Series of Four - københavns hyggeligste koncertserie

Series of Four er den Danske Strygekvartets internationale koncertserie, og den vender stærkt tilbage i 2022: Fire koncerter, hvor det afslappede lever side om side med den dybeste kammermusik. Koncerterne finder sted i Konservatoriets historiske koncertsal og det nye Musikhuset København, og som sædvanligt vil man ud over de store musikalske oplevelser kunne nyde kolde øl og et tæt fællesskab omkring musikken. 

DSQ – Series of Four

På Series of Four spiller vi hvert år en koncert i samarbejde med udvalgte studerende fra Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium. Til koncerten i år vil man blandt andet kunne opleve den frembrusende Absalon Strygekvartet, som er ved at skabe sig et navn som en af Nordens dygtigste unge strygekvartetter. Man vil også kunne glæde sig til uropførelsen af den islandske komponist Anna Thorvaldsdottirs nyeste strygekvartet, som er bestilt af os selv i Den Danske Strygekvartet. Koncerten vil afsluttes med en hedonistisk nedsynken i Tjajkovskijs brusede strygerserenade i et strygeorkester, der er sammensat at musikerne fra Den Danske Strygekvartet og Absalon Strygekvartetten samt Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium.



Classical string quartet based in Copenhagen, Denmark
Winners of 1st prize in Langgaard Konkurrence 

Absalon String Quartet

Frederik Øland - Violin
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen - Violin
Asbjørn Nørgaard - Viola
Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin -Cello
 
Among today’s many exceptional chamber music groups, the GRAMMY® nominated Danish String Quartet continuously asserts its preeminence.  The Quartet’s playing reflects impeccable musicianship, sophisticated artistry, exquisite clarity of ensemble, and, above all, an expressivity inextricably bound to the music, from Haydn to Shostakovich to contemporary scores.  Performances bring a rare musical spontaneity, giving audiences the sense of hearing even treasured canon repertoire as if for the first time, and exuding a palpable joy in music-making that have made them enormously in-demand on concert stages throughout the world. The recipient of many awards and prestigious appointments, including Musical America’s 2020 Ensemble of the Year and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, the Danish String Quartet was named in 2013 as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and appointed to the The Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two). 
 
As part of a three-year residency, the Danish String Quartet brings a series of five concerts, which mirror the programs in its ongoing recording project with ECM New Series, PRISM, to La Jolla Music Society in November 2019. Each PRISM program is an exploration of the symbiotic musical and contextual relationships between Bach fugues, Beethoven string quartets, and works by Shostakovich, Schnittke, Bartok, Mendelssohn, and Webern, forming an expertly curated musical evolution within each individual program and across the entire PRISM repertory. Prism I, the first disc of this five-album project for the ECM label, was released in September 2018 and garnered a GRAMMY® nomination in the category of Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for the group’s recordings of Beethoven’s Op. 127 in E-flat Major, Bach’s Fugue in E-flat Major (arranged by Mozart), and Shostakovich’s final string quartet, No. 15 in E-flat minor.

Den Danske Strygekvartet

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