The Mandelring Quartett’s trademark is its expressivity and phenomenal homogeneity. At the same time, their approach to music is always both emotional and personal. Founded in 1983, the ensemble is winner of major competitions, among them the ARD International Music Competition and the Premio Paolo Borciani. Today their performing commitments take the quartet to international musical centres such as Vienna, Paris, London, Madrid and New York. In addition, their concert diary includes regular tours to the European neighbouring countries, the U.S., South America and Asia. They are also warmly welcomed as guest performers at leading festivals such as the Niederrhein Musikfestival, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Kuhmo Chamber Music and Montpellier Festival. The HAMBACHERMusikFEST was initiated by the Mandelring Quartett in their home city Neustadt an der Weinstraße in 1997 and has developed into a meeting point for lovers of chamber music from all over the globe. Since 2010 the ensemble has had a concert series of its own in the Berliner Philharmonie. Numerous prize-winning CD recordings testify to the quartet’s exceptional quality and wide-ranging repertoire. The productions with works by Schubert and Schumann, but especially the complete recordings of the string quartets by Shostakovich and Mendelssohn were acknowledged as new reference recordings. The recordings of Janáček’s String Quartets and of Brahms’ String Quintets and Sextets have also received numerous recognitions.