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El gusto por lo antiguo: el Cuarteto Belcea y Yulianna Avdeeva decantan a Mendelssohn, Britten y Weinberg

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 24 February 2026
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“equilibrio formal pero al mismo tiempo con la debida contundencia y disruptividad tímbrica”
Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 24 February 2026
Programme
Mendelssohn, Capriccio in E minor for string quartet, Op.81 no.3
Mendelssohn, Fugue in E flat major, Op.81 no.4
Britten, String Quartet no. 2 in C major, Op.36
Weinberg, Piano Quintet, Op.18
Performers
Belcea Quartet
Yulianna Avdeeva, Piano
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Leonardo Mattana Ereño
Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.