Alexandre Tharaud and Cuarteto Casals A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

One of the best string quartets of our day are playing in the Grand Hall, an ensemble that for the past 20 years have been captivating audiences as well as music fans who prefer listening to recordings featuring their unequalled tonality and dynamic productions. Founded in 1997 by students of the conservatory of music in Barcelona, they have taken over the baton from members of the greatest ensembles, Alban Berg Quartet, LaSalle Quartet and Hagen Quartet. Today, all four musicians are professors of their alma mater, and they perform tastefully selected classical masterpieces considered to be the apogee of chamber music on their prize winning albums (one of which is dedicated to the works of Bartók, Kurtág and Ligeti) and at their concerts. This concert is no exception: in the first part they perform the Beethoven string quartet from 1801, followed by the Shostakovich quartet (1964), reckoned to be a touchstone both in terms of the united performance skills and individual instrumental skills required. After the break they are joined by Alexandre Tharaud, a leading French pianist of our day and an artist who has several times worked together with the Cuarteto Casals on highly successful European concerts.