Songs for the end of the world

Songs for the end of the world

Sun’s casual­ly seduc­ti­ve bed­room voice speaks of the sin­king of the Titanic, docu­men­ta­ry-style, gar­nis­hed with ori­gi­nal sound­bi­tes, stun­nin­gly mul­ti-func­tion­al accom­p­animent by the four Kuss…

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German Record Critics’ Award

German Record Critics’ Award

We are very hap­py that our Schubert recor­ding was award­ed with the Quarterly Critic’s Choice! That’s the prai­se of the jury: „It is rare to find such com­pel­ling dra­ma­tur­gy in a pro­gram­me of music…

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This is Kuss: An Animated Journey

This is Kuss: An Animated Journey

We proud­ly pre­sent our new music video: A col­la­ge of excerp­ts from works that have been our com­pa­n­ions over the last 20 years; works that we love and admi­re, some of which we pre­mie­red; music we feel at home with, pre­sen­ted in an zig­zag, unsys­te­ma­tic and allusive…

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Music on the island — Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Music on the island — Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

We are deligh­ted to be invi­ted by the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, to their Inselmusik, which is a String Quartet Festival at the begin­ning of September! We were invol­ved in the pro­gram plan­ning and invi­ted two young “up-and-coming” quar­tets, the Chaos Quartet…

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Mantova

Mantova

We are deligh­ted to be taking part in the fan­ta­stic “Trame Sonore” fes­ti­val in Mantova this year, whe­re we will be play­ing with Alexander Lonquich, among others. This should be the start of fur­ther encounters.

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Can you hear crisis?

Can you hear crisis?

BBC Music Magazine: “… the play­ing is exqui­si­te­ly jud­ged, shif­ting bet­ween fra­gi­li­ty and strength, ali­en­ati­on and fami­lia­ri­ty. The recor­ded sound is inti­ma­te, crea­ting com­pel­ling sonic affi­ni­ties.” The Strad: „It’s a high-con­cept offe­ring, almost a play­list of music…

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“CRISIS”

CRISIS

—–COMING SOON—- From ‘free time’ (our last album was cal­led ‘Berlin FREETime’) to ‘CRISIS’ … For after the cul­tu­ral was­te­land of the pan­de­mic years of 2020/21, we are forced to ack­now­ledge that our lives in the socie­ties we live and work in aren’t loo­king much…

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“Sei gutes Muts” — Video Release

Sei gutes Muts” — Video Release

We are plea­sed to release our music video “Sei gutes Muts” by the gre­at com­po­ser Iris ter Schiphorst. Premiered in sum­mer 2021, it was com­mis­sio­ned by us and Maurice Steger as well as the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker and recor­ded as a music video at the end of…

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Mantova

Mantova

We are deligh­ted to be taking part in the fan­ta­stic “Trame Sonore” fes­ti­val in Mantova this year, whe­re we will be play­ing with Alexander Lonquich, among others. This should be the start of further…

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Can you hear crisis?

Can you hear crisis?

BBC Music Magazine: “… the play­ing is exqui­si­te­ly jud­ged, shif­ting bet­ween fra­gi­li­ty and strength, ali­en­ati­on and fami­lia­ri­ty. The recor­ded sound is inti­ma­te, crea­ting com­pel­ling sonic…

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“CRISIS”

CRISIS

—–COMING SOON—- From ‘free time’ (our last album was cal­led ‘Berlin FREETime’) to ‘CRISIS’ … For after the cul­tu­ral was­te­land of the pan­de­mic years of 2020/21, we are forced to acknowledge…

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“Sei gutes Muts” — Video Release

Sei gutes Muts” — Video Release

We are plea­sed to release our music video “Sei gutes Muts” by the gre­at com­po­ser Iris ter Schiphorst. Premiered in sum­mer 2021, it was com­mis­sio­ned by us and Maurice Steger as well as the…

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Kuss @IDAGIO Live

Kuss @IDAGIO Live

The Kuss Quartet is invi­ted at IDAGIO Live for a litt­le series with four epi­so­des start­ing April 29th — along­side with artists like Iván Fischer, Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Hampson and others,…

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Concerts can­cel­led

Concerts can­cel­led

Dear fri­ends, dear fans, unfort­u­na­te­ly we have to let you know that our con­certs in Warstein, Paderborn, Kleve as well as Hameln and Amsterdam have been can­ce­led or post­po­ned. The coronavirus…

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