The Quatuor Danel was founded in 1991 and has operated in its current formation since cellist Yovan Markovitch joined the group in 2014. Over the past thirty years they have made a series of ground-breaking recordings, with musical partners including Leif Ove Andsnes, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Alexander Melnikov and the Borodin Quartet.

Russian composers occupy a special place in the quartet’s repertoire but they have also fostered key relationships with contemporary composers such as Rihm, Lachenmann, Gubaidulina, Harvey, Dusapin, Widmann and Mantovani.

The 2024-25 Season brings the Quatuor Danel to Leipzig, firstly for the performance and recording of Prokofiev’s string quartets, but also for the presentation of all of Shostakovich’s string quartets during a large-scale commemoration for the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death.

At the very heart of the Quatuor Danel’s work lies their ambassadorship for young musicians in general and string quartets in particular. Teaching and master classes are a fundamental part of their activities. The quartet has been artist-in-residence at the University of Manchester since 2005, working closely with the students. Marc Danel is also Artistic Director of the Netherlands String Quartet Academy.

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Gratia Arts represents the Quatuor Danel in the UK, France, Antipodes and Hong Kong.

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