The Signum Quartet’s new album will be released by ECM at the end of June 27, 2025. It contains compositions by six South African composers from eight decades.

The Signum Quartet’s new album will be released by ECM at the end of June 27, 2025. It contains compositions by six South African composers from eight decades.
We are delighted to have Sebstian Berner representing us.
He won the prestigious Maurice Andrée Competition in 2022. What an accolade – a young trumpeter could not be more honoured! Grandiose musicality, utmost perfection and stylistic confidence are a matter of course for this likeable musician.
In January 2025, the Marmen Quartet released its first CD on BIS. It contains string quartets by György Ligeti and Béla Bartók and has already been honoured by Diapason with the Diapason D’Or and by pizzicato with the Supersonic Award.
The new album Impressions Parisiennes, which features works by Fauré, Debussy, Satie, Ravel and Poulenc that were originally composed for piano or voice, was released by Alpha Classics on 30 August 2024. The mini-series ‘Ces Messieurs: ’ by Baptiste Trotignon is dedicated to the aforementioned composers.
Further information can be found here.
His new CD was released by Avi Music on 6 October 2023.
The title of the album was inspired by the name of the composition by Alexander Scriabin.
Congratulations to the Signum Quartet on winning the OPUS KLASSIK 2024 award for best chamber music recording of the year for the CD “Lebensmuth”.
All award winners 2024.
The piano trios by Ravel and Shostakovich (op. 67) have been published by Alpha.
On 26 May, the new CD dedicated to the music of the far north was released. In addition to the Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra by Carl Nielsen, it contains lyrical pieces by Edvard Grieg.
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This year the young quartet was chamber music partner of the finalists of the 64th Ferruccio Busconi International Piano Competition.
Listen to the concerts here: livestream.
The Brentano, Signum, Marmen and Isidore Quartet were invited.
You can see a small impression here
German Record Critics’ Award
7-part CD box with a comprehensive recording of the relevant repertoire for clarinet, cello and piano.
Curious? In a trailer for the CD box, the three musicians give exciting insights into the making.
Molly Carr will be the new violist of the renowned New York Quartet from May 2022, succeeding her mentor and long-time ensemble member Roger Tapping, who passed away unexpectedly.