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A confident portrait of an Australian composer across three decades.
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Polish Romantics get out and about at last.
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Daredevil Dvořák from a 20-year-old wunderkind and more subdued strings.
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Time stands still during Schubert's sublime String Quintet.
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British actress Pauline Collins pays lip service to Verdi in Dustin Hoffman's new film Quartet.
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The pioneering jazz pianist, famous for Take Five, made classical music swing.
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Roger Tapping replaces current Juilliard viola player Samuel Rhodes in September 2013.
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Violist Naoko Shimizu joins forces with the Kuss Quartet, formed when they were in their teens.
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Violinist Tor Frømyhr was allowed to take his violin on board the Frankfurt-Abu Dhabi flight only after four young musicians intervened
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Two intimate chamber works make a seriously big impact.
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German label breathes new life into old-fashioned quartets.
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Formed in 1975, the ensemble presents music that is "dark and depressing, glorious and wonderful".
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The world's only set of matching Guadagninis, worth millions, is on permanent loan to the ASQ.
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The ensemble prepares to take their final bow after more than 40 years together.
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The Stanford-based ensemble tours Australia with oboist Diana Doherty.
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Ensemble Liaison master Messiaen's extreme virtuosity with flying colours.
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More Brahms with your Webern, sir?
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Melissa Lesnie -
Jan 11, 2012
Sigur Rós's former string section has come into its own, bringing bucketloads of instruments, quirky tunes and charm to the Sydney Festival.
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Schaupp and the Flinders Quartet combine fiery eloquence with sparkling wit and reflective calm.
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Australians the Goldner String Quartet and pianist Piers Lane explore Elgar's exquisite, unfairly neglected chamber music.
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Messiaen magic meets an ode to misery at Townsville's annual classical extravaganza.
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The Jerusalem Quartet captures Mozart's youthful zest and deep reflection.
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Sony Classical lures major artists away from EMI Classics and Deutsche Grammophon in two surprise signings.
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Sydneysiders just keep coming back to Townsville for their chamber music fix, says the festival director.
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First violin and violist will part ways with the all-female group at the end of the 2011 season.
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The cellist Eckart Runge once commented that his Artemis Quartet strives to bring music to life as if it had been written today.
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György Ligeti (1923-2006) was undoubtedly a major figure in 20th century music, a composer whose style one commentator described as part of the century’s “vocabulary”.
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Cuarteto Casuals play three smart quartets.
