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Peter Eötvös and Debussy

Piia Komsi soprano; Calder Quartet

Date
Sat 01 Oct 2016, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Piia Komsisoprano
  • Calder Quartet

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    1. Co-commissioned by Tonhalle Society Zürich, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Centro Nacional de Difusion Musical (Madrid), Ircam-Centre Pompidou, Paris, ProQuartet-Centre européen de musique de chambre, Paris, Südwestrundfunk (Kompositionsauftrag des Südwestrundfunks), and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation

    Overview

    Soprano Piia Komsi, known for her daring musicality and highly expressive performances, is celebrated around the world for her interpretations of contemporary repertoire. She joins theCalder Quartet, winner of the 2014 Avery Fisher Career Grant, for the worldpremière of The SIRENS CYCLE by Peter Eötvös.

    The Hungarian composer’s newscore for Wigmore Hall explores the full range of Komsi’s striking coloraturavoice. The programme opens with Korrespondenz, a series of three vivid‘scenes’ for string quartet completed in 1993.

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