December 8, 2024
On Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 3:00 pm the Friends welcomed the Takács Quartet back to our concert platform at the Vancouver Playhouse. Currently one of the most internationally acclaimed chamber music groups playing live concerts around the world, this was their 29th performance for us since the first in 1982. Only one original member … Continue reading Takács Quartet
November 10, 2024
On Sunday, November 10, 2024, the fabulous Pražák Quartet played the group’s 19th concert for Friends of Chamber Music since the first in 1986. And it was the first concert with the current lineup that includes only one of the Pražák’s original members, violist Josef Klusoň, who helped launch this great Czech string quartet 52 … Continue reading Pražák Quartet
October 29, 2024
On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, the Friends of Chamber Music and our audience welcomed our friends, the musicians in the Ariel Quartet, back to the Vancouver Playhouse. We made their acquaintance when they appeared as a last-minute replacement for an ensemble unable to play for us on the agreed date. The Ariel played a concert … Continue reading Ariel Quartet
October 15, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the Friends of Chamber Music launched our 77th season and welcomed our friends back to the Vancouver Playhouse with a the first concert in Canada from the Gropius Quartet. This German ensemble is made up of two married couples, all of whom completed part of their studies at the Juilliard School … Continue reading Gropius Quartet
April 9, 2024
Bennewitz Quartet with Arsentiy Kharitonov, Piano presented by Friends of Chamber Music Our 2023-2024 season of 10 concerts wrapped up in style on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, with a return engagement featuring the wonderful Bennewitz Quartet from Prague, who were joined after the intermission by the elegant pianist Arsentiy Kharitonov. We are grateful for the … Continue reading Bennewitz Quartet with Arsentiy Kharitonov
April 2, 2024
On Tuesday, April 2, 2024, the Signum Quartet played their first concert in Vancouver for Friends of Chamber Music. For the second Tuesday in a row, we were introduced to a German quartet playing for us for the first time. There are some intriguing elements to compare between the Signum string Quartet who played this … Continue reading Signum Quartet
March 26, 2024
The Fauré Quartett played their first concert in Vancouver for Friends of Chamber Music on Tuesday evening, March 26, 2024. This fine piano quartet from Germany chose a French composer’s name for their moniker. That choice is interesting in itself, and what we heard from the musicians demonstrated something of what may have motivated this … Continue reading Fauré Quartett
March 12, 2024
We were delighted to welcome back the Karol Szymanowski Quartet, with musicians from Poland and Ukraine, to play their 9th concert for us on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Last in town in early 2018, they played W.A. Mozart’s 6 extraordinary string quintets (with extra violist Richard O’Neill, who has since joined the Takacs Quartet) spread … Continue reading Karol Szymanowski Quartet
February 6, 2024
On February 6, 2024, we enjoyed the 10th concert performed by the Han Finckel Setzer Trio for the Friends of Chamber Music. They brought us the same program they played for their first concert in Vancouver in 2011: Viennese composer Franz Schubert’s Opus 99 and 100 piano trios. These trios are mature works from a … Continue reading Han Finckel Setzer Trio
January 30, 2024
The Goldmund Quartet, a group of young musicians on tour from Munich, Germany, played their first concert in Vancouver for Friends of Chamber Music on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. This was the 12th and final concert of a 3-week first North American headlining tour. (A shorter previous Canadian visit had been to fill in at … Continue reading Goldmund Quartet
