The Kairos Quartet is a Berlin-based
string quartet founded in 1996.
History
The Kairos Quartet (initially "work in progress quartet") specialises in music from 1950 onwards. At the time of its foundation in 1996[1] it was the first string quartet with such an orientation in the German-speaking world. It is named after
Kairos, in
Greek mythology the god of the favourable moment and the embodiment of the subjective concept of time. The quartet made its debut at the
Darmstädter Ferienkurse in Darmstadt in 1996, where it was also taught by the primarius of the
Arditti Quartet.
Scholarship holder of the Akademie Schloss Solitude 2000/2001 (as first ensemble)[5]
Sponsorship awards from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation
Project funding by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds
Project funding by the Foundation Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin
Ensemble funding by the Senate of Berlin
Ensemble funding by Deutsche Musikrat: NEUSTART for ensembles and bands
Recordings
Portrait of the Kairos Quartet at Edition Zeitklang
Georg Friedrich Haas: String Quartets 1 and 2 at Edition Zeitklang
Portrait of the composer Viera Janarcekova at ProViva
Portrait of the composer Enno Poppe at col legno
"Wider den Strich" (
Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000 [
de] among others Orm Finnendahl Fälschung for string quartet, laptop, ghetto blaster and live electronics (2003) at
Red Seal
Composer portrait Jay Schwartz at Wergo (German Music Council).