Quartetto di Cremona - Italian Journey (2015)

The Quartetto di Cremona is admired around the world as one of the preeminent string quartets of its generation, noted for its lustrous sound, refined musicianship, and stylistic versatility. Since its founding in 2000 in Cremona, Italy, the Quartet has toured extensively in Europe, the United States, and South America. The Quartetto di Cremona is the 2019 recipient of the coveted “Franco Buitoni Award” in recognition of their contribution in promoting and encouraging chamber music in Italy and throughout the world. In July, 2018, the German label Audite issued the box set of Quartetto di Cremona’s complete cycle of the Beethoven string quartets, recorded during the period 2013-2016. The first volume in the series received widespread and immediate recognition, including a five-star rating in BBC Music Magazine.

In 2015, the musicians were awarded honorary citizenship by the city of Cremona, the home of the such legendary 17th-century, master string instrument makers as Antonio Stradivari. The members of the Quartetto di Cremona all play on superb Cremonese instruments that date from the golden age of violin making by such renowned luthiers as Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Paolo Antonio Testore, Gioachino Torazzi, and Don Nicola Amati.