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Pierre Boulez Saal Ligeti: String Quartet no.1, ‘Métamorphoses nocturnes’ Lachenmann: String Quartet no.3, ‘Grido’ Brahms: String Quartet no.2 in A minor, op.51 no.2 Yun-Peng Zhao, Léo Marillier (violins)Franck Chevalier (viola)Alexis Descharmes (cello) Another splendid string quartet recital in Berlin, to rival or better to complement that I heard last week in a different venue, the Philharmonie’s Kammermusiksaal, from the Quatuor Ébène. One of the mysteries of the musical world is the seeming inability of French symphony orchestras to match those who might be their peers in German- and English-speaking countries. (In some ways, French opera orchestras seem to fare better.) One explanation I have often heard lies in French conservatoire training, where orchestral performance plays little or no role, neglected in favour of a more or less exclusive focus on solo and chamber playing. That may or may not be the case; certainly no one has ever claimed France lacked […]
2021-12-31 23:28:26
On her latest album Electrocosmia – streaming at Spotify – pianist Peng-Chian Chen explores the intersection of new classical composition with electronics, as well as the many philosophical and real-world implications thereof. She opens with a set of miniatures, Pierre Charvet’s Neuf Etudes aux Deux Mondes. Enervated motorik bustle, cautious strolls, spare dripping minimalism and […]
2021-11-30 17:19:45
"A Chinese in New York" was a gift to the Pre-College Division’s centennial celebration and was dedicated to Gong’s longtime mentor and spiritual parent, Yoheved Kaplinsky. Born in 1992 in China, composer and pianist Peng-Peng Gong studied for 12 years at Juilliard and is now composer in residence for the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, having […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2020-01-08 21:11:36
The University of Chicago has this week announced the appointment of the French-based Quatuor Diotima as the school’s new Chamber Music Ensemble-in-Residence – effective from the commencement of the 2020-21 academic year. Founded in France in 1996 by violinists Yun-Peng Zhao and Constance Ronzatti, violist Franck Chevalier and cellist Pierre Morlet, the quartet in their […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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