To mark the composer’s 100th birthday, the Salzburg Festival is dedicating an extensive focus to György Kurtág. The Gringolts Quartet will perform string quartet works by György Kurtág from various decades: the Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky was composed in 1988–1989 in memory of his Hungarian friend Endre Szervánszky (1911–1977), whose String Serenade is alluded to towards the end. He composed the Hommage à Jacob Obrecht in 2004–2005 to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of the Franco-Flemish composer, singer and clergyman. Finally, Hommage à Mihály András, Op. 13 – Twelve Microludes was composed in 1977–1978 and is dedicated to his Budapest friend and colleague, the conductor and composer András Mihály (1917–1993).
moreOn 6 August, the Gringolts Quartet will be performing at the Salzburg Festival, where, as part of the Kurtág programme, they will perform three of the composer’s string quartets, interwoven with the four movements of Schubert’s String Quartet in G major, D 887.
