World-class music making: the Belcea Quartet in Hamburg

By Zoltán Szabó, 27 May 2021

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“the guest artists blended completely into the musical texture”

Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Recital Hall, Hamburg on 24 May 2021

Brahms, String Sextet no. 1 in B flat major, Op.18

Brahms, String Sextet no. 2 in G major, Op.36

Tabea Zimmermann, Viola

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Cello

Belcea Quartet

A constellation of quartets end the East Neuk Festival

Simon Thompson, 29th June

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

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Echoes of Youth: the Belcea and Ébène Quartets at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 14th November

A concert of Mendelssohn and Enescu octets which proves that eight can be more than four plus four.

****1

A game of numbers: Belcea Quartet and Quatuor Ébène play octets

Alexander Hall, 28th May

Sometimes you just marvel at the level of musical inspiration and the virtuosic quality of the playing. The two octets by Mendelssohn and Enescu make a very satisfying pairing.

****1

A Basque banquet at the Festival Ravel

Mark Valencia, 30th August

Vilde Frang and Bertrand Chamayou join the Belcea Quartet for a musical feast including Chausson's sumptuous Concert.

*****

Beautiful Brahms from the Belcea Quartet at East Neuk

Simon Thompson, 29th June

Heavenly strings and Hellish piano from the Belcea Quartet and their celebrity guests in Crail as the 2023 East Neuk Festival begins.

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All passions spent: Chamayou and the Belcea Quartet

Chris Garlick, 13th April

Two larger than life piano quintets share star billing on an intense Wigmore Hall programme.

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

World-class music making: Zimmerman, Queyras and the Belcea Quartet in Hamburg