Quartetto OCM Academy​ – Šostakovič

Quartetto OCM Academy*
Filippo Pedrotti violin
Filippo Ghidoni violin
Angelica Cristofari viola
Stefano Beltrami cello

D. Šostakovič (1906-1975)
Quartet No. 8 op. 110

* Winners of the OCM Academy 2022 call

An aperitif with the artists at Spazio Te follows

30′ | Audience reserved for under 30s

The quartet formed by the students of the OCM orchestral academy meet to perform one of the most famous quartets of all time, the Quartet n. 8 by Shostakovich. Dedicated to the victims of all wars and of Fascism (but perhaps it would be better to say, of all dictatorships), the Soviet composer builds this masterpiece as a series of self-quotations, in a crescendo of intensity and ferocity that leads to the two slow and mournful concluding movements.