Opening concert String Quartet Biennale 2026 Belcea Quartet + Tabea Zimmermann

The festive fifth edition of the String Quartet Biennale kicks off with magnificent musicians and a dazzling repertoire at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. This includes the "Fourth String Quintet," in the serious key of G minor, a highlight of Mozart's oeuvre. None other than Tabea Zimmermann, with her glowing viola voice, joins the Belcea Quartet for a performance of this deeply emotional work.

Opening concert String Quartet Biennale 2026 Belcea Quartet + Tabea Zimmermann

Dates

Sat 24 Jan20:15 - 22:10

Location

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Piet Heinkade 1, 1019 BR Amsterdam

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Opening concert

When Haydn heard Mozart's Nineteenth String Quartet , he judged his colleague "honestly the greatest composer of them all," and the slightly abrasive opening bars didn't change that. Whether Brett Dean uses more dissonance than Mozart, we don't yet know. It's certain that the Belcea Quartet is equally at home in the Viennese Classics and in new works. In his moving Fourth String Quintet, Mozart explores regions he had never previously explored. The quintet, in the serious key of G minor, is a high point in Mozart's oeuvre.