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2014-2015 Discover the Heartbeat of Creative Life

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Shanghai Quartet, Du Yun | Works By Beethoven, Ravel, And Du Yun, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University Feb 2015

Shanghai Quartet, Du Yun | Works By Beethoven, Ravel, And Du Yun, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2014-2015 Discover the Heartbeat of Creative Life

The New York Times called Shanghai Quartet’s performance of the Ravel String Quartet in F Major “passionate…driven, elegant and nuanced.” In this program, the Quartet pairs it with Beethoven’s String Quartet no. 12 in E-flat Major, op. 127, and the world premiere of a new work by acclaimed young composer Du Yun. Tentatively titled Tattooed in Snow, the new work is inspired by the temporary and fragile crystallization of art in nature and in space, as well as by chant and poetry.


Shanghai Quartet | Wu Han Quintets By Dvořák And Schumann, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University Oct 2014

Shanghai Quartet | Wu Han Quintets By Dvořák And Schumann, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2014-2015 Discover the Heartbeat of Creative Life

The internationally-acclaimed Shanghai Quartet is joined by pianist Wu Han, artistic director of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and one of the most esteemed classical musicians in the world today, for a program including Dvořák’s ebullient, exuberant Second Piano Quintet, Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44, and Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, op. 20, no. 4.