String Quartet M4GNET · Golden Classics · Tartu

Sunday 15. March at 17:00 - 18:15

Tartu German Cultural Institute NGO

The string quartet M4GNET, composed of highly regarded musicians, will give a concert in Tartu in the beautiful Art Nouveau hall of the German Cultural Institute. The program features the splendid music of Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s String Quartet No. 16—part of the golden repertoire of quartet classics—and Bedřich Smetana’s romantically rich quartet “From My Life.”

PROGRAM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat major, K. 428 (1783)
Tõnu Kõrvits“Thule Patterns” (2007)
Bedřich Smetana – String Quartet No. 1 in E minor “From My Life” (1876)

Thanks to: Estonian Musical Instrument Fund, Estonian Music Information Centre, German Cultural Institute, Ministry of Culture.

ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE

The M4GNET String Quartet is a respected and active chamber ensemble consisting of four top-level string players: Robert Traksmann (violin), Katariina Maria Kits-Reimal (violin), Mart Kuusma (viola), and Siluan Hirvoja (cello). The four acclaimed performers formed the quartet at the beginning of 2021 with the aim of offering vivid and meaningful interpretations of classical chamber music while also introducing audiences to lesser-known works and the newest compositions by Estonian composers.

The members of the quartet have performed together in various ensembles for more than ten years, but the decisive impulse for creating a permanently active quartet came from the Estonian Cultural Endowment’s chamber ensemble residency program. Through this residency, the Cultural Endowment supports the creation of new chamber ensembles, offers opportunities to collaborate with a manager, and helps expand repertoire by commissioning new works.

The M4GNET String Quartet has appeared at numerous festivals, including the Pärnu Music Festival, Tallinn Chamber Music Festival, the annual TubIN Festival in Tartu, the Haapsalu Early Music Festival, and the respected contemporary music festival Estonian Music Days. Last November, the ensemble performed in the legendary university city of Oxford at a festival dedicated to Arvo Pärt. This spring they will present new Estonian compositions at the Estonian Music Days festival in both Tallinn and Tartu.

The ensemble has been selected to participate in the prestigious international program Le Dimore del Quartetto, through which M4GNET gives concerts outside Estonia each year. The quartet has also taken part in masterclasses with prominent figures of quartet performance, including Simone Gramaglia (Quartetto di Cremona), Marc Danel (Quatuor Danel), and Peter Jarůšek (Pavel Haas Quartet).

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