Alinea Quartet

Upcoming concerts

Chamber Music in Norwich

Works by Schulhoff, Webern and Brahms

January 23, 2025

About the
Alinea Quartet

In typography, the “Alinea” symbol means the beginning of a new thought. In a more literal sense, it also means the deviation from the norm and the established standard. The young Alinea string quartet, based in Munich and founded in 2019, has set out to break away from the norms of both how and where to perform the great quartet repertoire.

To achieve this, they are looking to establish a dialogue with their audiences in conversational recitals, constantly seeking to engage with different artforms and experimenting with innovative concert formats. This approach led to performances in places as diverse as the MAAT Museum Lisbon, Cambridge University and the 59th Venice Biennale.

By combining their instrumental skills with their individual backgrounds in fields such as musicology, mathematics, literature and philosophy, they seek to create new and exciting interpretations. In addition to their passion for classical quartet repertoire, the Alinea Quartet strives to explore further by creating their own arrangements of both classical and Jazz music.

The Alinea Quartet won several international awards, including the first prize as well as the special prize "Paolo Serrao" at the XII International Competition Musica Classica in Filadelfia, Italy, and the first prize at the XI International Competition "Premio Annarosa Taddei" in Rome..

The ensemble receives lessons from Prof. Alexander Pavlovsky (Jerusalem Quartet). The quartet also received valuable impulses from renowned musicians such as Prof. Jörg Widmann, Prof. Oliver Wille (Kuss Quartet), the Jerusalem Quartet, the Vision String Quartet as well as from the Goldmund - Quartet. In 2020 they received a scholarship from the Brahmsgesellschaft Baden-Baden. In 2021 they were nominated for the special prize "Ton & Erklärung" by the Federation of German Industry and selected for the network "Le Dimore del Quartetto".

The quartet also participates in "MUSA - European Young Musicians Soft Skills Alliance," a project funded by Erasmus+ to expand musicians' entrepreneurial skills. Concert tours have taken them not only to Germany but also to Italy, Portugal, France, Switzerland and Great Britain.

The Alinea Quartet performs on a set of instruments by the Cremonese luthier Stefano Conia, which was provided to them with the generous support of The String Circle.

 
 

Members

Fanny Schell - First Violin
Mario Sögtrop - Second Violin
Raphael Schönball - Viola
David Fuchs - Violoncello

Reviews

"Extraordinarily beautiful, refined, expressive and completely technically assured (…) this was musicianship of a very high order, and it was a thrill to be there to hear it (….). They reward the audience with a treat of the rarest music-making."

 Jeremy Thurlow

"Stepping outside their comfort zone and no fear of emotions."

Fuldaer Zeitung

"In addition to outstanding technical ability, the four are distinguished by great passion, vitality and determination, coupled with a thorough knowledge of the presented works."

Taunus Nachrichten

XII. International Competition
Filadelfia, Italy

1. Prize
Special Prize „Paolo Serrao“

XI. International Competiton
"Premio Annarosa Taddei"
Rome, Italy

1. Prize

Nomination for the Special Prize
"Ton & Erklärung"

The Alinea Quartet has been nominated for the
Music Prize of the German Industry
in the year 2021.

Norwich, UK

Concert
 
Erwin Schulhoff
Five Pieces for String Quartet
 
Anton Webern
Langsamer Satz
 
Johannes Brahms
String Quartet No. 2 in a minor
 
The Assembly House
Norwich
 
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January 23

2025

Concert History

June 09
2024

Der verlorene Prinz - Plakat

Munich

The Lost Prince - fairy tale for children with music by Maurice Ravel
Narrator: Viola Hipler
Musikakademie Schwabing

March 29
2024

Munich

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in f minor, op.20/5
 
Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118
 
(Intermission)
 
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 8 in e minor, Op. 59/2
 
Max-Planck-Saal

February 3
2024

Munich

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major
 
Maurice Ravel
Ma mère l’Oye (Arr. for string quartet)
 
(Intermission)
 
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 8 in e minor, Op. 59/2
 
Johannissaal
Schloss Nymphenburg

November 06
2023

Cambridge, UK

Concert
 
Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106
 
Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118
 
Henry Purcell
 Chacony in g minor (arr. Benjamin Britten)
 
 Jeremy Thurlow
Fantazia
 
Robinson College

November 03
2023

London, UK

Concert
 
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 8 in e minor, Op. 59,2
 
Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118
 

Henry Purcell
Chacony in g minor (arr. Benjamin Britten)

Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche,
18 Montpelier Place, London

18./19. Oktober 2023

Graz, AT​

Concert "Seite an Seite"
Students and Teachers of the 
Kunst-Universität Graz
 

Dmitri Shostakovich
Two Octet-movements "Prelude and Scherzo", Op. 11

Sergej Prokofiew
String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92

Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52
Neue Liebeslieder op. 65 (Selections)

Györgi-Ligeti-Saal, Kunst-Universität Graz

23. September 2023

Cremona, IT​

Concert
Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106
Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F major
Luthier Stefano Conia

20. - 25. August 2023

Zeist, NL​

Master class concerts as part of the Zeister muziek dagen

19. April 2023

Augsburg

Concert with José Azar (Piano)
 
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet in A flat major, Op. 118
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
 
Gutshof Bannacker

April 18, 2023

Fulda, Germany

Concert with José Azar (Piano)
 
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet in A flat major, Op. 118
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
 
Vonderau-Museum Fulda

January 21, 2023

Glashütten

Concert with José Azar (Piano)
 

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet in A flat major, Op. 118
 
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
 

Bürgerhaus Glashütten

January 7, 2023

Chateau Saint Loup, FR

Concert with José Azar (Piano)
 

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
 

December 10, 2022

Munich

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
String Quartet in A minor, No. 2, Op. 13

Johannes Brahms
String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51,1

Kunstforum Gilching

November 6, 2022

Bad Soden

17th Mendelssohn Music Days 2022

Chamber Concert with Lea Kohnen (Soprano)

String Quartet and Songs by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Johannes Brahms

June 25, 2022

Munich

Concert with the Munich Classical Players

Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

Christuskirche Poing, Munich

June 24, 2022

Augsburg

Concert with the Munich Classical Players

Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

Augsburg, Herrenhaus Bannacker

May 7, 2022

Villefavard, France

Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in D minor, No. 15, KV 421

Johannes Brahms
String Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op. 51

Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin

April 21, 2022

Venice, Italy

59th Venice Biennale
Gala of the Louis Vuitton Group

With pieces by Ravel, Mozart Mendelssohn, Borodin and Brahms

Palazzo Ca d’Oro, Venice

March 12, 2022 March 13, 2022

Stuttgart

String quartet concert with the

Sinfonic Orchestra Ostfildern

Spohr String Quartet Concert

Theater an der Halle, Nellingen and Festhalle Denkendorf

January 27, 2022

London, UK

Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet in Fis minor, No. 7, Op. 108

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in D minor, No. 15, KV 421

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major

St George’s German Lutheran Church, Whitechapel, London

January 26, 2022

Cambridge, UK

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor

Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi

Jeremy Thurlow
Understory

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major

Robinson College

January 25, 2022

London, UK

Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet in Fis minor, No. 7, Op. 108

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in D minor, No. 15, KV 421

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major

Christ Church, Knightsbridge, London

December 3, 2021

Paris, France

Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi

Goethe-Institut Paris

October 28, 2021

Lissabon, Portugal

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major, Op. 35, 4th movement

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet in Fis minor, No. 7, Op. 108

Muesum of Art, Architecture and Technology

September 1, 2021

Vibo Valentia, Italy

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
String Quartet in A minor, No. 2, Op. 13

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major, Op. 35

Palazzo Santa Chiara

August 31, 2021

Filadelfia, Italy

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major, Op. 35, 1st movement

Award Winners' Concert of the XII. International Competition of Classical Music

Town Square, Filadelfia

August 28, 2021

Goslar

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet in Fis minor, No. 7, Op. 108

Final Concert of a master class given by Prof Oliver Wille, Kuss Quartet

Kurhaus Hahnenklee

July 4, 2021

Fulda, Germany

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major, Op. 35

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet in Fis minor, No. 7, Op. 108

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
String Quartet in A minor, No. 2, Op. 13

Liobakirche (St. Peter), Petersberg

June 5, 2021

Grassau am Chiemsee

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major, Op. 35, 1st movement

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet in Fis minor, No. 7, Op. 108

Final Concert of a master class given by the Goldmund Quartet

Wolfgang Sawallisch-Stiftung

October 11, 2020

Heidelberg

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
String Quartet in A minor, No. 2, Op. 13

Lecture Recital

St. Raphael, Heidelberg-Neuenheim

September 19, 2020

Munich

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
String Quartet in A minor, No. 2, Op. 13

Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

Family Concert

September 15, 2020

Sierksdorf

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
String Quartet in A minor, No. 2, Op. 13

Family Concert

December 15, 2019

Munich

Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 13 in A minor "Rosamunde", D. 804, Op. 29

Institute for Musicology, LMU Munich

June 23, 2019

Munich

Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 13 in A minor "Rosamunde", D. 804, Op. 29
Octett in F major, D. 803

Institute for Musicology, LMU Munich

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