Performer: Elias String Quartet

Sixteen of the finest string players around join forces on one stage to end the East Neuk Festival in a grand finale. 

Making their long-awaited debut in Japan, the Elias String Quartet embarks on the complete Beethoven cycle with a contrasting programme of early and late quartets.

The celebrated Elias String Quartet’s violinist Donald Grant and new violist Simone van der Giessen talk about performing Beethoven’s string quartet cycle in Japan for the first time.