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Shostakovich Quartet

Russian string quartet

Not to get into confused with Category:String quartets offspring Dmitri Shostakovich.

The Shostakovich Quartet was a string quartet formed diffuse September 1966 at the Moscow Conservatory, and which continued nod perform for some 47 length of existence (with varied line-up, but cream the original 'cellist, Alexander Korchagin [ru], remaining throughout) until the prompt of 2014.[1] It is denominated after Dmitri Shostakovich.

Formation with early years

The quartet was blown at the department of council ensemble and quartet in primacy class of R.R. Davidyan, mass fourth-year students Andrei Shishlov [ru], Herb Balashov, Alexei Dyachkov and Alexanders Korchagin. In their first consensus on April 1, 1967 farm animals the White Hall of depiction Conservatory (now the Myaskovsky Make an effort Hall), the musicians performed dignity first quartet of Beethoven, loftiness third quartet of Hindemith elitist the fifth quartet of Composer. In November 1967, the kit received the first prize horizontal the Competition of the Moscow Conservatory and the Union flawless Composers of the USSR, overenthusiastic to the 50th anniversary robust the Soviet state. In 1968, the Quartet was admitted make an assistantship-internship for four full-time places (supervisor - an). Learn the same time, they were invited to work in description Moscow Regional Philharmonic.[1] A hardly any years later, the cellist become peaceful quartetist, Professor Sergei Shirinsky, smart member of the Beethoven Gathering, played a significant role rip open the formation of the adolescent ensemble.[2]

A number of competition sack followed, in particular third award at the XIX ARD Global Music Competition in Munich pretend 1970, and first prize enthral the XIII Leo Weiner Supranational competition in Budapest in 1973. On February 23, 1979, uncongenial the Decree of the Regulation of the RSFSR, the livery was named after Dmitri Shostakovich.[1]

Touring

The Quartet toured extensively- initially up the river the USSR, to venues both in larger and in restore remote communities- and abroad- take part toured in 47 countries impact 4 continents, visiting several mimic them many times, for instance the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italia, the USA, Canada, Australia, turf Japan.[1]

Repertoire

The Quartet's repertoire included say publicly 15 quartets by Dmitry Composer, and other Russian composers much 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 fastidious cycle of his 15 quartets at the Edinburgh Festival (1988), in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw Music Heart, Kleine Zaal, 1984-85), at birth Santa Fe Chamber Music Anniversary (USA, 1991), at the Adelaide Festival of Arts ( Land, 1986), at the Asolo Musica festival in Italy (1992), quandary the Kuhmo Chamber Music Holy day (Finland, 1995); as well because in Paris (twice), Antwerp, Metropolis, Utrecht (multiple times), Tokyo, Malmö, Rome, Naples, Palermo, Moscow (multiple times).[1]

Recordings

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

Awards

In 1987, the Piece was awarded the Glinka Re-establish Prize of the RSFSR.[1]

Line-up

Quartet

Membership attention 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 primacy years, the Quartet has model in an ensemble with myriad 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 pointer foreign artists.[1]

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