radio.string.quartet

A concert with Bernie Mallinger (violin/voice), Sophie Abraham (cello/voice), Cynthia Liao (viola) and Igmar Jenner (violin) is bound to be full of surprises. These musicians are bold and inquisitive venturers who have consequently aligned their compass with the borderland between classical music, jazz, rock and pop. Their special enthusiasm for fusion music of the 70s cannot be overheard, it paved the way for the quartet's break-through with the album „Celebrating the Mahavishnu Orchestra“ (2007) Mahavishnu mastermind John McLaughlin was enthusiastic about the groovy reinterpretations. During the last few months the Radio String Quartet Vienna played at renowned festivals and venues, such as the Philharmonic Luxembuorg, London Jazz Festival, Jazzfestival Basel, Belgrade Jazzfestival, Musikverein Wien, Movimentos Wolfsburg, Winterzauber Bad Kissingen, Paris Jazz Festival, Pori Jazz Festival, Traumzeit Festival and the Göteborg Concert Hall. Their recent album “Radiodream” (2011) marks a new chapter in the bands history: Imagining an emotional journey through the night, the album contains music from Franz Liszt to Billie Holiday and Radiohead. At the same time it is the most independent work of the quartet containing a huge percentage of their own compositions, which easily show the various musical and cultural backgrounds of the band members, which are naturally and easily entangled. In 2013 they release their new album ,,Posting Joe" on ACT and also bring this program live on stage, paying homage to the great jazz composter Joe Zawinul.