Lipkind Quartet
Founded by cellist Gavriel Lipkind, this unusual
string quartet has come to stand apart
because of the radical and
deep thought it invests in every stage of
its work; starting with
social and inter-personal aspects of working
in a quartet and
ending with the finest subtleties of an
inspired bow stroke.
Quartet-playing
as a musical form goes back as far as the
late
Baroque period. While the different
practices of working within a
quartet are the result of a long evolution
over many decades, many
of these practices and traditions compromise
the quality of a
quartet’s output. Modern quartets follow
traditional models
believing that these cannot be further
optimised.
The Lipkind Quartet has been looking for new
ways to improve
and optimise the interpretative process,
administrative work-flow,
social structure and therefore performance
quality of this musical
form, leading to the Lipkind Quartet’s
distinctive, intrinsically
scientific and yet individualistic approach
to working and
performing within a quartet.
The main idea behind the Lipkind Quartet’s
motivation is
nourished by four people who follow a clear
structure in order to
uncompromisingly produce creative work over
many years.
The rehearsal process is organised and
guided by Gavriel Lipkind.
As noted by a fellow musician: “…the ability
of these four dominant
players to go deeper into the musical
tissue, while fully avoiding social clashes,
must be the main reason for a recognisably
unique sound, captivating in its
clarity of musical thought as well as its
instrumental power and flair.”
After many years of preparation, spending as
much time
conceptualising and analysing the scores as
they do playing
together, the Lipkind Quartet will finally
embark upon its first
concert season in 2008-09. Along with over
20 concert
performances, the Lipkind Quartet will take
part at the Gaia
Festival (Thun, Switzerland), the Zeist
Festival (the Netherlands),
special events in Germany, Israel,
Luxembourg and the
Netherlands, and radio productions and
performances in Germany,
the Netherlands and Switzerland.
The 2010-11 season sees the Lipkind Quartet
undertaking tours of
Central Europe, Norway, and debuting in the
USA, Japan and
Russia. In December 2009, a recording
production will take place.
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“ ... not only the reasons which brought
musicians to play in a quartet have
changed, also the science of psycho-acoustics
and instrumental knowledge haveevolved.
Finally, being a musician, working as a
musician, and collaborating with other
musicians in a chamber group on a regular
basis in the 21st century, are light-years
away from the realities of the past. The
traditional
ways of working in a quartet, which are
based on these past realities, require a
fundamental review and a radical re-thinking
in order to fit the way quartets
can live and sound today.”
Gavriel Lipkind
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