Tim de Vries, violin I
Karla Križ, violin II
Julia Turnovsky, viola
Domonkos Hartmann, cello
The Motus Quartet was founded in October 2022 and consists of Tim de Vries, Karla Križ, Julia Turnovsky and Domonkos Hartmann. Having met during their studies in Vienna, the quartet studies with Johannes Meissl and Peter Schuhmayer at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw).
Further musical impulses have come from amongst others Hatto Beyerle, Eckart Runge, the Danish String Quartet, Tim Frederiksen, Avedis Kouyoumdjian and Denis Brott.
The Motus Quartet regularly takes part in ECMA (European Chamber Music Academy) and Musethica sessions all over Europe.
The ensemble got awarded two prizes at the 2023 International Summer Academy of the mdw (isa): the Artis Quartet Award for the best participating string quartet and the Viennese Classicism Award for the best interpretation of a work from the Viennese Classicism.
In April 2023, the quartet made its Vienna Konzerthaus debut in the Schubert Hall and, in March 2024, they made their debut at the Vienna Musikverein. Recent concert engagements brought the quartet to Tunesia, Taiwan, Italy and Denmark, with their Dutch debut scheduled at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam coming fall.
Tim de Vries performs on a violin made by Pietro Guarneri of Mantua, 1688 and a 1793 Lorenzo Storioni violin, made in Cremona. Karla Križ plays on a composite Andrea Guarneri violin.
