Since 2005, the Quatuor Danel is quartet in residence at the University of Manchester, where they uphold a tradition of coaching and collaborations with world-renowned musicologists.

In this latest instalment of the ensemble’s exploration of chamber works by Shostakovich and Weinberg, we hear the Tenth Quartet (1964) of the former and the Eleventh (1965-6) of the latter, alongside his early (1944) Piano Quintet.

Since 2005, the Quatuor Danel is quartet in residence at the University of Manchester, where they uphold a tradition of coaching and collaborations with world-renowned musicologists.

‘I count myself as his pupil, his flesh and blood,’ noted Mieczysław Weinberg about his friend Dmitry Shostakovich. Quatuor Danel continues its exploration with three extraordinary works, including Shostakovich’s edgy F minor Quartet and the troubled psyche of Weinberg’s Twelfth Quartet of 1969-70.

Shostakovich Cycle

Since 2005, the Quatuor Danel is quartet in residence at the University of Manchester, where they uphold a tradition of coaching and collaborations with world-renowned musicologists.

With Marianna Shirinyan, Piano

In the heart of Rotterdam, just a stone’s throw from Rotterdam Central Station, the Oude Westen, and the Lijnbaan, stands de Doelen—one of the city’s most iconic buildings. For over half a century, de Doelen has been a renowned concert hall, pop venue, festival hub, conference center, and event location, welcoming people from Rotterdam and beyond.

Quatuor Danel continues its Weinberg and Shostakovich series at Wigmore Hall. This programme couples the single movement of Weinberg’s Op. 118 and Shostakovich’s dark Op. 138, before turning to the searing G minor Piano Quintet.