Arditti Quartet in Concert

The Malta Arts Festival is proud to welcome on its concert platform The Arditti Quartet, undoubtedly one of the most important chamber ensembles of all times. The Arditti Quartet enjoys a worldwide reputation for their spirited and technically refined interpretations of contemporary and earlier 20th century music. Several hundred string quartets and other chamber works have been written for the ensemble since its foundation by first violinist Irvine Arditti in 1974. These works have left a permanent mark on 20th century repertoire and have given the Arditti Quartet a firm place in music history. World premieres of quartets by composers such as Birtwistle, Cage, Carter, Dillon, Ferneyhough, Gubaidulina, Harvey, Hosokawa, Kagel, Kurtag, Lachenmann, Ligeti, Nancarrow, Reynolds, Rihm, Scelsi, Stockhausen and Xenakis show the wide range of music in the Arditti Quartet repertoire.

During the Malta Arts Festival The Arditti Quartet will be performing Beethoven’s notoriously difficult Große Fugue and Bartok’s 4th String Quartet. The programme also includes works by Mediterranean contemporary composers Luis de Pablo, Pascal Dusapin and Iannis Xenakis

The Arditti Quartet:
Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan - Violins, Ralf Ehlers - Viola , Lucas Fels - Cello
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Arditti Quartet in Concert

Saturday 11th July
President’s Palace Courtyard, Valletta
Time: 21:30
Admission: €15

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Photo: Philippe Gontier