Filip Verpoest

Karski Quartet

Name: Karski Quartet
Start: 2025-11-07T12:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-07T13:30:00+01:00
Location: Flagey

Fri 7 Nov 12:30

Studio 1

Past event

7 Nov

12:30

Past event

Program

Trad., W polu lipeńka (arr. Ignacy Zalewski & Karski Quartet)

Grażyna Bacewicz, String Quartet No. 4

Claude Debussy, String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

artist(s)

Kaja Nowak, violin

Natalia Kotarba, violin

Diede Verpoest, viola

Julia Kotarba, cello

Not yet heard of the Karski Quartet? Then it’s high time. This young quartet from Brussels, founded in 2018, combines technical precision with a fresh and energetic playing style. They have been guests at Flagey several times and now return with a surprising and layered program. They open with W polu lipeńka, a traditional Polish folk song full of melancholy, sparklingly arranged by Ignacy Zalewski and the quartet itself. This is followed by the powerful and expressive String Quartet No. 4 by Grażyna Bacewicz, the first female Polish composer of international fame. Debussy’s impressionistic Quartet in G closes the concert with refined dialogues and dreamy sound colors.

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