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4. Kammermusik Bern / "Molto espressivo"

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.1 in F major, op.18/1
Benet Casablancas (*1956): String Quartet No.4, "Widmung" (2017)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.13 in B♭ major, op.130 / Great Fugue in B♭ major, op.133

Cuarteto Casals:

• Abel Tomàs, violin
• Vera Martínez Mehner, violin
• Jonathan Brown, viola
• Arnau Tomàs, cello

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Chamber Music IV @ Zimmermannhaus Brugg

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34
Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1897): Piano Quintet No.2 in A major, op.81, B.155

Karel Košárek, piano
Martinů Quartet:

• Lubomir Havlák, violin
• Libor Kaňka, violin
• Zbyněk Pad'ourek, viola
• Jitka Vlašánková, cello

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Chamber Music V @ Zimmermannhaus Brugg

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Divertimento in E♭ major, K.563
Alfred Schnittke (1934 - 1998): String Trio (1985)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Trio in C minor, op.9/3

Orion String Trio:

• Soyoung Yoon, violin
• Veit Hertenstein, viola
• Benjamin Gregor-Smith, cello

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Weekend Quartetti d'Archi

Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981): Adagio for Strings, op.11a (1937), from the String Quartet, op.11 (1936)
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): String Quartet No.2 in C major, op.36 (1945)
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D.810, "Death and the Maiden" (1824)

Artemis Quartet:

• Vineta Sareika, violin
• Anthea Kreston, violin
• Gregor Sigl, viola
• Eckart Runge, cello

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Weekend Quartetti d'Archi

Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): String Quartet No.2 in F major, op.92
Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882 - 1973): String Quartet No.1, "Rispetti e strambotti" (1920)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.13 in B♭ major, op.130

Quartetto Energie Nove:

• Hans Liviabella, violin
• Barbara Ciannamea, violin
• Ivan Vukčević, viola
• Felix Vogelsang, cello

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Weekend Quartetti d'Archi

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): String Quartet in D minor, op.76/2, "Fifths"
Kaija Saariaho (1952 – 2023): "Terra memoria", for String Quartet (2007)
Johannes Brahms (1833- 1897): String Quartet No.2 in A minor, op.51/2

Quatuor Modigliani:

• Amaury Coeytaux, violin
• Loïc Rio, violin
• Laurent Marfaing, viola
• François Kieffer, cello

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7. Kammermusik Bern — "Mozart Meets Brahms"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): String Quartet No.2 in D major, K.155 (134a)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465, "Dissonances"
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): String Quartet No.1 in C minor, op.51/1

Quatuor Akilone:

• Emeline Concé, violin
• Elise de Bendelac, violin
• Louise Desjardins, viola
• Lucie Mercat, cello

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Pacific Quartet Vienna / Zurich Series

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.12 in E♭ major, op.127
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.13 in B♭ major, op.130

Pacific Quartet Vienna:

• Yuta Takase, violin
• Eszter Major, violin
• Chin-Ting Huang, viola
• Sarah Weilenmann, cello

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Chamber Music VI @ Zimmermannhaus Brugg

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor
Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884): Piano Trio in G minor, op.15, JB 1:64
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Piano Trio No.2 in E♭ major, op.100, D.929 

Sitkovetsky Trio:

• Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin
• Isang Enders, cello
• Wu Qian, piano

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Neue Konzertreihe Zürich

Luigi Cherubini (1760 - 1842): String Quartet No.1 in E♭ major
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.4 in C minor, op.18/4
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): String Quartet No.13 in A minor, D.804, "Rosamunde"

Quatuor Hermès:

• Omer Bouchez, violin
• Elise Liu, violin
• Yung-Hsin Lou Chang, viola
• Anthony Kondo, cello

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9. Kammermusik Bern — "Himmelserscheinungen (Heavenly Appearances)"

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828): Piano Trio No.2 in E♭ major, op.100, D.929 (1827)
Bedřich Smetana (1824 – 1884): Piano Trio in G minor, op.15, JB 1:64 (1855 / 1857)

Trio Alba:

• Livia Sellin, violin
• Philipp Comploi, cello
• Chengcheng Zhao, piano

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Stretta Concerts Brugg

Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): String Trio in B♭ major, D.471
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Divertimento for String Trio in E♭ major, K.563

Sebastian Bohren, violin
Lech Antonio Uszynski, viola
Thomas Demenga, cello

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Lucerne Festival — Debut Series

Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor, op.105
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957): Three Pieces from "6 Pieces for Violin and Piano", op.79
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Violin Sonata No.2 in D major, op.94bis
Franz Waxman (1906 - 1967): Carmen Fantasie

Bomsori Kim, violin
Michail Lifits, piano

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Lucerne Festival — Debut Series

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847): String Quartet No.6 in F minor, op.80
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): String Quartet No.15 in G major, D. 887

Esmé Quartet:

• Wonhee Bae, violin
• Yuna Ha, violin
• Jiwon Kim, viola
• Ye-eun Heo, cello

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Neue Konzertreihe Zürich

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847): String Quartet No.1 in E♭ major, op.12
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.9 in C major, op.59/3, "Razumovsky III"

Merel Quartet:

• Mary Ellen Woodside, violin
• Edouard Mätzener, violin
• Alessandro D'Amico, viola
• Rafael Rosenfeld, cello

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Top Klassik Zürcher Oberland

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847): String Quartet No.1 in E♭ major, op.12
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): String Quartet No.2 in F major, op.41/2
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847): String Octet in E♭ major, op.20

Merel Quartet:

• Mary Ellen Woodside, violin
• Edouard Mätzener, violin
• Alessandro D'Amico, viola
• Rafael Rosenfeld, cello

Castalian String Quartet:

• Sini Simonen, violin
• Daniel Roberts, violin
• Charlotte Bonneton, viola
• Christopher Graves, cello

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Musik an der ETH und UZH

Eugène Ysaÿe (1865 - 1918): Poème élégiaque in D minor, op.12
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): Sonata for Violin and Piano in E♭ major, op.18, TrV 151
Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): 4 Romantic Pieces in G minor, op.75, B.150
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953): Violin Sonata No.2 in D major, op.94bis

Alissa Margulis, violin
Luís Magalhães, piano

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Neue Konzertreihe Zürich

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): String Quartet in D major, op.76/5
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D.810, "Death and the Maiden"

Carmina Quartett:

• Matthias Enderle, violin
• Agata Lazarczyk, violin
• Wendy Champney, viola
• Chiara Samatanga, cello

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Chamber Music II — Zimmermannhaus Brugg

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Piano Trio No.37 in D minor, Hob.XV:23
Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990): "Vitebsk" for Piano Trio (1929)
Toshio Hosokawa (*1955): Piano Trio (2013 / 2017)
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Piano Trio No.2 in F major, op.80

Oberon Trio:

• Henja Semmler, violin
• Antoaneta Emanuilova, cello
• Jonathan Aner, piano

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Chamber Music III — Zimmermannhaus Brugg

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): String Quartet in C major, op.76/3, "Emperor"
Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967): String Quartet No.2, op.10
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.16 in F major, op.135, "Muss es sein? — Es muss sein!"

Pacific Quartet Vienna:

• Yuta Takase, violin
• Ronny Spiegel (for Eszter Major), violin
• Chin-Ting Huang, viola
• Sarah Weilenmann, cello

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Marimba Recital Concert

Avner Dorman (*1975): Udacrep Akubrad
Alejandro Viñao (*1951): Dance Groove Drifting
Steve Reich (*1936): Piano Phase
Emmanuel Séjourné (*1961): Departures

Fabian Ziegler, marimba
Raphael Christen, marimba

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