News & Reviews

・・ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 in MUSICA!・・

“Particularly memorable is the dramatic sweep and tragic tone achieved in the Shostakovich Quartet, shaped through deep emotional involvement and a remarkable range of rhythmic, dynamic, and timbral contrasts, all of which bring out the work’s bleak and wounded character with striking conviction and impact.”

A big thanks to Zecchini Editore / MUSICA! We’re so happy that “TRACK 1” continues to receive such warm words and attention.🔥 #larivistamusica

・・ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review from Diapason! ・・

・・・ “Valentin Berlinsky, legendary cellist of the Borodin Quartet, confided to me that he had to bite his lips hard to keep from bursting into tears when playing his crucial part in Quartet No. 8, knowing how much the composer disliked emotionally charged performances. The cellist of the Novo Quartet respects this intensity tinged with the distance Shostakovich desired – and her partners manage to bring a surprising euphony to a particularly heterogeneous texture. Remarkable work.”

We’re so grateful for this touching review and for everyone listening and supporting our first album. 🔧🔧

・・Gramophone ・ Editor’s Choice ⚡️⚡️⚡️ ・・

Our debut album TRACK 1 is in and we’re absolutely BUZZING! 🌪️
”Their Shostakovich Eighth goes straight into the premier division among the countless recorded accounts.”
Huge thank you to Gramophone for these unbelievably kind words and for giving TRACK 1 such a wonderful start out in the world. ⚡️🌩️
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・・ ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ in Politiken! ・・

・・❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Our very first review of “TRACK 1” – thanks to Politiken for the warm words and 5 hearts!
“Carl Nielsen, der selv spillede sådan o.k. violin og vidste, hvor svært det er at spille strygekvartet, ville have kysset musikerne på begge kinder af begejstring.”
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・・ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ REVIEW ・・

・・ Shostakovich No. 8 ・ Aalborg Kammermusikfestival

“I’ve heard this quartet dozens of times, in many different interpretations. NOVO Quartet’s performance was by far the best.
Psychologically, we remained in Shostakovich’s dark spiritual depths, but artistically and musically, NOVO lifted us to heavenly heights (..) It was, quite simply, outstanding.”

– Evanthore Vestergaard for Kulturen.nu

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・・Album drop 💿 “TRACK 1” out now!・・

・・Album drop 💿 “TRACK 1” out now!

🍊 Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet no. 8 op. 110
🍊 Matias Vestergård – “Hjerteblad” (2024)
🍊 Carl Nielsen – String Quartet no. 1 op. 13

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・ THANK YOU ・
💿 Aparté Label
🪩 Concert Hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music (Formerly Danish Radio Concert Hall)
🎞️ Maya Matsuura・Jan Flessel
🎙️ Jonas Eliyah Munch-Hansen・Jacob Shaw
🤝🏼 Augustinus Fonden・Statens Kunstfond・Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Legat・Pirastro・William Demant Fonden・Koda Kultur

・・Single release #2 ・・

・・Single release #2 🍊 3rd movement from Shostakovich No. 8 – a piece that has been with us since our very first days together
… now available on all streaming services 👉🏼 🔗 LINK

This is just another glimpse of our upcoming album “TRACK 1” 💿 Full album out on October 3!

Come celebrate the release with us:

🔸 October 3 ・ Le Bicolore, Paris, FR

🔸 October 8 ・ Garnisonskirken, Copenhagen, DK

・ THANK YOU ・

💿 Aparté Label
🪩 Concert Hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music (Formerly Danish Radio Concert Hall)
🎞️ Maya Matsuura・Jan Flessel
🎙️ Jonas Eliyah Munch-Hansen・Jacob Shaw
🤝🏼 Augustinus Fonden・Statens Kunstfond・Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Legat・Pirastro・William Demant Fonden・Koda Kultur

・・ Pirastro Artist ・・

・・ Big news 🍋 We’re officially a part of the Pirastro family!

As a quartet, we care a lot about keeping our individual voices alive while still sounding like one. Pirastro strings help us to do that – they bring out our personalities without losing the unity that holds us together. 🤝🏼

Massive thanks for always having our back!

#pirastro #pirastroartist #pirastrostrings #pirastroperpetual #evahpirazzigold #evahpirazzi

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・・ Ensemble in Association at RNCM ・・

・・ We’re incredibly proud to share that we’ve been appointed Ensemble in Association at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester (UK) for the 2025/26 season 🪩🪩
Starting October 2025, we’ll begin a year-long residency in Manchester, supporting the next generation of chamber musicians through performances, masterclasses, open rehearsals, and much more ⚡️
We hope to be a friendly and approachable presence for the students, almost like colleagues or friends they can always come to!
Thank you RNCM for your trust – we can’t wait to get started. 🪩

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・・SINGLE RELEASE・・

・・A first glimpse of our upcoming album “TRACK 1” 🍊

We’re pumped to finally share a sneak peek of a single: Carl Nielsen’s String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 13 ・ II. Andante amoroso 🧡
… now available on all streaming services!

Full album out October 2025 on Aparté 📀 Nielsen・Vestergård・Shostakovich !

・ THANK YOU ・

💿 Aparté Label
🏛️ Concert Hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music
🎞️ Maya Matsuura・Jan Flessel
🎙️ Jonas Eliyah Munk-Hansen・Jacob Shaw
🤝🏼 Augustinus Fonden・Statens Kunstfond・Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Legat・Pirastro・William Demant Fonden・Koda Kultur

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