Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was born in 1809, three months before Joseph Haydn's death.
As special awards from the ICMC, the Arcadia String Quartet received the Mendelssohn-Prize, a Brahms-Prize, and this CD production.
The Arcadia String Quartet received a scholarship for a Masterclass with the Belcea Quartet in London in February 2007.
The Arcadia String Quartet was founded in 2005 at the suggestion of Nicușor Silaghi, the second violinist of the Transilvan Quartet.
Felix Mendelssohn first performed as a pianist at the age of 9 and began composing at 11, completing almost 60 works in his first year of composition.
Mendelssohn's second string quartet, Op. 13, composed in 1827 when he was eighteen, was inspired by Beethoven's string quartets Op. 132 and Op. 95.
In 2009, the Arcadia String Quartet won the 1st prize in the 1st International Chamber Music Competition in Hamburg (ICMC).
