Quartetto Energie Nove is a string quartet founded in 2008 in Lugano, Switzerland.[1] The group is composed of principal players of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana.[2] They have performed at a number of international festivals.[1] [3] [4] They record for Dynamic.[5] The group has made a number of live radio and television recordings for RSI including Beethoven's Quartets Op. 74 and Op. 95.[6]
The quartet's members are:
The quartet's recording of Prokofiev's String quartets for Dynamic received very favourable reviews. Writing for The Strad,[5] Julian Haylock stated: "Throughout even the thorniest passages they retain absolute technical composure, knife-edge ensemble and remarkable intonational accuracy". The same recording was praised for its "mischievous alacrity" by Jerry Dubbins in Fanfare Magazine.[7] Robert Cummings of ClassicalNet stated that the recordings of the Prokofiev were "at least as good as the best of them".[2]