• „Neben hervorragendem technischen Können zeichnen sich die vier durch große Leidenschaft, Frische und zupackenden Willen aus, gepaart mit gründlicher Kenntnis der gespielten Werke“

  Taunus Nachrichten

• „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, Komponist

• „Raus aus der Komfortzone und keine Angst vor Emotionen“

  Fuldaer Zeitung

• „an intricate performance (…) a magical night of music making.“

  The Cambridge Critique

About us

In typography, the “Alinea” symbol marks the beginning of a new thought. The Alinea Quartett, based in Munich and founded in 2020, has set out to rethink the meaning and relevance of chamber music for our time.

On this search, they are looking to establish a dialogue with their audiences in conversational recitals, constantly striving to engage with different artforms and experimenting with innovative concert formats. This approach led to performances in places as diverse as the Prinzregententheater Munich, Kunstverein Graz, MAAT Museum Lisbon, Cambridge University and the Venice Biennale - but they also bring their music to elementary schools, retirement homes and children’s clinics.

The ensemble is studying with Prof. Alexander Pavlovsky (Jerusalem Quartet) at Kunstuniversität Graz. They also received valuable impulses from renowned musicians such as Jörg Widmann, Heime Müller (Artemis Quartet), Gregor Sigl (Artemis Quartet), Ida Bieler (Melos Quartet), Oliver Wille (Kuss Quartet), the Jerusalem Quartet, the Cuarteto Casals, the Schumann Quartett and the Goldmund Quartet.

At the XI. International Competition “Annarosa Taddei” 2023, the Alinea Quartett won the First Prize. In 2024, they won the Second Prize in the “Da Vinci Young Sounds” Competition. They recieved scholarships from the Brahmsgesellschaft Baden-Baden and Jeunesses Musicales. 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”. At the XII. Concorso Internazionale Musica Classica in Filadelfia, Italy the Alinea Quartett won the first prize as well as the special prize “Paolo Serrao”. Since 2024, they have held a scholarship by “Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now”.

By combining their instrumental skills with their individual backgrounds in fields such as musicology, literature and philosophy, they seek to create new and exciting interpretations. In addition to their passion for the traditional quartet repertoire, the Alinea Quartett strives to explore further by creating their own arrangements of both classical and jazz music. The Alinea Quartett has performed as part of festivals around Europe, including Germany, Italy, Austria, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Great Britain and the Netherlands. Their debut album “Le temps perdu” will be published by DaVinci Classics in 2025.