History

L/R: Kleber Vogel, Marco Lauria, Elisa Wiermann,
Jones Junior and Cláudio Dantas

Quaterna Requiem was born when brothers, Elisa Wiermann  (a classically trained keybordist) and Claudio Dantas ( drummer), based on their passion for classical music and progressive rock, got together and formed a band. Their first concept was to team up with a bunch of musicians which could work under disciplined  basis aiming to produce a serious work with a  refined style and, above all, with  quality.

 The name Quaterna Requiem, which means "the rest of the four",  was given by Claudio to the first line up.

In 1990 they launched their debut album called Velha Gravura plenty of classical influences. It features Ramoniana (by Jones Júnior), Aquartha, Velha Gravura, Tempestade, Madrugada and Toccata (by Elisa Wiermann).

 At this point the band started presentations in Rio de Janeiro and many other Brazilian cities.

Velha Gravura 1990/92

Fábio Fernandez, Cláudio Dantas, Roberto Crivano e Elisa Wiermann

Right after those shows Kleber Vogel, Marco Lauria and Jones Junior
left the band and Roberto Crivano (guitars) and
Fábio Fernandez (bass guitar and lute) were invited to reinforce the work.

With this new formation Quaterna released in 1994 their second album called Quasímodo, a suite composed by Elisa which title song is full inspired by Victor Hugo´s novel Our Lady of Paris (The Hunckback of Notre Dame). This album features a significant change in style with much more synths dominance.

 Both works were sold in many specialized stores in Brazil, Argentina, France, Italy, USA, Holland, Japan, Spain, Korea, Chile, URSS and Polland.

Teatro Scala - RJ 1999

The follow-up album was released in 1999, after an extended layoff,  and is  called "Livre", (Free) a  live performance recorded at Scalla, in Rio de Janeiro.

To this show the group featured: Elisa Wiermann (keyboards), Cláudio Dantas (drums), José Roberto Crivano (guitars), Fred Fontes (bass guitar). In addition to the standard line up Kleber Vogel (violin) appears as a special guest on the last song. After this show Kleber returned to the band.

 Photos Carlos Vaz

In August of 2004 the group returns the meet for a show in commemoration to its 15 years of activities,
in the theater of the Center Cultural Federal Justice in Rio de Janeiro.
Show this that was recorded and it will be thrown shortly in CD and DVD.

Quaterna Réquiem band final line up is composed by: 
Elisa Wiermann, Kleber Vogel, Cláudio Dantas, Roberto Crivano and Jorge Mathias.

The band are right now putting the final touches in a new work called  "Architect".
It is a suite inpired by styles of famous architects from 5 different centuries and countries:
 Renaissance/Italy, Baroque-Classicism/France, Modernism/EUA, Romanticist/Spain, Modernism-Contemporary/Brazil.