Shostakovich and his World
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
1pm concerts free
All other events £8 (£6)
Booking required for all events
Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary priced tickets with a complimentary companion seat.
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Shostakovich and His World
50 years after his death, join us for a week-long exploration of the chamber music of Dmitri Shostakovich as well as composers who were influenced by his music.
Through daily lunchtime and rush hour concerts, RBC students and staff will perform music by Shostakovich as well as Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Mieczysław Weinberg, Galina Ustvolskaya, Boris Tishchenko, and Benjamin Britten.
Mon 10 Nov
1.05pm - free - Book now
Shostakovich Piano Trio No.1
Keelan Carew piano
Tiago Soares Silva violin
Honge Zhao cello
Shostakovich String Quartet No.2, 1st mvt
Nathaniel Vallois violin
Kalu Ramirez violin
Keith Bray viola
Aidan Hopkins cello
Shostakovich Piano Suite
Shostakovich Octets - Prelude
Tiago Silva, Tehya Dawson, Weiyi Ren, Zihao Liang violins
Rose Redgrave, Peiyu Li violas
Nick Stringfellow, Matthew le Maistre cellos
Wed 12 Nov
1.05pm - Free - Book now
Britten Simple Symphony
Fibonacci Quartet + RBC Students
Shostakovich Quartet No.1
Kyra Humphreys violin
Wanmeng Xu violin
Carmen Flores viola
Liling Wang cello
Tischenko Quartet No.2 - 1st mvt
Kai Zhang violin
Kalu Ramirez violin
Carmen Flores viola
Nick Stringfellow cello
5pm - £8 (£6 - under 16, over 60) - Book now
Schnittke Canon in Memoriam of Stravinsky
Kyra Humphreys violin
Milan Jacobs violin
Carmen Flores viola
Tyler Wood cello
Britten Fantasy Quartet
Luke Cutler oboe
Kyra Humphreys violin
Carmen Flores viola
Yujie Liang cello
Shostakovich Concertino
Shostakovich Fantastic Dances
Schnittke 5 Aphorisms
Thu 13 Nov
1.05pm - Free - Book now
Shostakovich Quartet No.4
RBC Students with Kyra Humphreys & Alan George
Galina Ustvolskaya Composition No.1 ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’
Tom Stevenson tuba
Shostakovich Quartet No.11
Yuri Yaguchi violin
Megan Wilkinson violin
Alan George viola
Tim Smedley cello
2.30pm - £8 (£6 - under 16, over 60) - Book now
Alan George masterclass on Shostakovich Quartet No.13
LANO Quartet
Alan George is a founding member of the Fitzwilliam Quartet, through which he met and collaborated with Dmitri Shostakovich. The Fitzwilliam Quartet gave the Western premieres of the last three of Shostakovich’s quartets, with the composer present for the premiere of the 13th quartet in 1972. They later became the first quartet to perform and record all fifteen quartets.
5pm - £8 (£6 - under 16, over 60) - Book now
Shostakovich Piano Quintet
Joachim Lim piano
Oliver Heath violin
Tiago Silva violin
Erin Vinter viola
JIaowen Liu cello
Shostakovich Quartet No.7
Oliver Heath violin
Jemima Soper violin
Erin Vinter viola
Honge Zhao cello
Fri 14 Nov
1.05pm - Free - Book now
Schnittke Piano Quintet
Julian Jacobson piano
Roman Mints violin
Tehya Dawson violin
Sheng Zhang viola
Jake Ryan cello
Gabaidulina Lamento
Ini Kuti tuba
Haoen Li piano
Gabaidulina Lied ohne Worte
Matt Osborne trumpet
Haoen Li piano
Shostakovich Quartet No.13
LANO Quartet
Shuwei Zuo violin
Qiujia Du violin
Jinhe Huang viola
Gen Li cello
2.30pm - £8 (£6 - under 16, over 60) - Book now
Talk with Alan George
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