Arete Quartet
South Korea
Chaeann Jeon, violin
Eunjoong Park, violin
Yoonsun Jang, viola
Seonghyeon Park, cello
Biography
Established in September 2019, the Arete Quartet unanimously passed the audition of the Young Chamber Concert of Kumho Art Hall, and subsequently made its debut at Kumho Art Hall Yonsei. Two years after its founding, the quartet won the first place at the 72nd Prague Spring International Music Competition and five other special prizes, including the Bohuslav Martinu Foundation Prize. In addition, the Arete Quartet received two special prizes at the 12th PREMIO PAOLO BORCIANI International String Quartet Competition for the “Best Performance for String Quartet Commissioned by Toshio Hosokawa” and a scholarship from Jeunesses Musicales Germany. In 2022, the quartet obtained a special prize at the 71st ARD International Music Competition in Munich. One year later the quartet won the first prize and the special prize for the best interpretation of Mozart’s work at the 15th International Mozart Competition in Salzburg.
The string quartet has already performed throughout Europe and has been invited to major European festivals such as the Prague Spring International Music Festival, Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival, Mozart Festival Würzburg, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and Ravenna Festival.