Kyoka Misawa violin
Rintaro Kikuno violin
Itsuki Yamamoto viola
Ye Un Park cello
Formed in 2015 in Tokyo, Japan, Quartet Integra has been deeply committed to the string quartet literature ever since their high school years.
The ensemble has established an international reputation and received numerous accolades, including Second Prize and the Audience Award at the 2022 ARD International Music Competition in Munich, Third Prize and the Sidney Griller Award at the 2025 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London, and First Prize at the 2021 Bartók World Competition in Budapest.
Currently based in Hannover, Quartet Integra is highly active throughout Europe. The ensemble has appeared at the Heidelberger Frühling Streichquartettfest, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, and Quartettissimo! Internationale Spitzenquartette Bad Tölz, as well as the Amici della Musica di Firenze in Italy and the Salon Festival International de Musique de Chambre de Provence in France.
In Japan, Quartet Integra gives annual recitals at Toppan Hall in Tokyo, featuring a Bartók series, and at Oji Hall, where they have presented individual series dedicated to Schubert and Webern, as well as Mozart and Mendelssohn. In 2025, the ensemble launched a six-year Beethoven cycle at Dai-ichi Seimei Hall, Philia Hall, and other venues across the country, recognized as one of the most highly anticipated chamber music projects in Japan today.
Quartet Integra has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Alexander Melnikov, Augustin Hadelich, Paul Meyer, Éric Le Sage, and Daishin Kashimoto.
The ensemble’s repertoire spans works by composers from Joseph Haydn to contemporary figures such as Ligeti, Xenakis, Berio, Donatoni, and Zorn. In addition, Quartet Integra commissions and premieres new works by Japanese composers, continuously contributing to the string quartet literature
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Quartet Integra began their studies with Kazuhide Isomura and Nobuko Yamazaki at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, and was a fellow of the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy. They served as Chamber Ensemble-in-Residence at the Colburn School from 2022 to 2025, with guidance from Martin Beaver, Jonathan Brown, and Clive Greensmith. Currently, they study with Oliver Wille at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, and are in residence at ProQuartet – Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre for the 2025–2027 seasons.
October 2026