One reviewer said: "…in the style of its playing, the quartet seems intent on following the great Occidental tradition of this musical form. It seems that the musical content is of the utmost importance. While balancing a finely tuned sound, while making the polyphony transparent and thus allowing cantabiles for each voice, Mirijam Contzen and Gernot Süßmuth, Ulrich Eichenauer and Peter Hörr arrive at the ideal form of quartet playing. They have not only succeeded in establishing a technique of performing that is fascinating in its congruence, but they also seem to have found a way to match their feelings and, in this ultimate form of agreement, seem to now reap the best of fruits."

Upcoming engagements include concerts at the Philharmonie Berlin and in Dresden, tours of North America and Japan.

Mirijam Contzen (violin) appears worldwide as soloist and chamber musician. In 2001 she won the Echo-Klassik price in the category of best emerging artists. She is the founder and artistic director of the Schloss Cappenberg Music Festival.

Gernot Süßmuth (violin) is concert master of the Weimar Staatskapelle. Between 1983 and 2000 he was a member of the Petersen Quartet. In 2004 he became honorary professor at the Hochschule fuer Musik "Franz Liszt" in Weimar.

Ulrich Eichenauer, viola, appears internationally as soloist and chamber musicians and for many years was a member of the Mendelssohn Quartet. In 2006 he accepted a professorship in Bern and Sion.

Peter Hörr, violoncello, appears worldwide as soloist and chamber musician. In 2003 he became professor at the Hochschule for Theater and Musik in Leipzig. Since 2005 he has also acted as the Artistic Director of the WestfalenClassics Chamber Music Festival.