Concert Pulse
Next month
In Heidelberg
In Heidelberg
Chiaroscuro Quartet Malen, zeichnen, sprechen
String quartets on historical instruments? Few ensembles take this risk, and even fewer are successful with it over time. Founded in London in 2005, the quartet around the renowned violinist Alina Ibragimova, which limits itself to a repertoire up to the early Romantic period, is almost without competition. The eponymous term "Chiaroscuro" - for the dramatic chiaroscuro effects of late Renaissance Italian painting - basically falls short: It is the wealth of graphic details that distinguishes the group's extremely faithful interpretations. Beethoven's kaleidoscope of strongly contrasting short movements is the ideal demonstration object for the finely nuanced sound of this exceptional quartet.