Mondriaan Quartet

The Mondriaan Quartet was founded in 1982. As a Quartet, they are in increasing demand for their performances of 20th century repertoire and regularly give premieres of compositions written specially for them. Amongst the eighty or more specially written quartets are works by Iannis Xenakis, John Cage, Guus Janssen, Henri Brant, Diderik Wagenaar, Luca Francesconi, Takayuki Rai, Neely Bruce and Paul Termos.

The Mondriaan Quartet is regularly featured in important festivals f.i. Huddersfield Contemporary Festival (England), Ars Musica (Belgium), Festival Internacional de Las Artes (Costa Rica), Festival Internacional Cervantino (Mexico) and Holland Festival in which their special contributions have been the chamber works of Anton Webern and Darius Milhaud. The quartet has also given concerts in the United States, Japan, England, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium, Mexico and Costa Rica.

They have recorded "Streepjes" by Guus Janssen (Donemus CV 8302), both string quartets by the American George Antheil (1900-1959) (Data 851). All 3 quartets by the same composer were released on cd (KTC 1093) by Etcetera.

Besides their concert work in Holland and abroad, the Mondriaan Quartet also takes part in productions with theater, film and dance groups. Together with the dance group Rosas of Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker the Mondriaan Quartet made the film "Hoppla" (Arcanal cnc edv98) a co-production of Channel 4, RTBF, NDR Hamburg, NOS and Théâtre de la Ville, Paris (Music: fourth Quartet by Bartok).

Jan Erik van Regteren Altena: violin
Edwin Blankenstijn: violin
Annette Bergman: viola
Eduard van Regteren Altena: violoncello