Has the Borodin Quartet inherited a musical style through its DNA? There have been many changes to the membership of the Quartet since it was founded 70 years ago, but its close association with ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Unlike his 15 symphonies, most of which are “public” in character, Shostakovich’s 15 quartets are notable for their ...

UB music fans will have the opportunity to hear all 15 Shostakovich String Quartets performed in five concerts taking place April 12-23 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus The ...

Written between 1938 and 1974, Shostakovich’s cycle of string quartets holds a significant place in chamber music’s repertoire and offers insights into the composer’s state of mind. More private than ...

Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 string quartets trace a creative path from youthful vigor to dread of death, tensely combining along the way pathos with caustic comedy, folk melodies with modern angularities ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Brodsky Quartet and others Australian National Academy of Music South Melbourne Town Hall July 5 The performance of three ...

Dmitri Shostakovich once told a friend that he planned to compose 24 string quartets, one in each of the major and minor keys. He completed only 15, but they span his entire mature period as a ...

Next Friday, the Lafayette String Quartet, who have been artists-in-residence in the University of Victoria’s School of Music since 1991, will launch what will surely be the classical music event of ...