The Quartet Gerhard is distinguished for a remarkable sensitivity for sound and for an inner respect for music as the highest link between human beings. As a quartet, they have their main roots in Basel (Rainer Schmidt) and Berlin (Eberhard Feltz). They take part in venues such as the Chamber Music Series Stadt-Casino Basel, Bordeaux String Quartet Festival, Mozartfest Wurzburg, the Aix-en-Provence Festival and Verbier Festival Academy. Surpassing their early and enthusiastic praise, the Quartet Gerhard has shown, beyond all expectation, how talent and perseverance lead to success. The impeccable work of the Quartet Gerhard, particularly regarding the sound, added to the univocal direction they have taken to becoming an established string quartet (something more than four excellent musicians playing together), explains their recognition and achievement. With a critically acclaimed debut album under their belt, a good handful of reviews and a calendar of diverse concerts, during the 2016-2017 season the Quartet Gerhard offers four new programmes that are evidently complex and complementary. Among other long term projects stands out the String Quartet Academy in Vic (Barcelona), founded by Gerard Claret and Cuarteto Casals. Within this academy they are once per year involved as teachers in the task of conveying the beauty of chamber music makin