Mozart Piano Quartet

Mozart Piano Quartet
Mozart Piano Quartet
Background information
Origin	Germany
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	piano quartet
Instrument(s)	1 piano, 1 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello
Years active	2000–present

Members	Paul Rivinius Mark Gothoni Hartmut Rohde Peter Hoerr

Website	mozartpianoquartet.com

The Mozart Piano Quartet is a classical music piano quartet founded in 2000 in Germany. The members are pianist Paul Rivinius, violinist Mark Gothoni, violist Hartmut Rohde, and cellist Peter Hoerr, who are all internationally prize-winning soloists.^[1]

History

The Mozart Piano Quartet plays a wide range of classical music, and has recorded works by composers such as Beethoven (The Piano Quartet Op. 16 and the Eroica Symphony arranged by Ferdinand Ries), the quartets of Richard Strauss and Antonín Dvořák, as well as the multi award-winning premiere recordings of the great piano quartets by Mélanie Bonis, and Camille Saint-Saëns, which won 'Best Chamber America', 'Editors's Choice' in Gramophone Magazine. There have, as well, been many live radio broadcasts, recordings and productions in places like Germany, the United States, Spain, Italy, Brazil, and Australia.^[2]^[3]

The Mozart Piano Quartet regularly performs in major festivals and venues in the United States, Europe, and the Far East. These have included Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Wigmore Hall, Melbourne Festival, Mahler Festival, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Their regular tours to North and South America include well-known concert halls in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia as well as in the halls in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, and Canada.^[4]