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Engegård Quartet

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Engegrård Quartet. From the left Arvid Engegård, Juliet Jopling, Laura Custodio Sabas, Jan Clemens Carlsen. Foto: Philip Dutton

The Engegård Quartet.[1] is a Norwegian string quartet, founded in 2006[2]. It has taken its name from the violinist, Arvid Engegård[3]. The other members are Laura Custodio Sabas[4] on 2nd violin, Juliet Jopling[5] on viola and Jan Clemens Carlsen[6] on cello. The Engegård Quartet is based in Oslo and is supported by Arts Council Norway.

Past members[edit]

  • Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello (2005–2010)
  • Atle Sponberg, violin (2005–2012)
  • Adrian Brendel, cello (2011–2012)
  • Konstantin Pfiz, cello (2012)
  • Alex Robson, violin  (2012–2020)
  • Sara Chen, violin (2021)

Recordings[edit]

The Engegård Quartet has released several CDs[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. In 2010, the Engegård Quartet was awarded the "Supersonic Award" by the music magazine Pizzicato for their recording of quartets by Beethoven, Nordheim and Bartók[15]. The ensemble has recorded for the 2L, BIS, Simax and LAWO CLASSICS labels.

Commissioned work and premiere performances[edit]

In addition to the core classical repertoire, the quartet is committed to contemporary music and the renewal of the string quartet repertoire. It has commissioned string quartets by Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje[16], Olav Anton Thommessen, Therese Birkelund Ulvo[17] and Olli Mustonen[18]. The Engegård Quartet’s collaborations with jazz violinist Ola Kvernberg and harding fiddler Nils Økland have led to commissioning the Telemark Quintet from Nils Anders Mortensen and Hypnagogia and Flukt from Ola Kvernberg. The Engegård Quartet has also premiered string quartets by, among others, Tyler Futrell, Cecilie Ore, Wolfgang Plagge, Lasse Thoresen, Marcus Paus and Ketil Bjørnstad.

Collaboration with other artists[edit]

The quartet has collaborated with actor Bjørn Sundquist[19], folk musicians Nils Økland[20][21][22], Susanne Lundeng [23]and jazz musicians Ola Kvernberg[24][25][26], Bendik Hofseth[27][28] and Tore Johansen[29][30]. Among the classical musicians the quartet has collaborated with are the pianists Nils Anders Mortensen[31], Christian Ihle Hadland[32], Håvard Gimse[33], Leif Ove Andsnes[34], Olli Mustonen[35], Dènes Várjon[36], Paul Lewis and Nobuko Imai[37] , Sir András Schiff[38], Emma Johnson[39] MBE, and Kim Kashkashian[40]. Among the singers it has collaborated with are Ann-Helen Moen[41] and Marianne Beate Kielland[42]

Concerts and festivals[edit]

The Engegård Quartet has, in addition to Norway and the Nordic countries, held concerts in the Mozarteum[43] in Salzburg[44] and Rudolfinum in Prague[45] and other European cities[46]. In 2022 it has performed in Bogota[47], Medellin[48] and São Paulo[49] in South America, in Great Britain[50], Denmark, Scotland[51][52] and Hungary. Among the festivals it has participated in are Loviisa Sibelius Festival in Finland, Delft Chamber Music Festival in the Netherlands, Kamara.hu[53][54] in Hungary, the SoNoRo Festival in Bucuresti, the Båstad Chamber Music Festival in Sweden, the Heidelberg Streichquartettfest in Germany and the St. Magnus International Chamber Music Festival in Orkney. It has participated in the Norwegian festivals Lofoten International Music Festival, Stavanger Chamber Music Festival, Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Olavsfestdagene, Festspillene i Bergen and Trondheim Chamber Music Festival.

Other Activities[edit]

“1-2-3.... "[edit]

The Engegård Quartet organizes the mini-festival "...på 1-2-3"[55], which has taken place in Oslo every autumn since 2016. Each festival focuses on one single composer. Until now, the following composers have been presented: 2016 Schumann, 2017 Mozart, 2018 Beethoven, 2019 Brahms, 2020 Olli Mustonen, 2021 Haydn and Schubert in 2022. The festival brings together both Norwegian and foreign musicians. In addition, emphasis is placed on giving opportunities to young musicians. The Nordberg String Orchestra, with young people from the Nordre Aker district in Oslo, has performed at the festival every year.

Amateur quartet weekend[edit]

Since 2013, the Engegård Quartet has collaborated with the Oslo Quartet Association to present a weekend course for amateur musicians. Amateur groups receive coaching from the Engegård Quartet, have the opportunity to rehearse together and play quartets and other chamber music for each other[56].

Artistic roles in Norway[edit]

Arvid Engegård is Artistic Director and one of the founders of the Lofoten International Chamber Music Festival[57]. Arvid Engegård is also active as a conductor[58]. Juliet Jopling is one of the founders and part of the artistic team for the Oslo Quartet Series[59] . Juliet Jopling is also one of the founders of the Nordberg String Orchestra and has taught and conducted the orchestra since its inception in 2011[60]

Instruments[edit]

  • Arvid Engegård plays a Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin (1858), loaned by Dextra
  • Laura Custodio Sabas plays a Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin (1857)
  • Juliet Jopling plays a Giuseppe Guadagnini viola (1770)
  • Jan Clemens Carlsen plays a Giacomo Zanoli cello (1737), loaned by Dextra

Discography[edit]

  • 2008 String Quartets vol.I: Haydn, Solberg, Grieg. Haydn String Quartet op. 77 no. 1, Leif Solberg String Quartet, Grieg String Quartet in G-minor op. 27. 2L
  • 2010 String Quartets vol. II: Beethoven, Nordheim, Bartok. Beethoven String Quartet op.74, Nordheim String Quartet 1956, Bartok String Quartet no. 3. 2L
  • 2011 Catharinus Elling Quartets. Strykekvartett i D-dur, Strykekvartett i a-moll, Pianokvartett i g-moll, med Nils Anders Mortensen, piano. SIMAX
  • 2013 String Quartets vol. III: Haydn, Nordheim, Bartok. Haydn String Quartet op. 77 no. 1, Nordheim Duplex, Bartok String Quartet no. 5. 2L  
  • 2014 String Quartets vol. IV: Franz Schubert, Maja Ratkje, Benjamin Britten, Joseph Haydn  Schubert Rosamunde quartet, Ratkje Tale of lead and light, Britten String quartet no 2, Haydn String quartet op 76 no 3. 2L  
  • 2016 Grieg, Thommessen, Sibelius. Grieg String Quartet in G-minor op. 27, Olav Anton Thommessen Felix Remix (2014), Sibelius Voces Intimae op. 56. BIS
  • 2017 Mozart Prussian Quartets. LAWO CLASSICS
  • 2018 Schumann The String Quartets. Op. 41 no. 1, no. 2, no. 3. BIS
  • 2019 Mozart String Quartets Dedicated to Haydn. K. 421, K. 428, K. 465, LAWO CLASSICS
  • 2021 Mozart String Quartets Dedicated to Haydn. Vol. 2. K. 387, K. 458, K. 464 LAWO CLASSICS
  • 2021 Schumann, Piano Quintets. Op. 44, op. 47. Med Nils Anders Mortensen, piano. LAWO CLASSICS
  • 2022 Mustonen. String Quartet no. 1, Piano Quintet. LAWO CLASSICS
  • 2023 Johan Kvandal Complete String Quartets. LAWO CLASSICS

Contributions to other albums

  • 2014 Et steg ut.  Med Susanne Lundeng. Kirkelig kulturverksted
  • 2021 Roots. Med Bendik Hofseth og Eivind Aarset. Falck forlag
  • 2022 Nå, lille humle. Barnesanger av Astrid Lindgren og Tore Johansen med flere. Inner Ear

References[edit]

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