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Heime Müller was 1st and 2nd violinist in the Artemis Quartet from 1991 to 2007.

Here is some information about his time in the quartet.

  • Many years of intensive concert activity, appearances in almost all major concert halls and festivals in the world, own concert cycles in Berlin, Cologne, Paris,

  • Competitions/Awards

    • 1991 Possehl Wettbewerb

    • 1995 Preis des Deutschen Musikwettbewerb

    • 1996 1st prize ARD Competition

    • 1997 1st Prize Paolo Borciani Competition

    • 1999 three-month stay at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin together with Walter Levin

    • 2004 Prize of the Accademia Chigiana in Siena

    • Honorary member of the association Beethoven-Haus Bonn

    • Recording prizes: German Record Prize, Diapason d'39;Or, Choc du Monde, Echo Prize​​

  • partners of the quartet:

    • Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes, Elisabeth Leonskaja, James Tocco, Jan Simon, Nicholas Angelich, Matthias Kirschnereit, Oleg Maisenberg, Valery Afanassiev, Elisaweta Blumina

    • Viola: Barbara Westphal, Thomas Kakuska, Hariolf Schlichtig, Veronika Hagen, Sebastian Hamann, Lars Anders Tomter, Ivo Bauer

    • Cello: David Geringas, Boris Pergamenschikov, Jens-Peter Maintz, Alban Gerhardt, Christian Poltera, Valentin Erben, Truls Mørk

    • Double bass: Janne Saksala

    • Flute: Hendrik Wiese

    • Clarinet: Nicola Jürgensen, Sabine Meyer, Reiner Wehle, Sharon Kam, Martin Spangenberg, Marcis Kulis

    • Vocals: Juliane Banse, Christine Whittlesey, Adele Eikenes, Maria Husmann

 

  • intensive collaboration with composers such as G. Ligeti, G. Kurtàg, J. Widmann, M. Sotelo

 

  • Film "Strings attached" by Bruno Monsaingeon about the Artemis Quartet and Beethoven's Große Fuge 

  • Small photo gallery

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