Among the prizes obtained by their recordings were the Grand Prix du Disque, the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, the Japanese Grand Prix and the Vienna Flötenuhr.
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The Alban Berg Quartett was a string quartet founded in Vienna, Austria in 1970, named after the famous composer Alban Berg.
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The Quartet's inclination and conviction was towards the Viennese classics, through the Romantic tradition to the works of Berg, Schoenberg, Webern and Bartók, and embracing great contemporary composers.
They have studied with Walter Levin and Rainer Schmidt in Barcelona, as well as undertaking graduate work in Cologne under the Alban Berg Quartet and Harald Schoneweg.
The Greenwich Trio received regular coaching from Bernard Greenhouse and Stephen Kovacevich, and has also received coaching from Beaux Arts Trio, Ivry Gitlis, Alban Berg Quartet, Wihan Quartet, The Schubert Ensemble, Israel Piano Trio, and Rivka Golani.
The ensemble, with the current members since 2002, continued their studies with Piero Farulli of the Quartetto Italiano at the Music School of Fiesole and with Hatto Beyerle of the Alban Berg Quartet.
Sandra's passion for chamber music took her to Germany and Austria during the summers from 1995–1998, where she worked under the direction of the Alban Berg Quartet, Jörg Demus, and Grant Johannesen.
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As a chamber musician Brunello has performed with artists such as Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Yuri Bashmet, Maurizio Pollini, Andrea Lucchesini, Valery Afanassiev and the Borodin and Alban Berg Quartets.
He complemented his studies by taking master classes and lessons with Mstislav Rostropovich, János Starker, Steven Isserlis, Boris Pergamenschikow, Miklós Perényi, Valentin Erben (Alban Berg Quartet), William Pleeth, Zara Nelsova, and Ferenc Rados.
They have studied with the Alban Berg Quartet, the Artemis Quartet and the Melos Quartet and run masterclasses and collaborations with György Kurtág, Walter Levin, Alfred Brendel, Leon Fleisher and Jörg Widmann.