92NY: Leonkoro Quartet
$48-$63 (discounts available for Friends of 92Y, Himan Brown Program) |
Stream: $25
- Jonathan Schwarz, violin
- Amelie Wallner, violin
- Mayu Konoe, viola
- Lukas Schwarz, cello
Paul Hindemith — String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 "Heiliger Dankgesang"
The dynamic young Leonkoro Quartet has skyrocketed to prominence following multiple international competition wins to become one of the chamber music world's most exciting new ensembles, with admirers include the great Alfred Brendel—a frequent collaborator.
Hear them in their NYC debut and a program showcasing the freshness, daring, and vitality they bring to music from Beethoven to Caroline Shaw.
Online streaming also available for 72 hours following the performance.
About Leonkoro Quartet
The Leonkoro String Quartet, founded in Berlin in 2019, can hardly be described more aptly than in the review published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in January 2022:
"The Leonkoro Quartet [...] possesses an extraordinary stage presence, glows for the music, embraces full artistic risk, and astounds through their profound sensitivty towards the unique sonority of each piece [...]"
The ensemble is framed by brothers Jonathan and Lukas Schwarz on first violin and cello, while the middle voices are formed by Amelie Wallner on second violin and Mayu Konoe on viola. Leonkoro, in Esperanto: Lionheart, alludes not coincidentally to Astrid Lindgren's children's book about two brothers, a book that juxtaposes the grave reality of death with a large and heartfelt yearning for comfort and solace—a sentiment that string quartet repertoire addresses in several instances.
https://leonkoroquartet.com/en/About 92NY
About Mayu Konoe, viola
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