Nightingale String Quartet

ensemble

The Nightingale String Quartet was founded in 2007 by violinists Gunvor Sihm and Josefine Dalsgaard, violist Marie Louise Broholt Jensen, and cellist Louisa Schwab. All four are currently studying for their masters’ degrees at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Professor Tim Frederiksen as their chamber music mentor and coach. The Nightingale String Quartet was awarded the Danish Radio P2 talent prize 2010 “for – with burning passion, irresistible zest, and infectious mutual responsiveness – making the classical string quartet brim over with life, so that the music speaks directly and strongly to the newcomer as well as the experienced listener”. The Nightingale String Quartet has won prizes at several national as well as international chamber music competitions. In June 2008 the Quartet won 1st prize at the Royal Danish Academy of Music scholarship chamber music competition. After playing together for only a year and a half, the Quartet won 2nd prize at the Danish Radio chamber music competition in February 2009. This was to be the beginning of a long succession of concerts in chamber music societies all over Denmark. In April 2010 the Nightingale String Quartet was awarded 2nd prize at the international chamber music competition “Charles Hennen Concours” in Holland. As a result of this prize, the Nightingale String Quartet was invited to take part in the summer course “Orlando Festival” in Holland along with only 3 other prizewinning quartets. At the festival they received dayly coachings from legendary violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi and played several concerts in the area. In 2011 the Quartet was awarded the Jacob Gade Major Scholarship and in 2011 the Léonie Sonning Music Foundation’s Minor Music Prize.

The Nightingale String Quartet’s name is inspired by Danish ‘national author’ Hans Christian Andersen’s story about the nightingale.

www.nightingalestringquartet.com

Live Dates

22/02/2013   Musikanmelderringens Kunstnerpriser 2013
Basbarytonen Jakob Bloch Jespersen og Nightinggale String Quartet modtager Musikanmelderringens Kunstnerpriser 2013.
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22/01/2013   Nightingales honoured with BBC nomination and P2 Prize
The Nightingale String Quartet has been awarded the DR P2 Prize for Best Danish CD of the Year as well as a nomination for the prestigious BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013!
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16/05/2012   Nightingale and Langgaard strike gold in England and the US
The young Nightingale String Quartet's new Langgaard recording tops the bill in the Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine and on USA's biggest classical radio station
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27/03/2012   Photos from Nightingale String Quartet CD launch
Se billederne fra Nightingale String Quartets London-besøg i forbindelse med lanceringen af deres første Langgaard-CD
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12/03/2012   New video: Nightingale plays Langgaard
View our video trailer from the recording sessions for Rued Langgaard's quartets featuring the Nightingale String Quartet
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12/03/2012   Prisvindende nattergale klar til CD-premiere
Den unge Nightingale String Quartet præsenterer den første samlede indspilning af Rued Langgaards strygekvartetter ved release-arrangementer i London og København
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01/12/2012 Berlingske

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
Berlingske - Årets Bedste 2012. "Guf for dem, der har alt."
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01/10/2012 Neue Zeitschrift für Musik

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets vol. 1
5/5 Stars

"Diese fantastische CD macht auf ganzer Linie Lust auf Langgaard."
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04/07/2012 Musik & Theater

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"Dänische Quartettkunst"
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01/07/2012 San Francisco Chronicle

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"Simply breathtaking. I can't wait for the next release."
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01/07/2012 thewholenote.com

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"These performances are as close to definitive as you can get. Wonderful stuff, and I can’t wait to hear the rest of the series."
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01/06/2012 OPUS.41

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
6/6 Stars

"en strålande inspelning."
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24/05/2012 SA.CD.net

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
5/5 Stars

"If you are already a Langgaard fan, this will be an essential aquisition". "Highly recommended".
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14/05/2012 www.WQXR.org

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"...Makes you wonder what a night out with these four Danish dames would be like."
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13/05/2012 BBC Music Magazine - CHAMBER CHOICE JUNE 2012

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
5/5 Stars

"The Nightingale Quartet understand all these aspects: the provocative vitality, the fragile romantic sensitivity and the striking intellectual independence behind it all."
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13/05/2012 Gramophone - GRAMOPHONE CHOICE JUNE 2012

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"This young Danish Ensemble throws itself into the music... To call the second volume 'eagerly anticipated' would be a massive understatement."
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01/05/2012 Classical Music Sentinel

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"Potentially two more volumes of new music for us to anticipate, hopefully with the same quartet captured in as fine a recording as this one."
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01/05/2012 KLASSISK

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets vol. 1
5/6 Stars

"Cd'en er et kæmpeskridt for både de unge musikere og for Langgaard (...) vol. 2 kan ikke komme hurtigt nok."
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01/05/2012 International Record Review

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"Comprehensive notes from Bendt Viinholt Nielsen further enhance a disc that confirms the significance of the composer's quartet legacy."
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19/04/2012 www.timeout.com/london

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
4/5 Stars

"...really this is the music of a genuine one-off..."
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18/04/2012 Svenska Dagbladet

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
5/6 Stars

"Unga danska Nightingale String Quartet står för febrila tolkningar som överträffar Kontrakvartettens inspelningar från 80-talet"
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18/04/2012 Kristeligt Dagblad

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
4/6 Stars

"Nattergalene spiller med liv og lyst, og man fristes til at sige, at aldrig har Langgaard lydt skarpere."
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12/04/2012 Classical CD Reviews.com

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"the sheer originality of the music, its skilful melodic construction, and its vast array of colours and moods makes it well worth hearing"
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11/04/2012 The Observer

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"They have an uncanny affinity with Langgaard's wildly moody music and conjure plenty of exquisite moments on this surprisingly rewarding recording."
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11/04/2012 Fyens Stiftstidende

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
5/6 Stars

"Deres følelsesladede fortolkning fornemmes så perfekt og rigtig: der skal spilles til sveden perler og blodet springer."
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11/04/2012 Classics Today (10/10)

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"The performances here are marvelous... The Nightingale String Quartet relishes every bizarre nuance."
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30/03/2012 Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
5/6 Stars

"Der er noget dejligt uhæmmet over den danske strygekvartets greb om den excentriske Langgaard og hans frodige lydbilleder."
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27/03/2012 Politiken

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
5/6 Hjerter

"Medrivende og slagkraftigt... De banebrydende tonemalerier i Langgaards anden strygekvartet får nerve og nærvær som aldrig før."
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26/03/2012 Musical Pointers

Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1
"A treasure trove, with the youthful Nightingale String Quartet well placed to have secured such an important contract."
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Discography

	String Quartets Vol. 1 Rued Langgaard SACD 6.220575 (2012) A dramatic breakthrough for both Langgaard’s unrestrained quartet art from the beginning of the 1900s and the young female Nightingale Quartet.