – that is the Simply Quartet's recipe for success. After winning several international competitions, including the Carl Nielsen Competition in Copenhagen and the Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna, the young ensemble is one of the rising stars of the quartet scene. For their debut in our quartet series, the four musicians will perform classics of the genre such as Mozart's “Hunting Quartet” and Grieg's Opus 27, as well as Wynton Marsalis’ jazzy Creole Contradanzas and American composer Rebecca Clarke’s thought-provoking Poem.

The Simply Quartet plays Mozart, Grieg, Clarke and Marsalis

Berliner Philharmonie

String Quartet No. 17 (The Hunt)

Kölner Philharmonie

Berliner Philharmoniker

String Quartet No. 1

Poem for String Quartet

Danfeng Shen

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 25, 2025

Simply Quartet · Kölner Philharmonie

May 13, 2025

The Simply Quartet plays Mozart, Grieg, Clarke and Marsalis · Berliner Philharmoniker

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in String Quartet No. 17 (The Hunt) by Mozart

Kölner Philharmonie

Violin in String Quartet No. 1 by Grieg

Kölner Philharmonie

Violin in Poem for String Quartet by Clarke

Kölner Philharmonie

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