Quartettissimo European String Festival
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| Country and Region | Hungary — Fejér |
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| Type of Festival | Music |
| Location of Festival | Fehérvárcsurgó, Fejér, Hungary |
| Festival Contact Information | Angelica Károlyi |
| Festival Description | The Joseph Károlyi Foundation organizes an annual event “European string quartet festival, Quartettissimo” in cooperation with the French institute Budapest, the association Pro Quartet, the Auer Quartet, the Austrian Kultur Forum and the Roumanian Cultural Institute. The inaugural edition took place in 2010. The aim of this Festival is the development of classic music culture in Hungary and outside the capital of Budapest. And more specially string quartet music to attract younger audiences toward less known musical practices and foster young musicians’ international contacts. Each year this festival will invite foreign artists and lecturers. We also wish to contribute to the restoration of the great Hungarian string quartet tradition. Though the festival’s aim is “top quality”, it will not be an “elitist program” as it will also have a “social cultural” side. There is a free “night of the quartets” for schools and amateurs but also for visually impaired persons as well as free public rehearsals to make the art of string quartet discovered by people who are not familiar with it, as well as an exhibition presenting the classical instruments. In addition there will be a Sunday “family program” based on the symbolism of the number “four”. |
| Festival Dates | September 21 - 23, 2012 |
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Festival Events:
Articles:
- Friday, September 21
Quatuor RUBENS (NL)
Sarah Kapustin, violon
Tali Goldberg, violon
Roeland Jagers, alto
Joachim Eijlander, violoncelle
- Programming
J.S. Bach ( 1685-1750) — Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1030 (version pour Quatuor à cordes) (1749)
L.v. Beethoven (1770 -1827) — Quatuor à cordes n°16 en fa Majeur, op.135 (1826)
B. Bartok (1881 – 1945) — Quatuor à cordes n°4, Sz 91 (1928)
- Programming
- Saturday, September 22
Quatuor BENNEWITZ (République Tchèque)
Stepan Jezek, violon
Jiri Nemecek, violon
Jiri Pinkas, alto
Stepan Dolezal, violoncelle
- Programming
J. Haydn (1732 - 1809) — Quatuor à cordes en mi bémol majeur, op. 33 n° 2 “La Plaisanterie” (1781)
L. Janacek — Quatuor à cordes n°2 “Lettres Intimes” (1928)
L.v. Beethoven (1770-1827) — Quatuor à cordes n°15 en la mineur, op. 132 (1825)
- Programming
- Sunday, September 23
Quatuor ZAÏDE (France)
Charlotte Juillard, violon
Pauline Fritsch, violon
Sarah Chenaf, alto
Juliette Salmona, violoncelle
- Programming
W.A.Mozart (1756 -1791) — Quatuor à cordes n° 23 en fa majeur, KV 590 (1790)
Yannis Xenakis (1922-2001) — Tetras (1983)
L. v. Beethoven — Quatuor à cordes n°14 en ut dièse mineur, op.131 (1826)
- Programming
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