Prof. Konstantin Heidrich is the artistic director of crescendo. 

Konstantin Heidrich is the cellist of the Fauré Quartet and professor of cello at the Berlin University of the Arts. Born in Hamburg, he has worked as a soloist with conductors such as Andrea Marcon and Kristjan Järvi. Orchestras such as the MDR Symphony Orchestra or the Duisburg Philharmonic have accompanied his concerts. He has been a guest solo cellist with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the Kammerakademie Potsdam. His students are international prize winners. Konstantin Heidrich also gives courses in London, Washington D.C., Dresden, Karlsruhe, Bonn, Bad Sobernheim as well as in Italy, Norway, Brazil or Singapore.
The Fauré Quartet is the centre of Konstantin Heidrich's musical life. The magazine "The Strad" described the quartet thus: "They achieve superlatives wherever they appear!". With the same line-up since its foundation almost 20 years ago, the piano quartet is one of the most successful chamber music formations internationally. The "Quartet in Residence" of the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe is booked for tours and festivals all over the world and performs at venues such as the Musikverein Vienna, Wigmore Hall London, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Conservatorio G. Verdi Milan, Palau de la Música Barcelona, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires or Frick Collection New York. In 2015, the Fauré Quartet will artistically direct the Festspielfrühling Rügen in cooperation with the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for the fourth time. The Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft released recordings with works by Mozart, Brahms and Mendelssohn, as well as the albums Popsongs and Pocket Symphonies. In 2014, SONY released a CD with works by Strauss and Mahler. Among the more than a dozen prizes and awards the Fauré Quartet has received are the Brahms Prize, the Rhineland-Palatinate Art Prize, the German Record Critics' Prize and two ECHO-Klassik awards.