The Belcea Quartetmade up of violinists corina belcea (which gives its name to the quartet) and Axel Schächerthe violist Krzysztof Chorzelski and the cellist antoine lederlinwill be in charge of opening the year of the programming of the Alicante Concert Society in 2023 the Tuesday January 17at 20 hoursin it Main Theater of Alicantewith a concert in which they will perform works by Schubert, Debussy and Beethoven.
Founded in the Royal College of Music in London in 1994, Its founding members are the Romanian violinist Corina Belcea and the Polish violist Krzysztof Chorzelski, whose artistic background, very different from the rest of the ensemble, brings a more traditional development received by their mentors from the Alban Berg and Amadeus quartets. This spectrum extends to French musicians Axel Schacher (violin) and Antoine Lederlin (cello).
This diversity is reflected in the repertoire of the Belcea Quartet with world premieres, including the string quartet of Mark-Anthony Turnage Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad in 2010, which go hand in hand with his deep connection to the great works of the Classical and Romantic periods. With an open approach, the quartet always finds its own unique, elegant and refined interpretations of the string repertoire.
The quartet plays regularly in venues around the world, and in Edinburgh festivals and at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg.
collaborations
Among the artists with whom they collaborate are Piotr Anderszewski, Martin Frost, Valentin Erben, Ian Bostridge and Matthias Goerne. It is Quartet in Residence at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, and since 2010 shares it with the Artemis Quartet on the Vienna Konzerthaus.
The four musicians recently created the Belcea Quartet Trust, whose main objectives are to support and inspire young string quartets.
The Belcea Quartet.marco borggreve
During his collaboration with EMI Classics, they recorded the Britten and Bartók quartets, as well as works by Schubert, Brahms, Mozart, Debussy, Ravel and Dutilleux, among others; in 2012 and 2013, Beethoven’s quartets live at the Benjamin Britten Studio in Snape, England, published by ZigZag Territoires, the quartet’s new label.
As with the previous ones, this CD has received critical acclaim, with awards such as the ECHO Klassik. The concerts of him performing Beethoven’s string quartets at the Konzerthaus in Vienna were recorded in May 2012 and broadcast on the Mezzo television channel and will soon be released on DVD and Blu-Ray, along with the documentary Looking for Beethoven by director Jean-Claude Môcik.
In the 2013/2014 season, the Belcea Quartet plays at the wigmore hall london Konzerthaus in Vienna and in The Phoenix of Venice. In November 2013, she celebrated the centenary of Benjamin Britten, giving her own concert series at Snape Maltings Hall, Britten’s spiritual home, playing all of Britten’s quartets and music by Shostakovich. In 2014 they premiered a new work of Mark Anthony Turnage.
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