The Arda String Quartet is a young string quartet based in Basel. The ensemble was formed in 2023 by four musicians from four different countries who had a passion for string quartet. The quartet has been studying at the Hochschule für Musik Basel FHNW since the beginning and has received mentoring by Jiří Němeček, Rainer Schmidt, Claudio Martinez Mehner, Rafael Rosenfeld and Anna Gebert. 

In 2024, the Arda String Quartet was awarded a special prize at the Orpheus Chamber Music Competition in Bern, Switzerland. Through the competition, they were invited to debut at the Swiss Chamber Music Festival in Adelboden 2025. In summer 2025 they were also invited to the Le Vent sur l’Arbre Chamber Music Festival in France and the Altstadtserenaden concert series in Basel. 

The Arda Quartet has participated in many masterclasses at the HSM Basel and abroad at string quartet academies such as the Festival Guadix Clásica in Spain, Danish String Quartet Academy in Denmark, Musique à Flaine in France, Geneva International String Academy and The Quartet Experience in Switzerland. Through masterclasses the quartet has had the opportunity to work with wonderful musicians such as Valentin Erben, Jonathan Brown, Cibrán Sierra, Robert Levin, Alina Ibragimova, Miriam Fried, Tim Frederiksen, Ilya Gringolts and Noemie Bialobroda among others. 

In 2025 the Arda String Quartet became part of the international chamber music network Le Dimore del Quartetto.