After his memorable debut in 2023, the great violist Antoine Tamestit returns to Les Violons du Roy for a new encounter that promises to be just as exhilarating and moving with, among other things, a transcription for string orchestra of  Shostakovich's 15th quartet .

Requiem for Strings

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Gergely Madaras features Shostakovich's most performed symphony, the Fifth Symphony (1937). In the crosshairs of a regime that deemed his creations elitist and bourgeois, the composer redeems himself here with an accessible work of great emotional power, emblematic of what the Soviet government expected for its propaganda. At the same time, he infuses his score with an undercurrent of dissent, a burlesque spirit reminiscent of his film music from the 1920s, and at times, extreme tension that echoes a world marked by the terror of Stalinism.

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Events

Past events

Apr 4, 2025

Requiem for Strings · Salle Bourgie

17 - 18 Nov, 2023

Shostakovich's Fifth · Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

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