Internationale Schostakowitsch Tage

Two quartets by each composer, in each instance their seventh and eighth examples. Both adopting elements of the klezmer tradition, Weinberg’s date from 1957 and 1958 respectively, while the Shostakovich pair were written in 1960 – the highly personal Eighth within a period of three days.

For two frenetic weeks in July, Kuhmo in Eastern Finland is host to a chamber music festival attracting thousands of music lovers. In that fortnight, this town of 8,300 inhabitants echoes to the sound of music against a backcloth of a lake that almost laps the walls of the concert halls in the clear, unbelievable northern light.

“Aux abords de la Loire, entre les châteaux de Talcy et de Blois, le festival franco-russe la Clé des Portes imaginé par Arthur Ancelle et Ludmila Berlinskaïa est d’abord un état d’esprit. Un état d’esprit où règne la fantaisie des artistes invités, qui nous emmènent en voyage. La Clé des Portes est unique en son genre car elle ouvre toutes les places fortes, y compris celles de l’imaginaire.”

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Festival Pablo Casals