The Galatea Quartett was founded in 2005 in Zurich. Well received by both the press and the public, their pleasure in playing together is balanced with meeting the highest technical demands of ensemble playing. This standard ensured their success in competitions in Geneva (2006), at the Migros Chamber Music Competition (2007), in Osaka (2008) and the special prize at the Borciani competiton.

Since then the Quartett has undertaken concert tours to Poland, Albania, Italy, Spain, Japan, Egypt and India. They have also played at numerous festivals in Zurich Tonhalle, Amsterdam Koncertgebouw, Societa del Quartetto Milano, Pablo Casals, Sion, Murten Classics, EuroArt Prague, Orlando Festival as well as making numerous radio, TV and film recordings.

They are Fellows of the European Chamber Music Academy and much of their musical impetus comes from working with musicians such as Hatto Beyerle (Alban Berg Qt), Christoph Richter (Heine Qt), Eric Hobarth (Quator Mosaique), Johannes Meissl (Artis Qt), Stefan Gorner (Carmina Qt) and with the Artemis Quartett in Berlin. The Galatea Quartett works regularly with musicians such as Shirley Brill, Daniel Zisman, Fabio di Casola, Noemi Nadelmann, Admir Doci and Gilles Vonsattel. They explore music beyond the classical quartet repertoire, in,for example, the projects with Jon Lord (Deep Purple), the Chinese singer Gong Linna and the writer Urs Faes.

The name "Galatea" comes from Greek mythology. Pygmalion, the sculptor, carved an ivory statue of Galatea and fell in love with his creation. He was rescued from his desperate plight by Aphrodite, who brought Life to Galatea. Similarly, one can say that this Quartett brings sparkling life to the printed music.