Dmitri Shostakovich in 1972(Erich Auerbach/Hulton Archive) Dmitri Shostakovich's career was plagued by censorship and heartbreak. His string quartets are perhaps his most intimate, interior ...

The Carduccis maintained astonishing intensity throughout the complete cycle of Shostakovich’s 15 string quartets – performed in a single day Most ensembles gung-ho enough to attempt a complete cycle ...

Where: Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, University of Victoria When: Feb. 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9. All concerts at 8 p.m. Pre-concert talks at 7 p.m. Tickets: $25 single ticket or $100 for ...

Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 string quartets trace a creative path from youthful vigor to dread of death, tensely combining along the way pathos with caustic comedy, folk melodies with modern angularities ...

Ravinia had its “Million-Dollar Trio” in 1950 when Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and Artur Rubinstein joined forces to play chamber music there. By the same token, Symphony Center on Saturday ...

Dmitri Shostakovich once told a friend that he planned to compose 24 string quartets, one in each of the major and minor keys. He completed only 15, but they span his entire mature period as a ...

Shostakovich’s fifth string quartet is performed less frequently than any other of his string quartets but that difficultly was not evident in the Emerson Quartet’s polished performance. In 1948, the ...

UB music fans will have the opportunity to hear all 15 Shostakovich String Quartets performed in five concerts taking place April 12-23 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus The ...

Given their importance in the quartet literature of the 20th century, there are surprisingly few complete recordings of Shostakovich's 15 string quartets. Even so, this set joins some pretty select ...

Has the Borodin Quartet inherited a musical style through its DNA? There have been many changes to the membership of the Quartet since it was founded 70 years ago, but its close association with ...