String Quartets
The True Test of a Composer's Art
Tickets may still be available for individual subscription concerts
Tickets may still be available for individual subscription concerts
To this day, the string quartet is regarded as the ultimate discipline in the field of chamber music. As Goethe once put it, we hear »a conversation between four civilised people«; the string quartet genre features works where composers at once expressed their deepest emotions, and at the same time experimented with all manner of musical innovations. The Elbphilharmonie Recital Hall is predestined for this intense and intimate genre, with the organic curves of its wooden panelling producing a warm acoustic and atmosphere. And it goes without saying that the concert series »String Quartets« presents solely ensembles of international standing.
Such as the world-famous Artemis Quartet, which can look back on 20 years of international acclaim. The Russian-Israeli Jerusalem Quartet has already made its mark in Hamburg with a truly awesome Shostakovich cycle. The Bennewitz Quartet from Prague focuses on the great quartet repertoire of native Czech composers, while the Spanish Cuarteto Casals, which has been awarded the sought-after German Record Critics’ Prize, presents a new, exceptionally filigree work from the pen of Italian composer Aureliano Cattaneo.