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Nov. 6 - 14, 2010

Ma'alot Quintet

Stephanie Winker, flute; Ulf-Guido Schäfer, clarinet;Christian Wetzel, oboe;

Volker Tessmann, bassoon;

Volker Grewel, horn

"The audience was treated to witty entertainment of the highest quality -- esprit and sensuality."

Frankfurter Allgemeine

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                           ! WINNER   OF  THE  2006  ECHO  KLASSIK  AWARD !

Founded in 1986, the Ma'alot Quintet quickly gained wide international recognition after winning four first prizes in major music festivals, such as Jeunesse Musical, Belgrade; Martigny, Switzerland; Deutscher Musikrat, Bonn; and the Munich ARD competition.

The ensemble is considered today to be one of the leading international chamber ensembles. The repertoire ranges from the Viennese Classics to contemporary material. The Ma'Alot Quintet especially champions new music, often in close collaboration with today's composers, introducing audiences to new sounds and ideas and thereby expanding the chamber music repertoire. In addition, the ensemble also offers arrangements specially prepared for them by its members Ulf-Guido Schäfer and Volker Grewel, now all available on CD. All members of the ensemble hold positions in major German orchestras or serve as professors at Musikhochschulen.

The ensemble regularly appears in the major concert halls of Germany and has been invited to many of Europe’s capitals, such as Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam, London, Dublin, Bern, Lisbon, Belgrade, Athens, Instanbul.  It further has made extended tours throughout Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus.  Recent engagements include Beethovenfest Bonn, Rheingau Musikfestival, Mozartfest Augsburg, Bodensee Festival, Kissinger Sommer and Kuhmo, and also performances  at the Berlin Konzerthaus and the Wiener Musikverein.

In the United States, the ensemble has appeared, among others in New York City, Boston, Cleveland and Chicago.  Upcoming engagements will take them to the Frick Collection in NYC, the National Gallery in Washington, the Arkansas State Univ and the Chamber Mus. Soc. of Salt Lake City.

So far, the Ma’alot Quintet has recorded for Glissando six recordingsthat have brought it considerable critical acclaim.  It now records exclusively for the MDG label.  Its recently released Dvorak CD has been gaining a lot of attention and won the 2006 Echo prize; its Piazzola recording was released in the fall of 2006.

 "the Ma'alot Quintet celebrates par excellence....the high art of ensemble playing in chamber music. (Stereo-Play)

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