Recent and upcoming performances include ones in their hometown at the Philharmonie de Paris, New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre, Salzburg’s Mozarteum, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Oji Hall of Tokyo, and the Berlin Philharmonia.

The Arod Quartet skyrocketed to international attention when they won the coveted First Prize at the 2016 ARD International Music Competition in Munich and went on to serve as a BBC New Generation Artist from 2017-2019. Since then, they have firmly established themselves in performance and on recording at the forefront of the younger generation of string quartets by dazzling audiences around the globe.

An exclusive recording artist for Erato Warner Classics, the Arod has released a trio of highly acclaimed, imaginatively programmed, and immaculately recorded albums since their debut Mendelssohn disc in 2017. Their sophomore release entitled “The Mathilde Album” featured works by three key figures in Vienna’s musical life in the early 20th century – Schoenberg, Zemlinksy, and Webern – and honored Mathilde Zemlinksy (the composer’s sister) who became Schoenberg’s wife and was the dedicatee of his second quartet. Most recently, the Arod released a Schubert album featuring Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” together with two other works.

Fantastically, the Arod Quartet takes its name from Legolas’s horse in J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic Lord of the Rings trilogy – in Tolkien’s mythic Rohirric language, Arod means ‘swift’).

In fall 2023, the Quartet unveiled a French program (Debussy, Ravel, Attahir), paired with the release of Ménage à Quatre, a documentary by Bruno Monsaingeon that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the ensemble’s daily life and their meeting with composer György Kurtág. Their digital initiative A Journey Through Harmony launched in 2025 with the release of Bach Chorales on streaming platforms. That same year, they release a new album featuring Haydn’s complete Opus 76 quartets.

The 2025–26 season marks the Quartet’s highly anticipated return to North America, with performances presented by leading institutions such as San Francisco Performances, Inc., the Port Townsend Chamber Music Series, and the La Jolla Music Society.

The Arod Quartet has studied with notable mentors including Mathieu Herzog, Jean Sulem, and the Quatuor Artemis, and has worked regularly with the Quatuor Ébène and Quatuor Diotima. They gained international recognition with First Prize wins at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich (2016), the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition in Copenhagen (2015), and the European FNAPEC Competition (2014). Additional honors include being named HSBC Laureates of the Festival d’Aix Academy (2016), a BBC New Generation Artist (2017–2019), and an ECHO Rising Star (2018–2019).

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