Ensemble Raro: Diana Ketler (piano), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Razvan Popovici (viola), Adrian Brendel (violoncello, guest) & Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-sopprano).
The ensemble was formed in 2004 by four outstanding young musicians, quickly establishing their place internationally with creative programming, combining contemporary and classical repertoire to critical acclaim. For the past four years, they have been the ensemble-in-residence at the SoNoRo Festival in Bucharest, one of Eastern Europe's most successful and innovative music festivals, performing with musicians including Konstantin Lifschitz, Daishin Kashimoto, Mark Padmore, Alexander Chaushian, David Cohen and Adrian Brendel. Ensemble Raro gave the British and German premières of Peteris Vasks's Piano Quartet.
Ensemble Raro bring a feisty application, impeccable polish and lively imagination to Brahms's stormy C minor Piano Quartet... Gramophone
Award-winning mezzo-soprano Roxana Constantinescu is currently part of Vienna Staatsoper's ensemble, and appears regularly as a guest artist in concerts and operas around the world. She recently made her debut at Carnegie Hall with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Boulez.
PROGRAMME Richard Strauss: 5 Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 47 George Enescu: 7 Songs after Poems by Clèment Marot, Op.15 Peteris Vasks: Quartet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Piano
The concert is part of the 2009/2010 tour of SoNoRo Festival to Tokyo, Vienna, Bucharest, New York and London, organised in partnership with the Romanian Cultural Institute.
There will also be a photography exhibition in the Bechstein Room from 6pm: Imagining Music by Serban Mestecaneanu.
When: 26 March, 7.30pm; Where: Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Tickets: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk | 020 7935 2141