SELINI QUARTET

3524 International Court Northwest,Washington DC 20008

03 May, 2022

Description

Classical Music Performance by the prize-winning Selini Quartet The ACF DC proudly presents the Selini Quartet, a prize-winning group formed in Vienna in 2017, comprised of four young European musicians, Nadia Kalmykova, Ljuba Kalmykova, Loredana Apetrei and Loukia Loulaki. They have won several prizes in international music competitions and are featured currently in the New Austrian Sound of Music (NASOM). Their live classical string concert at the Embassy of Austria will feature works by Julius Bürger, Erwin Schulhoff and Béla Bartók. Bürger, the Austrian composer, pianist and conductor fled Austria for the U.S. after the Anschluss. His compositions first gained recognition when Bürger was almost ninety-years old, as only then were his works finally performed publicly. The second part of the concert is dedicated to the famous Five Pieces for String Quartet by the Czech-born composer Erwin Schulhoff. The Selinis will end on a high note with a composition by Béla Bartók. PROGRAM Julius Bürger:String Quartet No. 2 Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 5 The concert is followed by a wine reception. ************ Please note that photographs and footage will be taken throughouth the event. These might be used by ACF DC for marketing and publicity in our publications, on our website and in social media, or in any third party publication.