Friends of Music is proud to present a
leading string quartet from Austria on March 6. The Auner Quartet comprises Daniel
Auner (1st violin); Barbara Auner (2nd violin); Nikita Gerkusov (viola), and Konstantin
Zelenin (cello).
The Auner Quartet is said to display
‘’stylistic confidence and willingness to impress with emotions”, and that “for
all four of them - chamber music seems to be the essence of music itself".
The Quartet, from Vienna, is rapidly
gaining popularity and recognition in the world of chamber music. It was
founded in the spring of 2013 by the four young artists who come from Austria,
Brazil and Belarus, but share the same educational background.
As passionate chamber musicians,
independent from any contracts with orchestras, the quartet strives not only to
explore the extensive quartet repertoire, but also to present their unique
voice within the music. They bring refinement and prowess to both new and
established repertoire.
Their programme includes Beethoven’s String
Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18; Mozart’s String Quartet in D Major KV 136; Schubert’s
Quartettsatz in C Minor and Johanna Doderer’s String Quartet Nr. 4 “Mattsee”.
The Prelude Performer for the evening will
be Dhenishta Mikaela Chetty (soprano) a 17-year-old matric pupil year at Maris
Stella Girls School. She is a member of her school choir and the KZN Youth
Choir. Her programme will include I Could
Have Danced All Night from My Fair
Lady by Frederick Loewe/ Alan Jay
Lerner and Deh vieni non tardar from Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Her
accompanist is Dana Hadjiev.
Tickets R120 (R100 FOM members and R20
students R20) available at the door. The concert will take place on March 6 at 19h30
at the Durban Jewish Centre, 44 KE Masinga (Old Fort) Road, Durban. There is
safe parking.
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