{"id":2658,"date":"2023-04-25T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?p=2658"},"modified":"2023-04-25T16:54:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:54:54","slug":"50-newly-composed-string-quartets-in-one-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/50-newly-composed-string-quartets-in-one-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"50 newly composed string quartets in one weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten years ago, the well-known <strong>Kronos Quartet <\/strong>in San Francisco started a project as original as it was ambitious: to have 50 composers worldwide write new music for the string quartet. <em>50 for the Future<\/em> became the name of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the <strong>String Quartet Biennale<\/strong> in Amsterdam (Strijkkwartet Bi\u00ebnnale) on 6\u20137 May 2023, all newly written string quartets will be performed by ten different quartet ensembles, including Kronos. In total, it is about eight hours of music\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">About Drifted<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/50-newly-composed-string-quartets-in-one-weekend\/#The_Riddle_by_Rehnqvist\" >The Riddle by Rehnqvist<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/50-newly-composed-string-quartets-in-one-weekend\/#50_composers\" >50 composers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/50-newly-composed-string-quartets-in-one-weekend\/#Line-up\" >Line-up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Riddle_by_Rehnqvist\"><\/span>The Riddle by Rehnqvist<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the fifty works is <strong>Karin Rehnqvist<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>The Riddle<\/em>, which was commissioned by the Kronos Quartet and premiered by them in Uppsala in the spring of 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karin will participate during the strings biennale in Amsterdam and, among other things, lead a master class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"50_composers\"><\/span>50 composers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 50 composers, including Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Laurie Anderson, Rhiannon Giddens, Garth Knox, Nicole Liz\u00e9e, Jlin Patton, Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo, Aftab Darvishi, Merlijn Twaalfhoven, Missy Mazzoli and Fod\u00e9 Lassana Diabat\u00e9, <em>50 for the Future<\/em> is a revolutionary project. The fifty works have expanded the repertoire of many performing string ensembles in an exciting way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the string quartet biennale, Karin Rehnqvist, <strong>Fod\u00e9 Lassana Diabat\u00e9<\/strong> (Mali), <strong>Yu Yun<\/strong> (Taiwan), <strong>Aleksandra Vrebalov<\/strong> (Serbia (USA) and <strong>Charlton Singleton<\/strong> (USA), among others, will present their work and participate in talks and panel discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each piece is a real piece, a real investment in making a future in music possible, notes violinist <strong>David Harrington<\/strong>, Kronos Quartet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"281\" data-attachment-id=\"2662\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/50-newly-composed-string-quartets-in-one-weekend\/kronos-quartet_2023_2\/\" 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