August 2026
The new season is starting!
The new concert season, following our 25th-anniversary season, will begin soon. A preview of the first quarter reveals that the Fauré Quartet will be performing not only at venues in Germany but also in Austria, Italy, Japan, and the U.S. Incidentally, we’ll be returning to the U.S. a second time this spring. We look forward to welcoming you to our concerts, wherever they may be!
April 2026
The Fauré Quartet pays tribute to Antonín Dvořák
In mid-April, the quartet will retreat to the studio to record what is now their 13th album. And this album is entirely dedicated to Antonín Dvořák, about whom Johannes Brahms once said: “That guy has more ideas than all of us put together. Anyone else could write a symphony from his scraps.” The album will, of course, feature, among other works, the composer’s two piano quartets. The release is scheduled for spring 2027.
March 2026
FaurEver Together: The Fauré Quartet in Romania
When the FQ flies to Bucharest at the end of March, it will mark a reunion after more than 15 years. The musicians will be staying for just under a week, however, because in addition to their concert at the famous Athenaeum, the four musicians will each be teaching master classes at the Bucharest Academy of Music. This year, “FaurEver Together” is the cultural project of the Romanian Music Center Foundation, featuring the Fauré Quartet as the main guest.
December 2025
The year is coming to an end…
The Fauré Quartet wishes everyone a peaceful and wonderful Christmas season.
Towards the end of the year, we performed in Tokyo (Toppan Hall), Dresden (Frauenkirche), Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie), and Vienna (Musikverein), among other places. But we also played a home game in Karlsruhe (Hochschule für Musik), where we were founded exactly 30 years ago, and other, more rural locations with which we have long had personal ties, rounding off the year 2025.
We look forward to seeing you again next year!
November 2025
Vienna – Hamburg !
Tomorrow, the Fauré Quartet will once again perform at the venerable Vienna Musikverein. The program includes two composers who also lived in Vienna, Johannes Brahms (Piano Quartet, Op. 26) and Franz Schubert (Adagio and Rondo), as well as Mel Bonis’ Piano Quartet.
And next week, the quartet can be heard in Hamburg! The Elbphilharmonie will resound with the Trout Quintet (with Janne Saksala/Berlin Philharmonic, double bass) and the Adagio and Rondo by Franz Schubert, as well as Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet.
October 2025
Chamber Music Festival Tokyo
Over the next two weeks, both the Fauré Quartet and Toppan Hall Tokyo will be celebrating their long-standing existence, both individually and together.
There will be a whole series of concerts featuring several guest performers.
In addition to the Fauré Quartet, Sayako Kusaka (violin), Nils Mönkemeyer (viola), Tatsuki Sasanuma (cello), Shigeru Ishikawa (double bass), and Annette Dasch (soprano) will perform.
The program includes “Verklärte Nacht” (Schönberg), an operetta evening and a song recital (Mahler, Wagner), String Quintet in G minor (Mozart), piano quartets (Mozart, Mendelssohn), Trout Quintet (Schubert), viola sonatas (Brahms in E-flat major, Schubert Arpeggione), Piano Quintet (Schumann), and much more.
July 2025
Twice as a guest at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival
After the concert in South Tyrol, the Fauré Quartet will play two more concerts at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival before the summer break. On July 26 in Ulrichshusen and on July 27 in Rostock. They will perform quartets by Schumann and Dvorak, among others, as well as unusual works such as tangos, a piano quintet with clarinet by Finnish composer Jarkko Riihimäki and arrangements of Fauré songs and Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky.
June 2025
The quartet at the foot of the Dolomites
On July 17, the Fauré Quartet will once again be performing in Dobbiaco. There have already been quartet-only concerts in the famous Gustav Mahler Hall, a performance of the concerto for piano quartet and orchestra by Alexandre Tansman and the CD recording with the songs of Strauss and Mahler (with Simone Kermes) and their piano quartets. Now the quartet is performing works by Schubert, Fauré and Brahms.
April 2025
FQ in Southamerika
On May 5, the quartet will once again perform at the world-famous Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. It is the first of two concerts on the South American continent, as the four musicians can be heard two days later at the Teatro Solis in Montevideo. After that, it’s straight back to Europe, more precisely to Munich’s Prinzregententheater on May 10.
February 2025
2025 – distant countries and great theaters
In 2025, several tours are planned again, including to the USA, Argentina / Uruguay, within Europe and to Japan. In addition to the famous Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, major venues such as the Elbphilharmonie and the Prinzregententheater are also waiting in this country.
December 2024
We wish all friends of the Fauré Quartet and chamber music a wonderful Christmas season and good luck, health and confidence for the New Year!
October 2024
Straight to the USA after the summer break
In the fall, the quartet will fly to the USA once again. Three concerts are on the tour schedule. First Los Angeles, then Washington and Dallas/Texas. The ensemble can also be heard in Münster, in the magnificent Erbdrostenhof.