European platform for music and territory announces the 38 string quartets that have been selected to join the project
The project enters its decisive phase and it is with the greatest pleasure that the MERITA digital platform announces the names of the 38 quartets that have been chosen to join the innovative European project that supports music and territory by creating shared value for all.
The quartets come from all over Europe (Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, United Kingdom, Poland, Serbia, Finland, Greece) have an average age of 28.5 and in total consist of 91 women and 61 men.
Here are the names of the 38 quartets that will be part of MERITA:
ADAM Quartet, Quartetto Adorno, Airis String Quartet, Akela Quartet, Akhtamar Quartet, Quatuor Akilone, Alinde Quartett, Amai Quartet, Animato Quartet, Antarja Quartet, Atenea Quartet, Belinfante Quartet, Chaos String Quartet, Desguin Kwartet, Quartetto Eos, Erinys Quartet, Fabrik Quartet, Quartet Gerhard, Quartetto Goldberg, Cuarteto Iberia, Quartetto Indaco, Kandinsky Quartet, Karski Quartet, Kleio Quartet, Malion Quartett, Medea String Quartet, String Quartet Meraki, Quatuor Mirages, Quatuor Mona, Moser String Quartet, Nerida Quartet, New Cretan Quartet, Protean Quartet, PuraCorda Ensemble, Skazka Kwartet, Sonoro Quartet, Viride Kwartet, Quatuor Wassily.
The 38 quartets will be part of the three-year project MERITA – where chamber music, cultural hERItage and TAlent meet. This is a digital and real-life circuiting platform whose main objective is to increase the visibility and circulation of emerging professional European string quartets through a dedicated platform www.meritaplatform.eu.
MERITA aims to thus improve the sustainability of the music industry, increase access to and participation in cultural activities also outside major cities, promote European cultural heritage and strengthen connections between local and European culture and between online and offline engagement. The development of the project will last 3 years and will involve 38 quartets with a total of 152 artists. The digital platform will be the nerve centre from which all activities will unfold. MERITA will become the promotional showcase for the artists, present the cultural sites and historical residences involved, the teaching materials, the content for the public, the panel of activities, training, artistic residencies, concerts, studies, research and mapping.
The platform will also bring new audiences closer to classical music and European heritage sites of cultural interest. MERITA is a project of Le Dimore del Quartetto co-funded by the European Union involving 17 cultural institutions from all over Europe: Comitato AMUR, Milano (Italy), B & M Theocharakis Foundation, Atene (Greece), Beogradska Umetnička Nova Teritorija (Belgrade Artistic New Territory – BUNT), Belgrado (Serbia), Cadenza Arts Management Ltd., Budapest (Hungary), EuAbout Lab ASBL – European Association for Research, Educational, Cultural and Social Innovation, Bruxelles (Belgium), Europa Nostra, The Hague (The Netherlands), European Historic Houses, Bruxelles (Belgium), Experimentadesign – Associação para a Promoção do Design e Cultura de Projecto, Lisbon (Portugal), Julian Cochran Foundation, Warsaw (Polonia), Kolarac – Zadužbina Ilije M. Kolarca, Belgrade (Serbia), Lofoten Internasjonale Kammermusikkfest, Oslo (Norvegia), ProQuartet – Centre européen de musique de chambre, Paris (France), Qendra EVENT, Tirana (Albania).
For more information and discover more about MERITA, visit www.meritaplatform.eu
