Quartett HANA

About us

“The Quartet HANA…surprised with their communicative spontaneity and infectious joy of playing, which was immediately transmitted to the audience.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

The Quartett HANA (Gyurim Kwak, Fuga Miwatashi, Simon Rosier and Tzu-Shao Chao) was founded in April 2019 at the University of Music and Theatre Munich. The name of the quartet reflects the home countries of its members: “HANA” means “flower” in Japanese and “unity” in Korean.

Since 2021, the quartet has been studying with Prof. Raphaël Merlin and the Quatuor Ébène at the University of Music and Theatre Munich. Since 2025, they have also been studying with Prof. Günter Pichler at the Chamber Music Institute of the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid. In 2024, they studied with Prof. Heime Müller at the University of Music Lübeck. The musicians are regularly mentored by Prof. Eberhard Feltz and Prof. Dirk Mommertz (Fauré Quartet). Among others, Prof. Oliver Wille, Prof. William Coleman (Kuss Quartet), Prof. Gerhard Schulz, and Quatuor Voce have provided the quartet with valuable insights during masterclasses.


Recent highlights include performances at the Heidelberger Frühling Streichquartettfest in 2025, Mozartfest Würzburg, the Grova Festival in Spain in 2024, and the “Les Classiques du Prieuré” Festival in France. In 2025, the quartet participated as a Senior Quartet at the McGill International String Quartet Academy (MISQA) in Canada, receiving masterclasses from the Parker Quartet, Min-Jeong Koh and Mathieu Herzog. Furthermore, the quartet has been selected as Ensemble-in-Residence at ProQuartet in Paris 2025-2027.

The HANA Quartet has earned recognition at major international competitions, most recently reaching the semifinals at both the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London and the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in 2025. Their previous awards include 2nd prize at the 2023 Geneva International Music Competition, 3rd prize at the 2023 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition in Copenhagen, the special “Förderpreis Jeunesse Musicales Deutschland” at the 2022 ARD International Music Competition, and 3rd prize at the 2020 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition in Berlin.


The quartet has performed with many renowned artists, including Itamar Golan, Sarah McElravy, François Kieffer, Margarita Höhenrieder and Michael Endres, in concert halls such as Wigmore Hall, The Auditorium Bordeaux, Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Großer Saal of the Konzerthaus Berlin, Prinzregententheater in Munich, Beethoven House in Bonn, Bibliotheksaal Polling, Stadthalle Tuttlingen, Stadtsaal Kaufbeuren, Jahnhalle Geislingen and Teatro Rosalía de Castro in Spain, among others.

In 2024, the quartet received a string quartet scholarship from the CRF Foundation of the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. They have also been supported by Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now in Munich since 2021.

Concerts

25.-31.Aug 2025
The 15th Banff International String Quartet Competition / Banff Canada
at the Jenny Belzberg Theatre
https://www.banffcentre.ca/schedules/15th-banff-international-string-quartet-competition-bisqc
Livestream URL: https://theviolinchannel.com/vc-live-2025-banff-international-string-quartet-competition/

13.Sep 2025 8.00pm
IV Noites na Cidade Vella / A Coruña Spain
at As Capuchinas
Programm tba


20.Sep 2025 7.30pm
Soiree im Schloss / Fürth Germany
Haydn, Webern& Beethoven
at Schloss Burgfarrnbach
https://www.fuerth.de/kultur-freizeit/veranstaltungen-termine/veranstaltungskalender/veranstaltungsdetails/quartett-hana-1930-20-09-2025-350006/


28.Sep 2025
Concert / Rottenburg am Neckar
tba


20.&21.Oct 2025 6.00pm
Privat Concert / Sonthofen Germany
Tchaikovsky & Schubert
Wen-Sinn Yang(Vc), Roland Glassl(Va) and Quartett HANA
at Sonnenalp Resort
https://www.sonnenalp.de/kulturkalender?category=106

Academy Concert / Montreal Canada


Videos

International String Quartet Competition 2025 Semi-Final on 5th Apr, 2025

Antonin Dvorak
String Quartet in G Major Op.106
0:00:22
1. Allegro moderato
0:11:10
2. Adagio ma non troppo
0:22:35
3. Molto Vivace
0:29:50
4. Finale: Andante sostenuto-Allegro con fuoco

Recording No.1 on 15th Oct, 2024

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C Major, Op.74 No.1
0:00:00
1. Allegro
0:05:13
2. Andantino (grazioso)
0:10:01
3. Menuet: Allegro – Trio
0:13:13
4. Finale: Vivace

Recording No.2 on 15th Oct, 2024

Erwin Schulhoff
5 Pieces for String Quartet
0:00:00
1. Alla Valse viennese (allegro)
0:02:03
2. Alla Serenata (allegretto con moto)
0:06:01
3. Alla Czeca (molto allegro)
0:07:58
4. Alla Tango milonga (andante)
0:12:31
5. Alla Tango milonga (andante)

Recording on 15th May, 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No.8 “Rasumovsky No.2” in E minor, Op.59-2
0:00:00
1. Allegro
0:07:45
2. Molto Adagio. Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento
0:20:45
3. Allegretto – Maggiore (Thème russe)
0:28:15
4. Finale. Presto

Recording on 13th May, 2024

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C Major, Op.20-2 “Sun”
0:00:00
1. Moderato
0:06:53
2. Capriccio. Adagio – Cantabile
0:12:42
3. Minuetto. Allegretto – Trio
0:15:50
4. Fuga a quattro soggetti. Allegro

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