EMERGING ENSEMBLES: Kandinsky Quartet – impuls
The ULYSSES Platform supports emerging European ensembles, programming concerts where a new repertoire is promoted, thanks to commissions and reruns.
Founded in 2020 and based in Vienna, the Kandinsky Quartet is a versatile young ensemble which is gradually gaining recognition all over Europe. Coaching sessions with renowned string quartets such as the Arditti Quartet, Kuss Quartet, Ysaÿe Quartet, Cuarteto Casals, Quatuor Mosaïques, Artis Quartet, Quatuor Diotima or the Alban Berg Quartet, as well as lessons with soloists and recognized personalities of the chamber music scene contribute to its outstanding expertise for both contemporary and classical repertoire. Among other accomplisments, it was recently selected for the EU-funded MERITA project.
In the context of the ULYSSES Platform, the Kandinsky Quartet takes part in two events at impuls 2025.
1 – At its debut concert at impuls, the Kandinsky Quartet presents the 10th, penultimate string quartet by Georg Friedrich Haas, which is to be played in complete darkness – a special challenge for the musicians. It is preceded by “A Failed Entertainment” by Clara Iannotta, who teaches at the impuls Academy as does the Quatuor Diotima, for which she wrote the work.
Date and venue: 19 February 2025, TiP . Theater im Palais, Leonhardstraße 19, 8010 Graz
Programme:
Clara Iannotta A Failed Entertainment (2013)
Georg Friedrich Haas Streichquartett No. 10 (2016)
2 – The Kandinsky Quartet was further invited by the impuls Academy 2025 to join and work with Quatuor Diotima, one of the most in-demand string quartets in the world today. In addition, a Call for Scores was sent out to connect young composer Academy participants with Quatuor Diotima for feedback, readings and more intense rehearsals, and to work together with emerging string quartets on site, including Kandinsky.
Yianni Frantzeskakis | Finbar Hosie | Mikel Iturregi | Siho Kim | Egemen Kurt | Anton Schukau | Davide Wang composer
Date and venue: 26 February 2025, TiP . Theater im Palais, Leonhardstraße 19, 8010 Graz
Kandinsky Quartet:
Hannah Kandinsky violin
Israel Gutiérrez violin
Ignazio Alayza viola
Antonio Gervilla Díaz cello
Kandinsky Quartet
Photo: Kandinsky Quartet