Rodrigo Reichel
studied at the Musikhochschulen in Cologne and Munich with Max Rostal, Kurt Guntner and members of the Amadeus Quartet.

His first orchestral engagement was as a member of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. He went on to join the North German Radio Symphony, where he holds the position of principal second violin.

His chamber music roots trace back to both classical music and jazz. In 1993, he was a founder of „the g-strings“, an ensemble that appears at many renowned classical and jazz festivals. In 2000, he became the leader of the fabergé quintet.

His musical partners include José Carreras, Nils Landgren, Renée Fleming, and Christoph Eschenbach.

Gerhard Sibbing
was born in Bonn in 1962 and studied violin at the Cologne Musikhochschule before pursuing viola studies with Prof. Hariolf Schlichtig in Aachen and David Takeno in London.

He has been a member of the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, the Beethoven Orchestra in Bonn, and has held the position of associate-principal viola with the North German Radio Symphony since 1991.

He is also a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.

Sven Forsberg
was born in Uppsala, Sweden and studied with Gunnar Norrby at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and Christoph Henkel at the Musikhochschule Freiburg im Breisgau. He also participated in masterclasses for cello and chamber music with Tortelier, Starker, Pleeth, Parisot, Kuijken and the Amadeus Quartet. An international scholarship from the Swedish Academy of Music gave him the opportunity to have cello lessons with Pierre Fournier in Geneva. After an engagement with the Stockholm Radio Orchestra, he won a position with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at just 22 years of age. In 1985, Sven Forsberg debuted at Wigmore Hall in London, and spent a season as a member of the Neues Zürcher Quartet. He was a member of the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1988-2010 and now teaches at the International College of Music Hamburg.

Peter Schmidt
was born in Hamburg and played guitar and electric bass while at school. He was inspired by Stanley Clarke to take up the double bass, and his first teacher, Walter Koloniak, brought him to classical music. After studies with Prof. Willi Beyer in Lübeck, he spent a season at the Pfalztheater in Kaiserslautern before becoming a member of the North German Radio Symphony.

He is also a professor at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre. A desire to play chamber music led Peter to found the fabergé - quintett.