David Oistrahhi Festival, 12. – 25. juuli, 2009, Pärnu David Oistrakh ...

Čiurlionise kvartett on välja toonud hulganisti iseseisvaid
kontserdiprogramme ja andnud üle 3500 kontserdi, osalenud
pea kõigil Leedu festivalidel ja esinenud sageli välismaal.
Kvartett on osa võtnud väga paljudest festivalidest ja
esinenud Euroopa tähtsaimates saalides, nagu Gewandhaus,
Concertgebouw, Beethovenhaus, Schauspielhaus, Musée d’Orsay,
London Royal Festival Hall jpt. Nüüd esinetakse valdavalt
välismaal ja harva Leedus, ent kodumaal kuuldakse sageli
ansambli edukatest kontserditurneedest välisriikides.
Stiililiselt on kvarteti repertuaar väga mitmekülgne, hõlmates
enam kui 300 suuremahulist teost. Hiljuti alustati ettevalmistusi
laiahaardeliste monograafiliste tsüklite ettekandmiseks,
pühendatud suurtele heliloojatele Mozartile, Bartókile,
Schumannile, Šostakovitšile, Franckile ja Schubertile. 1990
omistati Čiurlionise kvartetile kõrgeim riiklik autasu – Leedu
Riiklik Preemia.
Kvarteti liikmed on Jonas Tankevičius (I viiul), Darius Dikšaitis
(II viiul), Gediminas Dačinskas (vioola) ja Saulius Lipčius
(tšello).
Čiurlionis String Quartet, one of the most dynamic Lithuanian
chamber music ensembles, has been active for 37 years. It
was formed in 1968 when his members still studied in the
Lithuanian Music Academy. Later, the ensemble improved its
skills and artistic technique under professors Dmitri Shebalin,
Vladimir Ovcharek and Vilmos Tatrai – the Borodin, Taneyev
and Tatrai quartet members.
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Čiurlionis Quartet has prepared many individual concert
programmes and has given over 3,500 concerts, taken part in
nearly all festivals in Lithuania and often played abroad. The
quartet has participated in many festivals as well as performed
in the most famous halls in Europe, such as Gewandhaus,
Concertgebouw, Beethovenhaus, Schauspielhaus, Musée d’Orsay,
London Royal Festival Hall etc. The quartet performs now
mostly abroad and rarely plays in Lithuania, but Lithuanians
often hear about its successful tours in foreign countries.
The quartet’s repertoire amounts to over 300 large scale works.
Stylistically, the repertoire of the quartet is very diverse, but
the ensemble recently started preparing a cycle of monumental
monographic programmes, dedicated to Mozart, Bartók,
Schumann, Shostakovich, Franck and Schubert. In 1990
Čiurlionis Quartet was granted the highest award of the state
– the Lithuanian National Prize.
The members of the quartet are Jonas Tankevičius (1 st violin),
Darius Dikšaitis (2 nd violin), Gediminas Dačinskas (viola) and
Saulius Lipčius (cello).
Bariton Balcarras Crafoord on pärit Stockholmi kunstnike
perest, tema isa on professionaalne viiuldaja ja ema näitleja. 10aastaselt
astus ta muusikaliselt andekate laste kooli, kus õppis
viiulit ja laulmist. Peagi jäi hääl tema peamiseks instrumendiks,
algul koorilauljana, hiljem peamiselt lied’i-laulja ja oratooriumi
sooloesinejana Rootsis ja mitmetes teistes Euroopa riikides.