Together with the
Petersen Quartet, also based in
East Berlin, it was one of the most important young ensembles in the
GDR at the time, after the musicians won the France in May 1986 with multiple prizes. The quartet received artistic impulses from, among others, the
LaSalle Quartet, the
Guarneri Quartet,
Sándor Végh and
György Kurtág. The quartet now performs internationally in all major music centres and at important festivals. Since 1993, it has been organising its own series in the
Konzerthaus Berlin. The musicians' extensive
repertoire covers all epochs and styles. In addition to the complete recordings of all string quartets by
Robert Schumann and
Johannes Brahms, CD recordings with works by
Beethoven,
Debussy,
Janáček have been released,
Reger,
Schostakowich and finally with the two string quartets by
Karl Amadeus Hartmann and the two and a half hour piano quintet
Hauptweg und Nebenwege by
Michael Denhoff. The Vogler Quartet is also involved in various music festivals and projects - such as the Kassel Music Festival and the Kassel Children's Music Days, which have been taking place for several years now. As a teaching ensemble, the Vogler Quartet is a regular guest at the International Chamber Music Campus of Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland at the Weikersheim Castle. == Lineup ==