November
Shostakovich Cycle

Shostakovich Cycle

Jerusalem Quartet (Foto: Felix Broede)

Shostakovich Cycle

Sat 25. Jan 2025 18.30 Kleine Tonhalle
Sun 26. Jan 2025 11.15 Kleine Tonhalle
Sun 26. Jan 2025 17.00 Kleine Tonhalle
Jerusalem Quartet
Alexander Pavlovsky Violine
Sergei Bresler Violine
Ori Kam Viola
Kyril Zlotnikov Violoncello
Dmitri Schostakowitsch Streichquartett Nr. 4 D-Dur op. 83
Streichquartett Nr. 5 B-Dur op. 92
Streichquartett Nr. 6 G-Dur op. 101
Prices CHF 85 / 55 / 30
Organizer Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG

How much autobiography is there in Dmitri Shostakovich's music? Where and how are his experiences with Stalin's regime reflected? These questions are still being discussed today, and his 15 string quartets in particular provide a variety of answers: bitter, grotesque, lyrical, quiet. The Jerusalem Quartet is now playing all of these string quartets in a two-part cycle – nine of them this weekend, the others will follow in the 2025/26 season. These are works that are deeply moving in view of current world events. And which undoubtedly also have a special meaning for the four musicians from Israel.

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