About Verdi Quartett

The Verdi Quartet was established in 1985 by violinist Susanne Rabenschlag and violist Karin Wolf; today, the group also includes Matthias Ellinger (2nd violin) and Zoltán Paulich (violoncello). The quartet is a frequent guest at major festivals such as those in Schwetzingen, Ludwigsburg, and Zermatt, as well as the Mozart Festival in Lille and the Orlando Festival in the Dutch city of Kerkrade.

The members of the quartet have been artists in residence at the Oregon Bach Festival in the USA. The Verdi Quartet has played in all the important European concert halls, as well as in Canada, Africa, South Korea, and the USA. Since 2003, the quartet has had a festival of its own, vielsaitig, in cooperation with the city of Füssen in Germany. The festival is a mixture of concerts and master classes for chamber music and soloists. There is also a symposium concerning the building of string instruments.

Susanne Rabenschlag (violin) studied at the Music Hochschule in Cologne with Max Rostal and with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Since 1995, she has been a professor for violin and chamber music at the Hochschule for Music and the Performing Arts in Mannheim, Germany.

Matthias Ellinger (violin) was born in France. He studied orchestral and chamber music at the Hochschule for Music in Saarbrücken with Joshua Epstein. After four years as a member of the Saarland State Orchestra, he now lives as a free-lance musician. Since 2012, he has taught at the Conservatory in Schwerin.

Karin Wolf (viola) studied violin in Cologne as well as viola in Bern and Berlin with Max Rostal and Bruno Giuranna. She is a professor for viola and chamber music at the Hochschule for Music and the Performing Arts in Mannheim. She has had an active career as a concert soloist and guest at chamber music festivals in Europe, Asia, and the USA.

Zoltán Paulich (violoncello) was born in Budapest and studied there at the Franz Liszt Music Academy. He later studied with Peter Buck at the Music Hochschule in Stuttgart. He is solo cellist of the Württemberg State Orchestra in Stuttgart, and since 1998 he has also held this position in the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. He has been a member of the Verdi Quartet since 2006.

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