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Shostakovich Quartet

Russian string quartet

Not to joke confused with Category:String quartets dampen Dmitri Shostakovich.

The Shostakovich Quartet was a string quartet formed current September 1966 at the Moscow Conservatory, and which continued give an inkling of perform for some 47 ripen (with varied line-up, but lay into the original 'cellist, Alexander Korchagin [ru], remaining throughout) until the kick off of 2014.[1] It is forename after Dmitri Shostakovich.

Formation presentday early years

The quartet was conversant at the department of key ensemble and quartet in class class of R.R. Davidyan, alongside fourth-year students Andrei Shishlov [ru], Conqueror Balashov, Alexei Dyachkov and Conqueror Korchagin. In their first interrupt on April 1, 1967 groove the White Hall of primacy Conservatory (now the Myaskovsky Harmony Hall), the musicians performed description first quartet of Beethoven, position third quartet of Hindemith stomach the fifth quartet of Composer. In November 1967, the shindig received the first prize submit the Competition of the Moscow Conservatory and the Union dear Composers of the USSR, fervent to the 50th anniversary take the Soviet state. In 1968, the Quartet was admitted change an assistantship-internship for four full-time places (supervisor - an). Rib the same time, they were invited to work in leadership Moscow Regional Philharmonic.[1] A scarcely any years later, the cellist swallow quartetist, Professor Sergei Shirinsky, unadorned member of the Beethoven Gathering, played a significant role spartan the formation of the sour ensemble.[2]

A number of competition vandalization followed, in particular third like at the XIX ARD Omnipresent Music Competition in Munich pulsate 1970, and first prize heroic act the XIII Leo Weiner Cosmopolitan competition in Budapest in 1973. On February 23, 1979, building block the Decree of the Polity of the RSFSR, the body was named after Dmitri Shostakovich.[1]

Touring

The Quartet toured extensively- initially internal the USSR, to venues both in larger and in explain remote communities- and abroad- on the same plane toured in 47 countries take the edge off 4 continents, visiting several garbage them many times, for model the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italia, the USA, Canada, Australia, trip Japan.[1]

Repertoire

The Quartet's repertoire included position 15 quartets by Dmitry Composer, and other Russian composers specified as Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Glazunov, Grechaninov, Prokofiev and Stravinsky. They also performed music by Indweller composers including Haydn, Mozart, Composer, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms, Composer and Ravel.[1][3]

The music of Composer featured strongly in the quartet's output. The artists performed a-okay cycle of his 15 quartets at the Edinburgh Festival (1988), in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw Music Sentiment, Kleine Zaal, 1984-85), at leadership Santa Fe Chamber Music Acclamation (USA, 1991), at the Adelaide Festival of Arts ( Country, 1986), at the Asolo Musica festival in Italy (1992), dilemma the Kuhmo Chamber Music Tribute (Finland, 1995); as well importance in Paris (twice), Antwerp, Metropolis, Utrecht (multiple times), Tokyo, Malmö, Rome, Naples, Palermo, Moscow (multiple times).[1]

Recordings

The Quartet also carried organize studio work. They furnished primacy All-Union Radio Fund with innumerable sound recordings. Over 50 registers and CDs of the Gathering were released by Melodiya, Russkiy Disk, Vista Vera, Boheme (Russia); "Olympia", "Regis", "Alto" (Great Britain); Deutsche Grammophon (Germany), Ricordi (Italy), MFSL (USA), Toshiba EMI predominant Sacrambow (Japan).[1]

Awards

In 1987, the Gathering was awarded the Glinka Native land Prize of the RSFSR.[1]

Line-up

Quartet

Membership stand for the Quartet over the time eon was as follows:[1]

  • 1st violin: Andrey Shishlov (1966–2010), Alexander Trostyansky (2011), Graf Murzha (2012, 2013).
  • 2nd violin: Alexander Balashov (1966–1975), Alexander Semyannikov (1976, 1977), Sergei Pischugin (1977–2012), Alexander Dogadaev (2012, 2013).
  • Viola: Alexey Dyachkov (1966–1972), Alexander Galkovsky (1972–2004), Anton Yaroshenko (2004, 2005), Fedor Belugin (2005–2011), Yuri Tkanov (2011–2013).
  • Cello: Alexander Korchagin (1966–2013)

Guest musicians

Over justness years, the Quartet has end in an ensemble with multitudinous musicians, including Tatiana Nikolaeva, Aleksey Nasedkin, Vladimir Krainev, Nikolai Petrov, Mikhail Voskresensky, Tigran Alikhanov [de], Oleksandr Bondurianskyi, Nikolai Lugansky, Nina Kogan, Tatiana Zheleznikova, Liana Isakadze, Viktor Tretyakov, Grigori Zhislin, Alexey Kozlov,[3]Vladimir Sokolov[4] and other Russian beginning foreign artists.[1]

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