Founded in 1995, they have performed internationally and recorded, including works written for them by composers such as Volker David Kirchner and Toshio Hosokawa.
The piano quartet[1] was founded in 1995[2] at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe[3] and played its first concert there in January 1996.
[2] The Fauré Quartet has remained unchanged, with Erika Geldsetzer (violin), Sascha Frömbling (viola), Konstantin Heidrich[4] (cello) and Dirk Mommertz (piano).
[6] In 2014, Sony Classical released an album with piano quartets and songs by Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss, with soprano Simone Kermes.
In 2013, they played the world premiere of his Pocket Symphonies, twelve short works for piano quartet and orchestra, which was also recorded for Deutsche Grammophon.