4 Times Baroque was found­ed in 2013 by the four young musi­cians Jan Nigges (recorder), Jonas Zschenderlein (vio­lin), Karl Simko (cel­lo) and Alexander von Heißen (harp­si­chord).
Based in Frankfurt (Main), the quar­tet is one of the most excit­ing ensem­bles of the new gen­er­a­tion of ear­ly music per­form­ers and has already been invit­ed to appear at major fes­ti­vals through­out Germany and Europe. The quar­tet is ded­i­cat­ed to devel­op­ing a close rap­port with their audi­ence, and not only through their musi­cal per­for­mances: enter­tain­ing con­cert talks and dis­cus­sions are designed to pro­vide musi­cal and his­tor­i­cal back­grounds to their pro­grammes, and allow the pub­lic to stay up to date with the ensem­ble’s work. The musi­cians’ close friend­ship has car­ried over into their still-devel­op­ing pro­fes­sion­al careers, and their unique rap­port is pal­pa­ble on stage and in their play­ing.
The FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) described a con­cert at the Rheingau Musikfestival as a fresh, ener­getic and thrilling per­for­mance,” the Schwäbische Post went so far as to call them pop­stars” and four young shoot­ing stars.“
In 2013, 4 Times Baroque won the audi­ence prize at the inter­na­tion­al Marini com­pe­ti­tion in Neuburg. Following this, they pro­duced their first CD, includ­ing works by Arcangelo Corelli to com­mem­o­rate the 300th anniver­sary of the great composer’s death. In 2014 the quar­tet was invit­ed to give their first radio broad­cast at the SWR as part of the
Rhein Vokal fes­ti­val and the SWR2 Kulturnacht. The 2015 – 17 sea­sons includ­ed engage­ments at fes­ti­vals such as the Rheingau Musikfestival, Thüringer Bachwochen, Festival d‘Ambronay and the Meraner Musikwochen.
In March 2018 4 Times Baroque released their first album, Caught in Italian Virtuosity”, for Deutsche Harmonia Mundi/​Sony. For this album they recieved the famous award Opus Klassik“ (pre­vi­ous Echo Klassik“) in 2018. In March 2019 they appeared as guests on German television’s arts pro­gramme Stars von Morgen”. In July 2019 they will record their next CD for Sony Classical.

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