QNG: Quartet New Generation
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Hailed as Four Recorder Virtuosos by The New York Times, and mind-blowing by the Los Angeles Times, QNG—Quartet New Generation took top honors at the 2004 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. QNG mesmerizes its audiences through innovative programming that juxtaposes contemporary and early music. Performing on upwards of 20 different recorders of varying sizes and shapes during the course of a typical performance, the Quartet transports the listener into new sonic worlds, confirming the recorders viability as a modern classical instrument.
In the 2008-2009 season QNGs schedule includes performances at Orange County Performing Arts Center, San Francisco State University, Boise State University, University of Wyoming, Zankel Hall with the Kronos Quartet, as well as recitals in Florida, Alabama, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Recent concerts include return engagements at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Detroit Institute of Arts, with debut performances at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, NJ, the Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri at St. Louis and the Da Camera Society in Los Angeles. In addition to two US tours, 2007-2008 also included a tour of Japan, performances at the Singapore Arts Festival and numerous European performances.
Following its successful US debut in 2004 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the ensemble has also performed in the US at the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, the Chautauqua Institution, Merkin Concert Hall, Regina Quick Center at St. Bonaventure University, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Chicago Presents, University of Nevada at Reno, Purdue University Convocations and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Additional appearances at the Brooklyn Academy of Musics BAM Café and Barbes Bar and Performance Space are part of CAGs New Music/New Places initiative.
Taking advantage of the large recorder family and its flexibility, QNG is constantly searching for new possibilities of sound and expression. The instruments played by the Quartet include a large number of accurate copies of authentic historical instruments plus modern recorders called Pätzoldbasses. These square box-like recorders produce a different structure of overtones based on those of organ pipes and therefore a specific extraordinary sound, which is further enhanced by the percussive nature of the keys.
The diversity of the instruments, paired with QNGs theatrical flair and high-intensity performance mode, inspires composers to write in fresh and exciting ways that define the music of our time. With a large repertoire of European works, the collective has begun commissioning American composers. These pieces include Paul Moravecs Mortal Flesh, Stephen Taylors Flow for Recorder Quartet and Strings (world premiere by QNG and the New Philharmonic led by Kirk Muspratt) and new works by Daniel Bernard Roumain, Gordon Beeferman and Nissim Schaul (world premieres on the CAG New Works Series at Symphony Space).
QNG—Quartet New Generation was founded in September 1998 at the Amsterdam Conservatoire and the University of the Arts, Berlin. The collective was also awarded the top prizes at the German Music Competition in Bonn, Germany; the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition for Contemporary Music in the Netherlands; the International Chamber Music Competition for Contemporary Music in Poland; and the 13ème Concours International de Musique de Chambre in France.
In the 2008-2009 season QNGs schedule includes performances at Orange County Performing Arts Center, San Francisco State University, Boise State University, University of Wyoming, Zankel Hall with the Kronos Quartet, as well as recitals in Florida, Alabama, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Recent concerts include return engagements at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Detroit Institute of Arts, with debut performances at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, NJ, the Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri at St. Louis and the Da Camera Society in Los Angeles. In addition to two US tours, 2007-2008 also included a tour of Japan, performances at the Singapore Arts Festival and numerous European performances.
Following its successful US debut in 2004 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the ensemble has also performed in the US at the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, the Chautauqua Institution, Merkin Concert Hall, Regina Quick Center at St. Bonaventure University, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Chicago Presents, University of Nevada at Reno, Purdue University Convocations and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Additional appearances at the Brooklyn Academy of Musics BAM Café and Barbes Bar and Performance Space are part of CAGs New Music/New Places initiative.
Taking advantage of the large recorder family and its flexibility, QNG is constantly searching for new possibilities of sound and expression. The instruments played by the Quartet include a large number of accurate copies of authentic historical instruments plus modern recorders called Pätzoldbasses. These square box-like recorders produce a different structure of overtones based on those of organ pipes and therefore a specific extraordinary sound, which is further enhanced by the percussive nature of the keys.
The diversity of the instruments, paired with QNGs theatrical flair and high-intensity performance mode, inspires composers to write in fresh and exciting ways that define the music of our time. With a large repertoire of European works, the collective has begun commissioning American composers. These pieces include Paul Moravecs Mortal Flesh, Stephen Taylors Flow for Recorder Quartet and Strings (world premiere by QNG and the New Philharmonic led by Kirk Muspratt) and new works by Daniel Bernard Roumain, Gordon Beeferman and Nissim Schaul (world premieres on the CAG New Works Series at Symphony Space).
QNG—Quartet New Generation was founded in September 1998 at the Amsterdam Conservatoire and the University of the Arts, Berlin. The collective was also awarded the top prizes at the German Music Competition in Bonn, Germany; the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition for Contemporary Music in the Netherlands; the International Chamber Music Competition for Contemporary Music in Poland; and the 13ème Concours International de Musique de Chambre in France.
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