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A mind-opening evening with the Borodin Quartet in Stockholm

By Marco Rep, 30 October 2017
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Reviewed at Konserthuset Stockholm: Grünewaldsalen, Stockholm on 28 October 2017
Programme
Schubert, String Quartet in C minor "Quartettsatz" D.703
Tchaikovsky, Album pour Enfants for piano, Op.39
Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op.101
Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op.138
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Borodin Quartet
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Marco Rep
Marco Rep
Marco studies musicology at Uppsala University in Sweden and has a passion for the symphonic repertoire, lieder and opera. Besides music, he is highly interested in languages and philosophy and swims quite a lot. Possible PhD topic? Mahler, Sibelius and Shostakovich rank highest on the list.