[1][2] It was particularly famous for performances of classical repertoire such as Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn quartets, and was active from the 1930s to the 1970s.
At 19 he won the first prize at the Conservatoire, and principal medals for chamber music and solfeggio.
In 1959 he founded the Alfred Loewenguth Youth Orchestras,[11] and in 1969 he set up the Music Festival of the Orangerie de Sceaux.
The Loewenguth Quartet appearances in Southern Africa were hugely successful, and they completed three tours, in 1955, 56, and 64.
[17] The Loewenguth Quartet made many recordings on 78rpm and 33rpm discs, for various labels including Deutsche Grammofon (and Archiv), Vox, Philips, Westminster, Les Discophiles Français, Club National du Disque and some smaller French and American labels.