Marmen Quartet
Winners of the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2019, the young musicians of the Marmen Quartet possess something special. Their spirited and well balanced sound is paired with an individual musical freedom that always serves the bigger picture: Music lifts the soul.
Members
Johannes Marmen | violin
Laia Valentin Braun | violin
Bryony Gibson-Cornish | viola
Sinéad O’Halloran | violoncello
On Tour
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Awards
First prize | Banff International String Quartet Competition 2019 (split prize)
Grand Prize | Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2019 (split prize)
Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in C major Op 50 No.2
University College Corc, Aula Maxima | March 03, 2023 – watch here
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quartet in E flat major K428
Champs Hill, UK | January 27, 2023 – watch here
Reviews
The Marmen Quartet, a discovery.
Starting with Haydn’s Lark Quartet, the four of them display an astonishing lightness. What is most beautiful is their art of listening and lingering, the homogeneous transition from sometimes slight impatience to the pallid and lost in thought as well as to the furious. And then there are the finely balanced endings, whether in the languorous piano or in the collective forte-groan. In the end, sweetness and silence remain – no one dares to disturb them with applause for a long time. Music with a truly healing effect, which enthused the audience in the Boulez Hall all the more.
Tagesspiegel | Berlin Boulez Saal | Christiane Peitz | September 23, 2021
Winners of the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2019, the young musicians of the Marmen Quartet possess something special. Their spirited and well balanced sound is paired with an individual musical freedom that always serves the bigger picture: Music lifts the soul.
Members
Johannes Marmen | violin
Laia Valentin Braun | violin
Bryony Gibson-Cornish | viola
Sinéad O’Halloran | violoncello