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Michelangelo String Quartet
The Michelangelo Quartet was formed in 2002 by musicians distinguished as soloists, chamber musicians and teachers, sharing an irresistible desire to play together the greatest repertoire of all. Since their first concert season, 2003/4, they have toured regularly in Scandinavia, Benelux, the UK, Germany, Italy and Japan, giving concerts in major halls such as the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, Tonhalle, Zürich, and London's Wigmore Hall. Festival appearances have included Edinburgh, Sion, Naantali, Hardanger, the Pablo Casals Festival, Prades, and the Delft and New Zealand Chamber Music Festivals. Critics have consistently praised the quartet for the collective virtuosity and wisdom of its members, as well as their musicality and intensity of feeling. They have recorded for Chaconne and for Pan Classics.
Romanian violinist Mihaela Martin has continued, through her teacher Stefan Gheorghiu, a violinistic line including David Oistrakh and Georges Enesco. Major prizes in the Tchaikovsky Competition and the First Indianapolis International Violin Competition, ensured her international career. Her chamber music partners have included Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nobuko Imai, Leon Fleischer & Menahim Pressler. She is a professor at the Musikhochschule, Cologne.
Russian-born Daniel Austrich came to international attention after winning major prizes at the Sarasate and the Paganini Moscow International Competitions. He has played as soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, St.Petersburg Camerata and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Chamber music performances include appereances with David Gerngas, Itzhak Perlman and the St. Petersburg Quartet.
Japanese-born Nobuko Imai is considered one of the most outstanding viola players of our time. After studying at the Toho School of Music, Yale University and the Julliard School, she won high prizes at the Munich and Geneva International Competitions and her distinguished career has included membership of the Vermeer Quartet. Chamber music collaborators include Gidon Kremer, Midori, Itzhak Perlman, Yo Yo Ma, Andras Schiff and Ronald Brautigam. She holds professorships at the Amsterdam Conservatory and in Geneva.
Combining his love of chamber music with a solo career, Swedish cellist/conductor Frans Helmerson has performed with leading conductors and orchestras and at important international festivals. During the 1970's he was principal cellist of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he was strongly influenced by Celibidache. William Pleeth and Rostropovich have also been important influences. He holds a professorship at the Musikhochschule in Cologne.
The year 2015 sees the Michelangelo Quartet playing in venues including Wigmore Hall, London, Carnegie Hall, New York, and the Library of Congress, Washington. Their touring includes performances in the Enescu Festival in Romania and the Lammermuir Festival in Scotland, where they are artists in residence, as well as performances in Korea, Japan, Israel and Germany.
Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet No.63 in B-flat Major, ‘Sunrise', Op.76/4, H.3/78
Allegro con spirito
Adagio
Menuet. Allegro & Trio
Finale. Allegro ma non troppo
Antonin Dvorák String Quartet No.12 in F Major, ‘American', B.179, Op.96
Allegro ma non troppo
Lento
Molto vivace
Finale. Vivace ma non troppo
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Franz Schubert String Quartet No.14 in d minor, ‘Death and the Maiden', D.810
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo. Allegro molto - Trio
Presto