The Alinde Quartet, named after the Schubert song of the same name, enjoys an international reputation for its versatile repertoire and successful combination of tradition and innovation. This string ensemble’s repertoire ranges from Renaissance works to Romantic string quartets and contemporary commissions. Its artistic diversity and subtle interpretations have already taken the quartet to the world’s most important stages, including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Konzerthaus Berlin and renowned festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Verbier Festival. The Alinde Quartet is currently the Köln Philharmonie’s ›portrait artist‹.

The Alinde Quartet is also passionately dedicated to the next generation’s musical education. With interactive formats, school projects or family concerts at renowned venues such as the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden or the Beethovenfest Bonn, It creates inspiring musical experiences that inspire and leave a lasting impression on young audiences. The quartet also focuses on the music of Franz Schubert and contemporary music inspired by him. Before Schubert’s anniversary year of 2028, the ensemble will release an innovative complete recording of Schubert’s quartets, paired with specially commissioned works by leading composers of our time.

Eugenia Ottaviano  Violin
Guglielmo Dandolo Marchesi  Violin
Gregor Hrabar  Viola
Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi  Violoncello

In recent years, Duncan Ward has established himself as one of the most exciting and versatile conductors of his generation, whose lively interpretations of the classical repertoire are praised as much as his interpretations of 20th century masterpieces. Duncan Ward has been Chief Conductor of Philzuid since 2021. In addition to concerts in the Netherlands, the 2026/27 sees Duncan return to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Osaka Philharmonic and Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra, and debut with the Tampere Philharmonic, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Norwegian Radio Orchestra and Warsaw Philharmonic.

Highlights of the previous three seasons have included debuts with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, WDR Sinfonieorchester and NDR Radiophilharmonie; alongside returns to the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony, Gürzenich-Orchester, Orchestre Philharmonique du
Luxembourg, Musikkollegium Winterthur and Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.

Duncan made his North American debut conducting ›Die Zauberflöte‹ at The Metropolitan Opera in 2022.

Recent opera credits have included ›A Midsummer Night’s Dream‹ for Opernhaus Zürich, ›Turn of the Screw‹ for English National Opera, ›Così fan tutte‹ for Opéra National de Lyon, ›Death in Venice‹ for Stuttgart Staatsoper, ›Peter Grimes‹ for Oper Köln and ›Bluthochzeit‹ for Oper Frankfurt.

Duncan’s passion for a wide range of repertoire has seen him work with leading specialist ensembles ranging from Les Siècles and Balthasar Neumann Orchestra to Ensemble Modern and Ensemble intercontemporain. He studied Indian classical music with Ravi Shankar as a result of his charitable work in Europe and Asia.