The Australian String Quartet returns to Sydney with Beethoven Widmann Beethoven, a concert crossing artistic disciplines and time, in an immersive musical experience with direction by Australian theatre-maker Andy Packer. The ASQ bookends its program with two of Beethoven’s great quartets, his final quartet, the String Quartet in F major op 135 and the very first quartet…
The Australian String Quartet performs quartets by Mozart, Ligeti and Ravel, each inspired by the work of a peer. Based at the University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, violinists Dale Barltrop and Francesca Hiew, violist Stephen King and cellist Sharon Draper play instruments made by the 18th century Italian luthier, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, creating…
The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) has announced the appointment of Dale Barltrop as first violin and Francesca Hiew as second violin who will join current quartet members, violist Stephen King and cellist Sharon Draper in 2016. Brisbane-born Barltrop will continue his current position as Concertmaster for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and live in Australia year-round…