​​​​​​​VSQ was formed in 2006 by students of Toho Gakuen School of Music and has performed at the Karuizawa August Festival, Miyazaki International Music Festival, Project Q, JT Fostered Ensemble Series and many other concerts and music festivals in Japan. 

In 2008, the group won the third prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, the first Japanese group to win the prize in 38 years since the Tokyo Quartet. In 2009, the quartet made its official debut at Oji Hall with the cooperation of the Nippon Music Foundation. VSQ has received instruction from Koichiro Harada, members of the Tokyo Quartet, and others.

 

In the spring of 2010, They moved to Basel, Switzerland to study with Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) at the Musik-akademie der Stadt Basel. also expanded their activities in Europe, performing at the Bonnieux Festival in southern France, the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in Germany, and a concert at the Boigen Castle in Germany. They were awarded the Kyoto Aoyama Music Prize, the “Execor” prize at the Basel Orchestra Society (BOG) Competition in 2011, and the third prize in the string quartet division at the 7th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. In 2008, 2010, and in 2011, grant from the Matsuo Foundation for the Promotion of Science.

 

In June 2012, they completed their studies at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel, and in February 2013, they moved to Japan, performing at the Tokyo Spring Music Festival in March. in April, they performed their string quartet No. 2 “Flare” (2010) at Dai Fujikura's solo exhibition at Hakuju Hall, receiving a favorable response. in October, they gave a full-scale recital at Kioi Hall, which was a great success.  Since March 2014, they have been in charge of a three-part series at Hakuju Hall as a resident artist. In the second series in October 2014, they performed with Taira Kaneko (Principal, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra), who also won the third prize at the 2008 ARD International Music Competition in Munich, and in July 2015,they performed with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in a recital on the album fontec. They also performed with him on his debut CD released by fontec in July 2015. 

They also participated in a public recording of NHK-FM's “Best of Classics,” and their concert were broadcast nationwide on NHK-BS Premium's “Classic Club” in September. They also appeared on NHK's “Masterpieces Album".

 

In 2016, the group celebrated its 10th anniversary and performed at the Tokyo Spring Music Festival, Dai-ichi Seimei Hall, Japan Mozart Society meetings, Kioi Hall, and other venues. In addition, in January 2017, the orchestra began series of six concerts of Beethoven's complete works at the iichiko Cultural Center (Oita), and a recording project of the complete works is currently underway at fontec. In April 2017,they appeared as soloist in the subscription concert of the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra.​ They have performed with renowned musicians such as Menahem Pressler (piano), founder of the Beaux Arts Trio, Michio Kobayashi (piano), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), Paul Maye (clarinet), and Alexander Romanovsky (piano).