The Twins Quartet was founded in 1998 at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow under Professor Alexandr Galkovsky (Shostakovich Quartet). The quartet attended master classes with members of the Alban Berg Quartet, the Amadeus Quartet, the Smetana Quartet, the Bartok Quartet and the Hagen Quartet as part of the "Prague-Vienna-Budapest" Summer Academy, as well as master classes with the Auryn Quartet, Saschko Gawriloff and Mstislav Rostropovitsch. As part of the German Academic Exchange Service, he studied in Cologne with the Alban Berg Quartet and with Prof. Schoneweg (Cherubini Quartet).
In 2000, the quartet gave a concert at the "Days of Russian Culture" as part of EXPO 2000 and won first prize in the international competition "The Heritage of Classics". In 2001 the Twins Quartet won 2nd prize at the International Shostakovich String Quartet Competition in Moscow and the Béla Bartók Prize. 2002 Finalist of the Osaka Competition. 2003 Prize winner of the Schubert Competition in Graz.
The ensemble is a regular guest at international festivals such as:
Moscow Autumn, Haydn-Festival, Schönberg-Festival, Mendelssohn-Festival, Beethoven Fest in Bonn, Salzburger Kulturtage and many more and performs with internationally renowned artists such as Tatjana and David Geringas, Alexej Lubimov Sergio Zampetti, Karl Leister, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Jörg Demus, Wassily Lobanov and many more.

Musicians: 4
Instruments: 2 violins, viola, cello, (piano)
Genre: Classical, Romantic

For further information about the ensemble, please contact Julia Mörtelmaier. Thank you very much!