Ingrid Herpich, Violine I
Ingrid Herpich was born in Herford. At the age of eight she had already performed as a soloist. In 1976 she was awarded first prize in the German national competition "Bundeswettbewerb Jugend Musiziert", and subsequently toured through Asia. In 1980 she had her television debut in the ZDF channel, when she received special recognition of the trade press at the international "Luzerner Musikfestwochen". Her career was deeply affected by André Gertler, Boris Goldstein, Henryk Szeryng, Saschko Gawriloff and Igor Ozim. Ingrid has already recorded with all German television and radio stations. As soloist she has played with leading German orchestras such as the "Stuttgarter Philharmoniker", "Norddeutscher Rundfunk Hannover", "Nürnberger Symphoniker", and "Württembergischen Kammerorchester Heilbronn", among others. In addition, Ingrid devotes herself to chamber music.
Ingrid Herpich lives near Stuttgart since summer 2007.
Nataliya Demina, Violine II
Nataliya Demina was born in Moskow. She studied with Prof. Habib Kayaleh in Geneva with Prof. Sergej Krawtschenko at the "Tschaikowsky Konservatory Moskow" and with Prof. Pieter Daniel at the "Folkwang-Hochschule Essen". She received a scholarship from the Russian "New Names" foundation and the Swisss "Gounot" foundation, and was winner of the Russian chamber music competition and the international "Jaroslav Kocian Violin Competition Prag". Tours as a soloist with well known Russian and German orchestras brought her to several countries in Europe, Asia and Brazil. In cooperation with the Moscow Music channel a portrait of the artist was created. As principal viola player, she went on the "2000 Nigal Kennedy Experience-Band" tour through Poland and England. She discovered her interest in modern music at an early age and could be heard regularly in a Russian series of concerts about modern music. She is a passionate chamber music player and a member of "My 4 Ladies" since summer 2006.
Nataliya Demina lives in Essen.
Uta Sedlock, Viola
Uta Sedlock was born in Esslingen. She studied with Prof. Serge Collot in Paris and with Prof. Wolfram Christ in Berlin. Many master classes and chamber music courses, including those with Kim Kashkashian, Yuri Bashmet und Hatto Beyerle, advanced her developement. Her special interest and love is chamber music. She completed the chamber music part of her education at the Paris "Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique" with a first prize with distinction. She has been principal violist in the Stuttgart "Ensemble Varianti" and the "Junge Kammerphilharmonie Baden-Württemberg, member of the "Corda Quartett", the "Neues Stuttgarter Streichquartett" and the Belgian "Quatuor Héliantale". In the 2003/04 season she was principal violist in the "Philharmonisches Orchester Würzburg". She has also had engagements with the "Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks", the "Saarländischer Rundfunk", the "Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège" (Belgium), the "Nürnberger Symphoniker" and the "Württembergischen Kammerorchester Heilbronn".
Uta Sedlock lives in Würzburg and works as a freelance musician.
Eva-Susanne Ruoff, Violoncello
Eva-Susanne Ruoff was born in Munich. She concentrated on chamber music during her studies with Prof. Ksenija Jankovic in Würzburg, Prof. Siegmund von Hausegger in Nürnberg and Prof. Rudolf Mandalka in Düsseldorf. As a member of the "Bernardel Quartett" she completed her education with the "Melos Quartett " in Stuttgart. After receiving several awards in music competitions she has increasingly devoted her time to performing pieces specially written for her. As principal violon-cellist she has performed in almost all German Musical productions of "Stella" and "Stage Holding". After having played "Les Miserables" in Duisburg, and "Elisabeth" and "Aida" in Essen, she has last worked in "Phantom of the Opera" in Essen as solo violon-cellist.
Eva-Susanne Ruoff lives in Ratingen.