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Biography
Pavol Varga, violin
Katarína Veselská, violin
Loredana Apetrei, Viola
Loukia Loulaki, cello
Founded in the cultural space between Vienna and Bratislava, the Varga Quartet Vienna is one of the most established young chamber music ensembles in Central Europe. The members of the Vienna-based string quartet graduated with honours from renowned Austrian music education centres such as the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Styria, Austria).
In addition, they honed their instrumental and artistic skills in collaboration with outstanding soloists and chamber musicians such as Herbert Kefer, Othmar Müller (Artis Quartet), Reiner Schmidt (Hagen Quartet), Dalibor Karvay (1st concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra) and Eszter Haffner. This musical influence is reflected in the ensemble’s expressive and technically brilliant interpretations, with which the quartet regularly delightsits audiences.
Since its formation, the Varga Quartet Vienna has performed in Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and China. Since 2019, the ensemble has been a regular guest at renowned festivals such as Konzerte in der Au (Lower Austria) and Musikalischer Sommer in Ostfriesland (Germany). The ensemble has also given concerts in the chamber music series of the Slovak Philharmonic (2022) and at the prestigious festival St. Florian Bruckner Tage (Upper Austria, 2024).
In addition to its own concert performances, the quartet has been organising the annual HerzTakt music festival in Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser (Tyrol, Austria) since 2023, together with clarinettist Norbert Amon, where the quartet also gives its own evening concert as part of a music programme stretching over four whole days.
In 2025, the ensemble was awarded first prize and a special prize at the Vienna International Music Competition. As part of this accomplishment, the quartet made its debut in the Brahmssaal of the Wiener Musikverein and was given the opportunity to record its own CD with the renowned Orpheus label.
In addition to its own projects, the Varga Quartet Vienna regularly collaborates with top-class artists such as Florian Eggner, Othmar Müller, Herbert Kefer, Stefan Stroissnig, Harriet Krijgh, Marta Sudraba, Mario Hossen, Liliana Kehayova, Christopher Devine, Gregor Urban, the Paganini Ensemble, Gottfried Boisits (Vienna Philharmonic) and many others.
With its sensitive, original and technically masterful interpretations, the Varga Quartet Vienna focuses in particular on works from composers of the First Viennese School, but also occasionally expands its repertoire to include pieces from later musical eras.
The Varga Quartet Vienna brings together four unique artistic personalities to form a tonal unity that goes far beyond mere ensemble playing. Each concert thus becomes an invitation to experience music in the incomparable style of the Varga Quartet Vienna.