Back by popular demand for their third appearance on our series, the Belcea Quartet returns with the kind of electrifying intensity that makes time stand still. “Still playing like a young quartet, ...

The repertoire for string quartet was rich before Bela Bartok took up the genre in the first decade of the 20th century. But the Hungarian composer stretched tradition in every direction, creating six ...

With this line-up the quartet has developed a style of quartet playing which favours bravura and extroversion. Their big gestures are very much at home in larger concert halls, and stem from what ...

The Belcea Quartet, one of Europe’s finest string quartets, will make its third trip to Buffalo in five concert seasons for an appearance at UB on Oct. 18. The quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. in ...

A listener can only marvel when musicians approach the impossible goal of perfection, whatever that means. Does it suggest that the notes are in the right place at the exact pitch and volume? Or is ...

MIDDLEBURY Britain s Belcea Quartet does something quite unusual for a young ensemble in this day of sound-alike string quartets. It has a unique sound and approach and, at Thursday s performance at ...

Completing their national tour for Musica Viva, the London-based Belcea Quartet performed in the City Recital Hall in a program that was as stimulating as it was rewarding. This young quartet, named ...

In this concert at Carnegie's Zankel Hall, the group presents a pair of Beethoven's grand and enigmatic final quartets — works from the summit... Belcea Quartet Plays Beethoven At Carnegie Hall There ...

Probably the most widely programmed French composer of his generation across mainland Europe and the USA, he continues to be almost completely ignored in the UK. And this is where the surprise comes ...

Mark-Anthony Turnage's music has a reedy, brassy edge, with string instruments supporting rather than featuring prominently, so it's no surprise that he has composed little music for strings alone. A ...

2 of 6 — The Belcea Quartet's violinists Corina Belcea and Axel Schacher, walk onstage just before playing Beethoven's String Quartet in E flat, Op. 127. 3 of 6 — Beethoven had left the string quartet ...

For many, the most rewarding aspect of chamber music recitals is the intimate knowledge gained of performers as much as with the music. For many, the most rewarding aspect of chamber music recitals is ...