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Award-Winning Danish String Quartet Embarks on Five-City U.S. Tour, January 31- February 6
Santa Barbara, Irvine, Berkley, Portland, Denver
One of the Best Classical Performances of 2024
Adès’s new work "could not have been performed with more profound beauty and intelligence."
-New York Times
One of the Best Classical Albums of the 2024 (Keel Road)
-New York Times
One of the Best Songs of the Year (Once A Shoemaker)
-NPR
Nominated for 2025 BBC Music Magazine Award (Keel Road)
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New York, NY: January 23, 2024 -- The GRAMMY®-nominated Danish String Quartet, known as one of the world’s most innovative and versatile string quartets, returns to the U.S. for a five-city tour this winter, following the release of their critically acclaimed new album Keel Road (ECM, August 2024) -- called “a multifaceted diamond” by BBC Music Magazine -- and winning two major international music awards: the prestigious Léonie Sonning Music Prize, which includes a $150,000 award and a series of concerts in Denmark in May 2025; and an Edison Klassik award for their PRISM V recording (ECM, 2023). The album has also been nominated for a 2025 BBC Music Magazine Award; winners to be announced on February 28.
On the U.S. tour, the Quartet will perform varied repertoire by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Caroline Shaw, as well as material from the new album, a collection of arrangements of traditional folk tunes and original compositions that retraces musical pathways across the North Sea, from Denmark and Norway to the Faroe Islands, England, and Ireland. The quartet returns to the U.S. again in April 2025.
Acclaim for "Keel Road"
"I remain at a loss to explain how these four musicians create such pathos from a simple old folk tune. Their arrangement gives it an almost Beethovenian depth of feeling — sadness and joy turning inescapably into each another. "
—David Weininger in The New York Times
"...an ensemble whose affinity for all the corners of the standard canon is only matched by their enthusiasm for Nordic folk music...their feel for its style, total grasp of all of the musical elements, exuberant virtuosity, and sheer vigor – rewards repeated listening."
--Jonathan Blumhofer in The ArtsFuse
“The Danish are remarkable, as ever – capable of intense blend, extreme dynamic variation (in which they seem glued together), perfect intonation even on harmonics, and constant vitality and flow.”
— Andrew Mellor in Gramophone
Danish String Quartet - Winter U.S. Tour
January 31 – February 6, 2025
January 31, 2025 Santa Barbara, CA
UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures Series
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
MOZART: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for String Quartet
TURLOUGH O’CAROLAN: Three melodies
DANISH STRING QUARTET (ARR): Original Compositions and Traditional Tunes
February 1, 2025 Irvine, CA
Philharmonic Society of Orange County
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
MOZART: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for String Quartet
TURLOUGH O’CAROLAN: Three melodies
DANISH STRING QUARTET (ARR): Original Compositions and Traditional Tunes
February 2, 2025 Berkeley, CA -- SOLD OUT
Cal Performances
CAROLINE SHAW: Entr'acte
HAYDN: Quartet Op. 77/2: III, Andante
STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for String Quartet
TURLOUGH O’CAROLAN: Three melodies
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 15 in E minor, Op. 144
February 3 & 4, 2025 Portland, OR
Portland Friends of Chamber Music
February 3
CAROLINE SHAW: Entr’acte
HAYDN: Quartet No. 67 in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2 - Andante
DANISH STRING QUARTET (ARR): Original Compositions and Traditional Tunes
SCHUBERT: Quartet in A minor, Op. 29, D. 804, Rosamunde
February 4
SCHUBERT: Quartet No. 15 in G major, Op. 161, D. 887
DANISH STRING QUARTET (ARR): Original Compositions and Traditional Tunes
February 5, 2025 Denver, CO - SOLD OUT
Friends of Chamber Music Denver
DANISH STRING QUARTET (ARR): Original Compositions and Traditional Tunes
6PM Dinner and a Show
8:15PM Dessert and Drinks
February 6, 2025 Denver, CO
Friends of Chamber Music Denver
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
MOZART: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for String Quartet
TURLOUGH O’CAROLAN: Three melodies
Additional Repertoire TBA
Programs subject to change