Missed Michael Wolch's interview with some of the members of the Minguet Quartet on the weekend? Watch here!

The Minguet Quartet, founded in 1988, is among one of the most well-received string quartets internationally and performs at major concert venues worldwide.

The group takes its name from Pablo Minguet, an eighteenth-century Spanish philosopher who attempted in his writings to make the fine arts accessible tothe masses.

The Minguet Quartet has the same intention. The quartet focusses on the Classical and Romantic repertoires as well as contemporary music, and promotesthe latter by premiering numerous compositions of our own times.

Encountering renowned contemporary composers always generates new ideas. In this sense, the complete recordings of works for string quartet by Wolfgang Rihm, Peter Ruzicka and Jörg Widmann are key projects for the Minguet Quartet.

The current recordings of the complete string quartets by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Josef Suk and Heinrich von Herzogenberg present extraordinary and outstanding Romantic music at a very high artistic standard.

In 2014/2015 the Minguet Quartet gives performances in the Philharmonic Halls of Berlin and Cologne, in Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, in Teatro La Fenice Venice and Frankfurt Opera House. The ensemble also plays at the Biennale Munich, Festival Grafenegg and Festival International du Luberon. They will tour through Japan, Central America and Canada where one of their stops was Winnipeg (Oct 18) and Winnipeg’s International Recital & Chamber Music Concert Series, Virtuosi.

Watch Michael's interview below!