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The Tetzlaff Quartet is a German string quartet ensemble formed in 1994. [1] The quartet has released four CD recordings, of which their 2014 recording of Berg's Lyric Suite and the Mendelssohn Quartet Op. 13 received a Diapason d'Or award [2] and was an Editor's Choice for Gramophone magazine. [3]
The current members of the quartet are:
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