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A chamber music competition may not be the most glamorous of music competitions, but the Osaka event has the reputation of picking the talents of the future.

Intriguing and theatrical Kagel, followed by rich Beethoven from the Quatuor Renaud Capuçon in the opulent Opéra de Monte-Carlo.

A Finale of scorching changeability and complexity, with a coda whose ferocity drew gasps.

The last of the renowned ‘Soviet school’ returns to Sydney to play Mozart, where "every note had its own significance and direction".

The eminent Borodin Quartet brought a programme of Shostakovich and Beethoven with them to the Wigmore Hall – two composers they are very closely associated with. 

Richard Strauss' music has earworm qualities – this applies to his chamber music as much as his operas, as this evening with the Allegri Quartet proved.

Few modern string quartets can boast a line-up that has been as stable as that of the Endellion’s. In a remarkable 27 years of playing together its four members have explored and recorded a sizeable proportion of the quartet repertoire, as well as exploring new territory in works such as Thomas Adès’ dazzling Arcadiana.

The epic Birmingham Beethoven Cycle is a remarkable collaboration, in the 2012/13 season, between the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (who are performing all the symphonies), Town Hall Symphony Hall and a variety of outstanding artists including Leif Ove Andsnes, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Steven Osborne.

This festival's final morning recital boasted very minimal staging: one chair and four music stands. Sitting, for the last time in Edinburgh as a member of the Emerson Quartet, would be cellist David Finckel.

The Emerson String Quartet played a spectacular concert to a sold-out house for the Princeton University Concerts series 117th season on Thursday, October 6, 2011, providing a promising beginning to an exciting line-up of star-studded concerts.

Wie lebendig Streichquartette klingen können, belegte einmal mehr das Belcea Quartet bei seinem jüngsten Gastspiel im Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.

Auch am dritten Abend glänzt das Belcea Quartet mit einem frühen, mittleren und späten Beethoven-Quartett.

Une performance transfigurée par une approche chambriste des plus saines, habitant les confins de l’expression, sans chercher à la mitiger. C’est dire notre plaisir d’auditeur !