HOAX Quartet

The word "HOAX" originally derived from the word Hocus Pocus, describes a falsehood that masquerades as the truth. This name represents the enthusiasm of this Quartet for surprising, enigmatic, ambiguous, provoking and ear-catching New Music. The HOAX Quartet was founded in 2017 by four young outstanding guitarists, Augustin Nazzetta, Damiano Pisanello, Jinhee Kim und Tobias Krebs who dedicate their passion to extensive modern music for guitar. Their wide repertorie includes not only pre-existing works in different styles such as by Vinko Globokar, Steve Reich, Michel Roth, James Saunders, Beat Furrer, and Georg Friedrich Haas, but also collaborations with young composers, such as Joss Smith (*1993), Manuel Zweger (*1992), and Tobias Krebs (*1993). Their sense of interpretation for contemporary music has already been recognized and given credit.

Photo by Daniele Kaminiti