The Narattio Quartet, founded in 2009, began its career by performing five of Beethoven's late string quartets on period instruments at the 2009 Utrecht Early Music Festival. This group focused on playing Beethoven with period instruments and presented a new perspective on performing classical works through a unique way of expressing 19th century music characteristics such as portamento and tempo variations with period instruments. For the past 10 years, he has continued his career by performing all of Beethoven's string quartets. Recently, Dutch record label Challenge Classic is preparing to record and release Beethoven's entire string quartet.

The ‘Narattio Quartet’, founded by world-renowned violinist Johannes Leertouwer, presents Beethoven’s late string quartets as period instruments. This performance was planned to present five works from Beethoven's later years, including the , among the most important string quartets in Beethoven's music, as a series. We plan to bring out the profound charm of Beethoven's late string quartets and demonstrate them to the fullest, focusing on violinist Leertouwer, who is also active as a performer, musicologist, and conductor.

 
 
 [Performers]

Violin) Johannes Leertouwer is a violin performs as a soloist, chamber music player and conductor.  He is artistic director and conductor of the Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht and violinist of Ensemble Schönbrunn since its foundation. He is a professor of Historically Informed Performance Practice at Seoul National University and works as a guest conductor and chamber music coach at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. He obtained his doctorate in 2023 from the University of Leiden on research into the performance practice of orchestral repertoire by Johannes Brahms. 

Violin) Franc Polman is a violinist in the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and has played in prestigious baroque orchestras such as Musica Antiqua Köln and Les Musiciens du Louvre. He is active in several chamber music ensembles. Polman plays on a number of Amsterdam violins from the seventeenth century, built by Hendrik Jacobs and Pieter Rombouts. 

Viola) Dorothea Vogel
studied in Switzerland, the USA and London, where she has lived since her studies. She was violist of the Allegri Quartet for 20 years and is a member of the Primrose Piano Quartet. She also performs with the English baroque ensemble The Kings Consort. Dorothea teaches at the Royal Welsh College in Cardiff. 
 
 Cello) Viola de Hoog is a versatile musician. Her international career takes place in the world of early music, but for 20 years she also travelled all over the world as a member of the renowned Dutch Schönberg Quartet. She is cellist of Ensemble Schönbrunn, principal cellist of the Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht and The Kings Consort. Viola has been professor of baroque cello, cello and chamber music at the conservatories of Amsterdam, Utrecht and Bremen since 1990. 

 [Progrram]

They plan to perform two of Beethoven's string quartets, one of his early works and one of his later masterpieces. No. 1, played in the first part, is an early work that shows Haydn's style. No. 13, played in Part 2, can be said to be the best work in history, with Beethoven himself calling it the best work.
 
 1부: Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18-1