The Graffe Quartet is 20 years old. The non-traditional music cycle VOX IMAGINIS, which combines chamber music, words and art opens with a concert entitled Brno Inspiration. There will be string quartets by Leoš Janáček, the poetry of Oldřich Mikulášek and Jan Skácel and the premiere of the string quartet Blízkost (Closeness) by Jiří Pavlica.
The string quartet Blízkost by Jiří Pavlica was written for the Graffe Quartet to mark the 20th anniversary of their founding. The following evenings of the VOX IMAGINIS cycle, which continues until June 2018, will also feature the Graffe Quartet (Štěpán Graffe and Lukáš Bednařík - violins, Lukáš Cybulski - viola, and Michal Hreňo - cello), which will be offering across the individual concerts a cross-section of their repertoire. Listeners can look forward to programmes with the titles: Humour in Art (with works by J. Haydn, M. Štědroň, L. Boccherini and tales and stories by I. Hurník), The Art of Fugue (W. A. Mozart, H. Krása, G. Klein and V. Novák, and texts by A. de Saint-Exupéry), and Tones from the New World (works by A. Dvořák and excerpts from contemporary memoirs and correspondence).
Actors and actresses such as Marie Durnová, Alfred Strejček, František Derfler, Josef Somr and Vladimír Krátký will be guests on individual programmes. Among the musicians will be Bohuslav Matoušek (viola) and Markéta Kubínová (cello). The last concert of the cycle will be given by the Duo Lyriko (Magdalena and Štěpán Graffe on violins) with piano accompaniment by the Finnish pianist Esa Ylonen.
The ceremonial opening concert will take place 26 September 2017 from 7 p.m. in the Museum of Applied Arts in Brno.
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