"These performances are excellent. There's plenty of energy and precision, and Venezia clearly has fun with the many character changes that often occur in Casella's pieces."

American Record Guide

"The Quartetto di Venezia is more that charming; it is serious and substantial. Among its many beauties is a tuneful and emotionally resonant slow movement, a kaleidoscopically faceted theme and variations. The Verdi quartet closed the evening in incisive and authoritative performances."

Los Angeles Times - Daniel Cariaga

"...They are fine musicians and excellent instrumentalists ... the quality of the sound, good intonation and perfect balance make this quartet's performance a moving experience."

La Nación de Buenos Aires - A.E. Gimenez

Analytical precision and passion are the distinctive characteristics of the Venetian ensemble, inherited quality of two basic schools of quartet interpretation: the "Quartetto Italiano" under the guidance of Maestro Piero Farulli and the Mid-European School of "Vegh Quartet", through several meetings with Sandor Vegh and Paul Szabo. From 2017 The Quartetto di Venezia has been “Quartet in Residence” at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice. Recently they entered into a new collaboration with the Benetton Foundation. 

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Andrea Vio - violin
Alberto Battiston - violin
Mario Paladin - viola
Angelo Zanin - cello

"This is a group that stands out in the varied and vast European musical field. The perfect technical mastery and the power of their performances, characterized by the push towards an absolute value of themselves as true performers, place the Quartet of Venice at the top of their category and among the very few worthy of taking over the role of the great Quartets of the past".

Los Angeles Times

Analytical precision and passion are the distinctive characteristics of the Venetian ensemble, inherited quality of two basic schools of quartet interpretation: the "Quartetto Italiano" under the guidance of Maestro Piero Farulli and the Mid-European School of "Vegh Quartet", through several meetings with Sandor Vegh and Paul Szabo.

The Quartetto di Venezia has toured extensively in Italy and in the world: New York - United Nations Palace, Los Angeles UCLA & Getty Museum, Washington National Gallery, San Francisco, Seattle - Meany Hall, Philadelphia, Toronto, Vancouver; Paris - Unesco Palace, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gasteig änd Herkules Saal in Munich, Kamermuziek Souvenir Tilburg, Februari Festival The Hague, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Beethovenfest Bonn, Bad Kissingen - Kissinger Sommer, Würzburg Mozart Festival, St.Moritz - Engadina Festival, Bruxelles - Sociétè Philharmonique, Sofia - Sala Bulgaria, Bratislava Mozart Festival, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Helsinki - National Finnish Opera, Ossiach/Villach Festival, Vienna - Klangbogen, Barcelona & Valencia - Palau de la Musica, Madrid – Real Academia de Bellas Artes, Copenhagen - Tivoli Hall; Beirut - Al Bustan Festival, Tokyo - New Otani Hall, Taipei-National Concert Hall, Seoul Ho-Am Art Hall, Rio de Janeiro, San Paolo, Montevideo, Buenos Aires Coliseum Theater & Teatro Colón.

They had the honour of playing for His Holiness Pope John Paul II and the President of Republic of Italy.

The repertoire of the Quartet of Venice is extremely rich and includes, apart from the most well-known ones, works rarely performed works like the quartets of G.F. Malipiero ("Italian Critics Award" as the best chamber recording). The vast disc production includes 19 CDs for Decca, Naxos, Dynamic, Navona, Fonit Cetra, Unicef,Koch. The CD Ritornello, music of Curt Cacioppo, on Navona Records earned Grammy Award.

Radio and television: RAI & RAI International, Bayerischer Rundfunk, New York Times (WQXR), ORF1, DRS2 Schweizer, Suisse Romande, Radio Clasica Espanola, South Korean MBC.

The ensemble has collaborated with world artists and ensembles of worldwide fame such as Bruno Giuranna, Borodin Quartet, Prazak Quartet, Herbert Kefer, Piero Farulli, Paul Szabo, Oscar Ghiglia, Danilo Rossi, Dieter Flury, Pietro De Maria, Alessandro Carbonare, Andrea Lucchesini and Mario Brunello.

From 2017 the Quartetto di Venezia has been “Quartet in Residence” at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice. Recently they entered into a new collaboration with the Benetton Foundation.

Programme proposals

Programma I
Mozart: String Quartet in G major, KV 387
Vacchi: Movimento di Quartetto
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

Programma II
Haydn: String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2
Verdi: String Quartet in E minor
Wolf: Italian Serenade
Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life'

Programma III
Bartók: String Quartet No. 6 in D major, Sz. 114
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130

Programme IV
Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Brahms: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2

Programme V
Mozart: String Quartet in C major, KV 465 'Dissonance'
Casella: Five pieces, Op. 34
Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op. 135

Programme V
Boccherini: String Quartet in G major, Op. 52 No. 3
Hindemith: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22
Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132

all BEETHOVEN STRIng Quartets

Concert I
Op. 18 No. 3 - Op. 18 No. 1 - Op. 132

Concert II
Op. 59 No. 2 - Op. 18 No. 5 - Op. 133 ('Grosse Fuge')

Concert III
Op. 74 - Op. 18 No. 4 - Op. 130

Concert IV
Op. 18 No. 2 - Op. 95 - Op. 131

Concert V
Op. 127 - Op. 59 No. 3

Concert VI
Op. 18 No. 6 - Op. 59 No.1 - Op. 135

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