Appointment at the Società del Quartetto, where quality rhymes with variety (and novelty)

Also mark this date: November 29th. The Dutch violinist Janine Jansen will be on stage with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Antonio Pappano on the podium. Scheduled Maurice Ravel (Le Tombeau de Couperin), Sergej Prokofiev, Antonin Dvorak and Zoltán Kodály (Dances of Gálanta). Among the other “veterans” on the bill for this season, Sir András Schiffthe Jerusalem Quartet And the thirty-one-year-old, but ultra-consolidated, Daniil Trifonov.

It is in the name of eclecticism the return to Milan of Viktoria Mullova, this time accompanied – on the double bass – by her son Misha Mullov-Abbado. Which is also presented in the role of composer: pieces of him as Blue Deer, Brazil And Shanti Bellinserted between a Bach and a Prokof’ev, a Shalom Hanoch and a John McLaughlin, a Schumann and a traditional Brazilian song.

Also highly anticipated the Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires after the success of a MiTo Settembre Musica with the Neojiba Orchestra, the State of Bahia Youth Orchestra, which was born in 2007 with pedagogical intent by government will and today has reached the top of excellence. As soloists with Neojiba the Labèque sisters, Katia and Marielle, the “best piano duo in the world” according to New York Times. Used to being frightened by the “crossover”, for once they have chosen to be “reassuring”: Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel and Leonard Bernstein.

The “Diffused Quartet”

Among the novelties of the historic company, there is the “diffusion”, in the city and beyond. “The Quartet wants to be more and more a community, because music unites and music consoles” explains the president, Ilaria Borletti Buitoni. “From this spirit was born the initiative that will allow the live streaming of some concerts of the season in as many health facilities located throughout Italy: Humanitas, with its nine offices in Italy, from Milan to Catania; the Nursing Home for Musicians – Giuseppe Verdi Foundation and Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation onlus. A large pool of people, not only the sick but also family members present in the structures and health personnel ». In addition to the Pappano-Jansen one, they will be able to attend the concert ofthe Flemish vocal and instrumental ensemble Collegium Vocale Gent, directed by Philippe Herreweghe.