The Leonkoro Quartet was honored with the MERITO String Quartet Award in November 2022, which includes four years of support from the MERITO String Instrument Trust.
Instruments
Lukas Schwarz plays a cello by Carlo Tononi and Mayu Konoe plays a viola by Lorenzo Storioni, both instruments from notable Italian luthiers.
Performer Biography
The Leonkoro Quartet, founded in Berlin in 2019, quickly established itself among the leading ensembles of its generation.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in March 2025 in Reitstadel in Neumarkt, Germany, and is a co-production with Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
Performer Biography
In 2022, the Leonkoro Quartet won first prize and nine special awards at the International String Quartet Competition at London's Wigmore Hall.
Instruments
Jonathan Schwarz and Amelie Wallner of the Leonkoro Quartet both play violins made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, a renowned 18th-century Italian luthier.
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