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Quadro Nuevo was founded in 1996. On a gray January day that year, four young men met for the first time in a parking lot near the Austrian city of Salzburg, famous for Mozart. The four hardly knew each other beforehand and were supposed to record film music for ORF television. The fee for this was subsequently squandered at the local casino, and the film was never broadcast.

On that day, however, one thing was clear:

A new quartet with an unmistakable sound was born. From then on, there would only be one thing – Quadro Nuevo, a love of nostalgic acoustic music, and traveling together from evening to evening, from stage to stage. A dream came true, and the exuberance of happiness can be heard in every note. Since then, these spirited, passionate musicians have toured countries around the world and given around 4,500 concerts.

Their music draws on the magic of extensive travels – from the alleys of Italian Bari to the mountain ranges of the Balkans, to the colors of Bangalore and the nights of Buenos Aires.

The venues where they perform are as diverse as the roots of their music. Whether at renowned festivals or in halls such as Carnegie Hall, Quadro Nuevo treats its audience with the same dedication, becoming one of Europe's most successful world music ensembles.

Tango and French valse musette, Aegean mythical melodies, daring road songs along a sun-drenched coastal road, oriental grooves, Brazilian flavor, and Neapolitan canzone tunes flow playfully into one another with Quadro Nuevo.

The ensemble has twice received the ECHO award for “Best Live Act of the Year,” the German Record Critics' Award, several Jazz Awards, and a Gold Record.