RESONANZEN DER MODERNE zum 150. Geburtstag von Arnold Schönberg und zum 100. Geburtstag von Luigi Nono Asasello Quartett (Köln)

In the organizer's words:

Asasello Quartet (Cologne)

Rostislav Kozhevnikov, violin (Russia)

Barbara Kuster, violin (Switzerland)

Justyna Śliwa, viola (Poland)

Teemu Myöhänen, violoncello (Finland)

Program:
- Arnold Schönberg: String Quartet No. 4 (1936)
- Luigi Nono: Fragmente - Stille, an Diotima for string quartet (1980)
- Rostislav Kozhevnikov (*1981): String Quartet No. 4 (2008)

The project "Resonances of Modernism" connects modernism and the first avant-garde of the early 20th century with the second, the post-war avant-garde, as well as with the present day, which is considered both postmodernism and its overcoming.

The selection of works by Arnold Schönberg, Luigi Nono and Rostislav Kozhevnikov shows a continuity of musical experimentation - a restless exploration of new territory, both in sound and in the way of making music. The ambivalence between breaking with tradition and returning to it is palpable.

"Communication is the core of a string quartet's work".

Founded in Basel and now based in Cologne, the Asasello Quartet is one of the most exciting and stirring chamber music ensembles of our time. It is not only the playing culture of the group, which came together in 2000 in the Basel chamber music class of Walter Levin, the first violinist of the legendary LaSalle Quartet, that is unusual. The Asasello Quartet has already ventured outside the musical box with its name (Asasello comes from the novel "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov).

In 2010, the Asasellites were awarded the Music Prize of the Association of German Concert Directors for their extraordinary and demanding program, which includes the concert cycle of Arnold Schönberg's string quartets.

An extensive collection of CD recordings, its own concert series "1:1 - Schon gehört?", numerous world premieres and participations in international festivals and competitions, workshops with pupils and students as well as the exploration of special artistic formats, for example in the staged performance of the 2nd String Quartet by Morton Feldmann. String Quartet by Morton Feldman (Cologne, Musikfabrik), the cyclical performance of all 23 Mozart quartets (Venice, Auditorium Santa Margherita) or the completely analog recording of Anton Webern's six bagatelles (in the chamber music hall of Deutschlandfunk with the Cologne label blinker - Marke für Rezentes on vinyl, produced in 2011/12) document a sheer tireless creative frenzy over the years.

Admission: 18.- / 12.- € reduced, Box Office

Advance booking: 0231-8822001, or info@parzelledortmund.de

In cooperation with In Situ Art Society e. V., Bonn

Supported by NRW KULTURSEKRETARIAT Wuppertal and the Cultural Office of the City of Dortmund

further performance in Bonn on DO 24.10.2024, 20:00 | Dialograum Kreuzung an St. Helena | Bornheimer Straße 130 | 53119 Bonn

Price information:

12 reduced