Kandinsky Quartet

The Kandinsky Quartet, founded in Vienna in 2020, is rapidly establishing itself as one of the most compelling young string quartets in Europe. Prizewinners of the “Verbier Festival Anniversary Prize 2023”, the International Mozart Competition Salzburg, and the Boccherini Competition, the ensemble has already appeared at leading festivals such as the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Venice Biennale, Wien Modern, Milano Musica, Rheingau Festival, Heidelberger Frühling, Festival Música Sur, Chaise-Dieu, Styrian Chamber Music Festival, Brac Classic, Stars and Rising Stars, and Inventio Music. In April 2024, they were awarded First Prize at the Gasteig Competition in Munich. They are also one of only 38 string quartets selected for the EU-funded MERITA program and are members of the ECMA (European Chamber Music Academy). Additionally, the quartet holds scholarships from Villa Musica, the Ulysses Network and Jeunesses Musicales Germany, and serves as ensemble-in-residence for the ArbeiterInnenkonzerte in Vienna – an outreach project focused on social housing, with five concerts per season. 

The Kandinsky Quartet has worked closely with some of the most distinguished string quartets of our time, including the Belcea, Arditti, Kuss, Ysaÿe, Cuarteto Casals, Danel, Artis, Mosaïques, Diotima, and the Alban Berg Quartet. Coachings with leading artists such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Bruno Giuranna, Amihai Grosz, Dirk Mommertz, Mathieu Herzog, Gábor Takács-Nagy, and their mentor Elisabeth Leonskaja—who regularly invites them to perform with her—have further shaped their artistic development. 

The Kandinsky Quartet is currently studying with Johannes Meissl in Vienna and Quatuor Ébène in Munich. From October 2025, they will further their education with Günter Pichler at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid. Highlights of the 2024/25 season include performances at festivals such as Il Circolo di Ave, Impuls Graz, Inventio Music, Mozartfest Würzburg, and the Alhaurín de la Torre Festival, as well as concerts at Solti Hall Budapest, Sala dei Giganti Padova, Reid Hall Paris, and Teatro Civico La Spezia, where they will perform together with Marie Chilemme (Quatuor Ébène).

Supported by the ULYSSES Platform, the Kandinsky Quartet performed at impuls 2025 as an Emerging Ensemble.