Danish String Quartet

Gewandhaus

The dazzling Danish String Quartet returns to complete its ambitious multiyear Doppelgänger Project, which has paired dynamic new commissions from leading composers with major works from Schubert’s chamber music repertoire. The quartet is joined by Johannes Rostamo, principal cellist in the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, for Schubert’s masterful, inventive String Quintet in C major. The works newly commissioned musical “twin” is a quintet by renowned British composer Thomas Adès. The Danish Quartet has a long relationship with Adès’ music, having recorded his Arcadiana quartet on its debut CD to great acclaim. “Thomas Adès turns fleetingly recognizable musical elements into unstable, volatile substances tending toward evanescence and escape…. He has invented new orchestral colors, and he’s taught us new ways to dance” (The New York Review).

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Danish String Quartet Johannes Rostamo, cello

University of California, Berkeley

Schubert composed like an oil painter, drawing from a rich palette of melodic and harmonic colours. With a divine lyricism at its heart, his music is imbued with an intimacy and intensity that taps into the full range of human emotion.

Johannes Rostamo

Events

Upcoming events

14 - 30 May, 2026

Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet · Australian Chamber Orchestra

Past events

Jul 8, 2025

Danish String Quartet · Gewandhausorchester

Apr 13, 2024

Danish String Quartet Johannes Rostamo, cello · Cal Performances

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Octet by Schubert

Australian Chamber Orchestra

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