ARTE Quartett
The ARTE Quartett was founded in 1995 by the saxophonist Beat Hofstetter, Sascha Armbruster, Andrea Formenti and Beat Kappeler.
His focus is on the interpretation of contemporary, jazzy and free improvised music. The four saxophonists work together with composers and are often involved in the process of composition. Among other developed projects with Urs Leimgruber, Hans Feige Winter, Terry Riley, Michael Riessler, Tim Berne, Fred Frith, Nick Didkovsky, Pierre Favre, Lucas Niggli and Rabih Abou- Khalil, which listed at concerts and festivals at home and abroad and to CDs were released. In the quartet projects arranged and composed the ARTE Quartett own music and puts them in his concerts usually focus on thematic issues before.
The ARTE Quartett played among others at the following festivals and concert series: Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris ( F); Meistersinger Festival, Nürnberg (D); Hermitage, Schwaz (A); Munich Piano Summer, Munich (D); Celebration of the Arts, St. Moritz ( CH); Theater, Basel ( CH); Centro Culturale Svizzero, Milan (I); Istituto Svizzero, Rome ( I); Melos - Ethos, Bratislava ( SLK ); Ultrasonic Festival, Berlin (D); Jazz Festival Schaffhausen ( CH); Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Jazz Festival ( GB); Instant Chavirés, Paris ( F); Bimhuis, Amsterdam ( NL), FIMAV, Victoriaville ( CA); Porgy & Bess, Vienna (AT ); Stans Music Days, Stans ( CH); Off- Beat Festival, Basel ( CH).