Balourdet Quartet

Sunday, January 26, 2025 • 2 PM

Discover the Balourdet Quartet, currently serving as the graduate quartet-in-residence at the esteemed Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. This quartet achieved the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, along with accolades from international competitions such as Banff, Borciani, and Carl Nielsen. The quartet’s unique closeness and willingness to take creative risks earned it the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, as well as Chamber Music America’s 2024 Cleveland Quartet Award.

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Photo Credit: Stephen Barton 

REPERTOIRE

MOZART String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K.590
   Allegro moderato
   Allegretto
   Menuetto: Allegretto
   Allegro

LIGETI String Quartet No. 2
   Allegro nervosa
  Sostenuto, molto calmo
  Come un meccanismo di precisione
  Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
  Allegro con delicatezza

SOHN Galaxy Back to You
   I. Active Nucleus
  II. Celestial Motion
  III. Cosmic Dance
  IV. Mystical Depths
  V. Water Masers
  VI. Supermassive Black Hole
  VII. Gravitational Waves

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Opus 135 
  Allegretto
  Vivace
  Assai lento, cantante e tranquillo
  Grave, ma non toppo tratto; Allegro