What’s on Concert highlights Adelphi Quartet perform at the Lucerne Festival Adelphi Quartet Maxime Michaluk - Violin Esther Agustí Matabosch - Violin Adam Newman - Viola Nepomuk Braun - Cello “The young musicians convinced with a first-class sound culture and, thanks to their empathetic and highly sensitive music-making, effortlessly found a wonderful collective sound.” Programme Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in C minor, Hob. III:28, Op. 17, no. 4 Orlando di Lasso - Je l’aime bienMadli Marje Gildemann - new work world premiere | comissioned by the I&I Foundation Orlando di Lasso - Prolog. Carmina chromatico from Prophetiae sibyllarum Tom Coult new work world premiere | commissioned by the Adelphi Quartet with support of Neustart Kultur Benjamin Britten - String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 The Adelphi Quartet is actually a kind of Europe in miniature. The four members come from four different countries: Belgium, Spain, England, and Germany. They studied with the Hagen Quartet at the Salzburg Mozarteum and were significantly shaped by the chamber music guru Eberhard Feltz, the cellist Valentin Erben, and the composer György Kurtág. This was promptly reflected in such competition successes as their wins at the Wigmore Hall Competition in London, the Premio Paolo Borciani in Italy, and the Heidelberg Spring String Quartet Festival. “What unifies us?” asks the quartet; naturally, they know the answer: “Spontaneity, fun, doubt, perfection, stress, adrenaline, basic trust, fear, joy, madness, and, again and again: music, music, music.” There will be no shortage of that at their Lucerne debut. The Adelphi Quartet has devised a sophisticated program, with the founding father of the genre, Joseph Haydn, at the start and a classic of the 20th century, Benjamin Britten, at the end. In between, the four musicians will juxtapose the Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso in a dialog with two world premieres. That’s something for music lovers who are curious! Book