{"id":60034,"date":"2025-10-15T09:53:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es\/grupo\/ast-quartet\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T09:26:15","slug":"ast-quartet","status":"publish","type":"grupo","link":"https:\/\/www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es\/en\/grupo\/ast-quartet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ast Quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"280\">The <strong data-start=\"3\" data-end=\"18\">Ast Quartet<\/strong>, whose name means \u201cbranch\u201d in German, conveys the message of extending its music to the world, much like growing branches. Formed in September 2021, the quartet is comprised of four young and passionate Korean musicians residing in Europe. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"866\">They received the <strong data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"398\">special prize for the best performance of a new string quartet commissioned from G\u00e9rard Pesson<\/strong> at the <strong data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"434\">13th Paolo Borciani Prize<\/strong>, and were <strong data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"494\">semifinalists in the Geneva Competition 2023<\/strong>. Shortly after their formation, they performed concerts at the <strong data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"579\">Berlin Philharmonic<\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"623\">Osaka Chamber Music Horizon (Japan)<\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"697\">Mozart Festival of the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin<\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"767\">50th Anniversary Summer Festival of HMTM Hannover<\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"835\">Crescendo Festival of the Berlin University of the Arts<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"839\" data-end=\"863\">Music in PyeongChang<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"1460\">They performed as guest artists at the <strong data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"948\">Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker 2024<\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"953\" data-end=\"1013\">McGill International String Quartet Academy (MISQA) 2024<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1037\">Traiettorie 2024<\/strong>, and have been invited to perform at the <strong data-start=\"1080\" data-end=\"1134\">String Quartet Festival in Pays de Fayence<\/strong>. They were also selected as <strong data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1217\">Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland fellows<\/strong> and participated in the <strong data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1271\">Hohenloher Kultursommer 2024<\/strong>. Additionally, the Ast Quartet was awarded the <strong data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1353\">Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation scholarship<\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1411\">\u201cStartup-Musician\u201d prize from the B\u00f6rsenclub Hannover<\/strong>, and a <strong data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1458\">scholarship from the F\u00f6rderkreis der HMTMH e.V.<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1958\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The <strong data-start=\"1465\" data-end=\"1480\">Ast Quartet<\/strong> completed their studies at the <strong data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1562\">Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover<\/strong> under the direction of <strong data-start=\"1585\" data-end=\"1610\">Professor Oliver Wille<\/strong>, and has received extensive musical inspiration from masterclasses with <strong data-start=\"1683\" data-end=\"1803\">Corina Belcea, the Kuss Quartet, Eberhard Feltz, Mathieu Herzog, Heime M\u00fcller, Midori, Wolfgang Redik, Philip Setzer<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1806\" data-end=\"1826\">Tabea Zimmermann<\/strong>. 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