Meisl
Quartet
Quartet
The Meisl Quartet was formed in 2022 and consists of musicians Viola Meisl Haarder, Silas Meisl Haarder, Karla Meisl Haarder and Silke Meisl Haarder.
In the Meisl Quartet, we work to learn, discover and explore universes and compositions created by the greatest masters.
The quartet currently studies in Paris with Gabriel Le Magadure from the Ébène Quartet and with string quartet maestro Eberhard Feltz from Berlin.
The quartet has participated in masterclasses at home and abroad with, among others, Konstantin Heidrich, Jonathan Schwarz and members of the Danish String Quartet.
In 2024, the quartet won 1st prize in the "Luigi Nono" International Chamber Music Competition in Turin, Italy.
Recently in November 2026 the quartet participated in the International Competition "Premio Annarosa Taddei" in Rome, Italy, where they won 1st prize.
Viola Meisl Haarder is a Danish violinist who started playing the violin at a young age.
She is now studying her master's degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with Professor Peter Herresthal.
Viola has previously studied with Professor Alexandre Zapolski.
Viola won 1st prize at the Jacob Gade violin competition 2022, and has also received lessons from, among others, Jiyoon Lee, Eberhard Feltz, Nikolai Znaider, Vilde Frang and Tim Frederiksen.
Silas Meisl Haarder is a Danish violinist. He began playing the violin at the age of five and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (RDAM).
Silas has collaborated with Alexander Zapolski both before and after his time at the Copenhagen Music Preparatory Course (MGK). He also spent a year studying in Paris with Petteri Iivonen and is currently continuing his studies with Eszter Haffner at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
In recent years, he has participated in both the Berlingske Violin Competition and the Jacob Gade Violin Competition. In 2025, he won First Prize at the Stockholm International Music Competition.
In addition, he has received guidance and instruction from distinguished musicians such as Asbjørn Nørgaard, Tim Frederiksen, Eberhard Feltz and Jiyoon Lee.
Karla Meisl Haarder is a Danish violist.
She started playing the violin at the age of 5, and later switched to viola.
She studied her bachelor's degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with Tim Frederiksen.
After a year's study with Prof. Lena Eckels at the Hochschule für Musik in Lübeck, she is now completing her master's degree in Madrid with Hartmut Rohde as her mentor.
Karla has also participated in masterclasses, and received lessons from violists Lars Anders Tomter, Tatjana Masurenko, Simone von Rahden and Asbjørn Nørgaard.
Silke Meisl Haarder is a Danish cellist.
She started playing the cello at the age of 8.
Silke is studying for her Bachelor's degree at Universität der Künste (UdK) in Berlin under Professor Konstantin Heidrich.
She has participated in masterclasses, and received teaching from Eva Kochenkova, Ingemar Brantelid, Mathias Beyer Karlshøj, Ida Ben-Hamadou, Eberhard Feltz and Fredrik Sjölin, cellist in the Danish String Quartet.
