Programme

The
Ar itti
Quartet at 50

The augmented string quartet
Salle de Musique de Chambre
Thu
Part of the rainy days 2024 on -
Many things can be considered and regarded as extreme – and art has always been a playground and test tube for all kinds of exaggerations, a place to push boundaries. In the second edition of the festival, curated by the Luxembourg composer Catherine Kontz, a wide range of extremes will converge, forming new relationships. Modern classics from such composers as John Cage, Morton Feldman or even Erik Satie will stand alongside brand new works. How extreme will our experience be today to music that caused scandals decades ago? The full Luxembourg Philharmonic with soloists on the one hand, and the invisible interpreter in a new piano concerto without pianist by Liam Dougherty on the other, mark extremes just as much as do 17 electric guitars or a single harp. And the age and career spectrum of the participants also holds extremes with names such as those of the old masters of the Arditti Quartet stand next to the participants in the composition workshop for children.
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Autumn forest with tall trees, covered in red and orange leaves, with a misty background.
©: Veronique Kolber

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Stefan Prins Cyborg Flesh (commande Philharmonie, Arditti Quartet et Wien Modern avec le soutien de la Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung)

The artists

  • Arditti Quartet
  • Yaron Deutsch electric guitar
  • Stefan Prins electronics
  • Fredi Reiter sound

Exploring the potential tension

between the classical dimension of the string quartet as a medium and the contemporary aura of the electric guitar.

Tickets

  • Day ticket 18 €
Festival pass (5 days): 58 €
The ticket sale takes place through another website.

Details

  • Date Thursday 21.11.24
  • Time 18:30
  • Duration 50' no break
  • Room Salle de Musique de Chambre
How to get here

Available in the package: rainy days 2024

«Extremes» is the motto of this year’s rainy days.