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In June of 1984 four instrumentalists of the Buenos Aires
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Colon Theatre formed a string quartet that from
its debut in November of that same year has performed for the most important
concert series of Argentina and South America. The Department of Music of the
National Office of Culture and the prestigious Argentine Mozarteum invited them
to undergo an extended tour of Argentina .That same year it performed the
complete cycle of the quartets Op, 76 by Haydn and the Faculty of Arts of the
University of Chile and the Argentine Embassy sponsored its participation in the
Musical Week in Frutillar, Chile.
In 1987 they were invited to perform in the Spring Music Festival
of Bariloche. That same year they were given the Music Critics Award of “Best
Chamber Ensemble of Argentina”.
In 1989 they performed in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay. They
were also awarded the “Diploma of Merit” from the Konex Foundation of Argentina
for their contribution to the promotion of classical music.
In 1990 they
performed in Santiago, Chile and in
Bogotá,
Colombia.
In 1991 the Music Critics of Buenos Aires again awarded them the
prize as “Best Chamber Ensemble of Argentina”
In 1993 the Argentine Embassy in Paraguay invited them to perform
a series of concerts in several cities of Paraguay as well as in the Province of
Misiones.
In 1994 they were invited by the Department of Music of the
National Office of Culture to present a series of six concerts under the title:
“200 Years of Quartets in Vienna” with works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven,
Schubert, Brahms and Webern including the Lyric Suite of Alban Berg.
In 1995 for the third time they received the prize for “Best
Chamber Music Ensemble of Argentina” awarded by the Music Critics of Buenos
Aires.
 In November of
1997 they recorded their first CD, which featured the Quartet
N° 6
by Villa-Lobos and the Quartet
N°
8 by D.
Shostakovich edited in the frame of “Special Edition Recordings” by
Radio Clásica.
In 2001 they recorded the CD “Riberas” with the clarinetist
Paquito D’Rivera; awarded with the Latin Grammy 2005 for best classical album.
 In September of 2002, the Quartet presented the first performance
of the Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra by Julian Orbon accompanied by
the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra, of the Colon Theatre.
The String
Quartet of Buenos Aires includes in its repertoire works by Argentinean and
Latin American composers such as Juan
José Castro, Roberto Caamaño,
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Mario Davidovsky, Constantino Gaito, Alberto Ginastera,
Paquito D´Rivera,
Gabriel Senanes, etc.
Audio:
XCuarteto
D.ShostakovichN 8, Op.110 (2º mov)
XCuarteto
de H.Villa Lobos N 6 (3 º mov)
XConcierto
para Quinteto de A. Piazzolla (& Paquito D´Ribera)
XCerteza
incierta de G. Senanes (2º mov) (& Paquito D´Ribera)
XCuarteto
B.
Bartok N 2 (life recording)
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