2009年、クリストフ・エス、ゼバスティアン・ショル、シュテファン・ショットシュテット、ティモ・シュタイニンガーの四人で結成されたホルン四重奏団。そのユニークなプロフィールにより、今や世界を舞台に活躍する彼らは、ここ数年でドイツ語圏の有名音楽祭の大半に出演を果たしている。昨シーズンには東京交響楽団とも共演、さらに香港および台湾でも公演を行った。西洋音楽史のほぼ全エポックを網羅する幅広いレパートリーを持つ。

独自のプロジェクトの企画にも熱心で、2013年にはワーグナー&ヴェルディ生誕200年の記念に編曲したオペラ断章「ジークフリートとヴィオレッタ」を発表。さらに同年、ミヒャエル・ザンデルリング率いるバンベルク交響楽団との共演で、ノルウェーのトリグヴェ・マドセンがジャーマン・ホルンサウンドの依頼により特別に書き下ろした楽曲も含むCDをリリース。2015年には、ムソルグスキーの「展覧会の絵」をはじめ、ロシア人作曲家の楽曲をフィーチャーした新プログラム、8つのホルンと打楽器のための編曲集「ピクチャーズ」を発表した。また、数々の受賞歴を誇るヴォーカルアンサンブルのアマコルドと共演し、ロマン派のプログラムも披露している。メンバーの四人は、それぞれロイトリンゲンのヴュルテンベルク・フィルハーモニック管弦楽団、ハノーファー州立歌劇場、ベルリン・コンツェルトハウス管弦楽団、バンベルク交響楽団の奏者としても活躍している。

The Estonian conductor and Grammy Award winner Paavo Järvi has served as Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2004. One of the many highlights of this long standing collaboration was the widely acclaimed Beethoven cycle, whose performances were celebrated by critics around the world and honoured with numerous awards, including the Echo Klassik for “Conductor of the Year.” The Beethoven project was followed by an intensive exploration of the symphonic works of Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms; both cycles likewise received multiple distinctions. Since autumn 2021, the orchestra has turned its focus to Joseph Haydn’s twelve London Symphonies, followed in 2024 by an in depth engagement with the symphonies of Franz Schubert.

Since the 2019/20 season, Paavo Järvi has also served as Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. Starting with the 2028/29 season, Järvi will assume the position of Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Estonian Festival Orchestra and the Pärnu Music Festival, which he established in 2011. As a guest conductor, he regularly appears with leading orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2015, Paavo Järvi was named Artist of the Year by both Gramophone magazine (UK) and Diapason (France). This was followed in 2019 by the Opus Klassik award for Conductor of the Year. Further honours include a Grammy Award for his recording of Sibelius’ Cantatas with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the title Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by the French Ministry of Culture. In recognition of his commitment to promoting the music of Jean Sibelius, he received the Sibelius Medal in 2015, and in 2012 he was awarded the Hindemith Prize for Art and Humanity. For his dedication to Estonian culture, Paavo Järvi was awarded the Order of the White Star by the President of Estonia in 2013, and in 2024 he received the Bremen Senate Medal for Art and Science.