Enesco Quartet

Their meeting with the famous musicians Sándor Végh, Norbert Brainin and Sergiu Celibidache was of the utmost importance: the Enesco Quartet established itself internationally from the very beginning of their studies with these great artists with whom they maintained privileged relations.

[citation needed] Their repertoire is distinguished by a very large number of quartets, as well as numerous works ranging from the quintet to the octet, including classical and romantic pages from the 18th, 19th, and 20th century, which occupies an important place in their programmes.

They have performed a large number of contemporary works for string quartets composed by Philippe Hersant, Serge Nigg, Henri Sauguet, Jean-Jacques Werner, Pierre-Max Dubois, Nicolas Bacri, Nicolas Philippot, Jesús Guridi, Xavier Montsalvatge, José Peris Lacasa, Carmelo Bernaola, Josep Soler i Sardà and José García Román.

[citation needed] The Enesco Quartet has performed in the most prestigious halls in the world, including the Salle Gaveau, the Salle Pleyel and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Teatro Real and the National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Wigmore Hall in London, and the Library of Congress in Washington.

[citation needed] Their discography includes numerous recordings for French record companies Arion, Pierre Verany, Forlane, Rem, as well as Claves (Spain), Novalis (Switzerland) and CPO (Germany), with works by Schubert, Schumann, Dvořák, Boccherini, Cherubini, Debussy, Ravel, Franck, Chausson, Vierne, Enesco, Janacek, Bartok, Shostakovich, Guridi.

[citation needed] The world premiere performance of Vladimir Mendelssohn's Fantasy for Quartet was a great success in South Korea and Scandinavia.

[citation needed] The Enesco Quartet been invited for the 25th consecutive year in the prestigious chamber music series of the "Ramón Areces Foundation" in Madrid.