Three of the members were at the time at the first desks in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra until 1993, when they finally decided to devote themselves exclusively to chamber music.
[1] In 1996 the members of the ensemble performed the German premiere of "À trois" for string trio and orchestra by Alfred Schnittke.
An intense concert activity takes them throughout Europe, North and South America, Australia, Japan, Israel, Africa and Asia.
The ensemble has performed premieres including works by Beat Furrer,[3] Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Wolfgang Rihm,[3] Steffen Schleiermacher, Christian Fumiste, Siegfried Thiele ('String Quartet in One Movement', 1997), Viktor Ullmann, Jörg Widmann,[3] David Philip Hefti, Rainer Riehn, Ulrich Leyendecker and Bernd Franke.
[1] Musical partners of the ensemble include clarinetist Karl Leister, cellist Michael Sanderling, violist Hartmut Rohde, pianists Alfred Brendel, Christian Zacharias and Andreas Staier, soprano Christiane Oelze, baritone Olaf Bär and clarinetist Klemzer Giora Feidman.