Lodz | Berlin | Tel Aviv | Sankt Petersburg

FOUR CULTURES QUARTET

ORGANIZERS:

Centrum Dialogu im. Marka Edelmana

Filharmonia Łódzka im. Artura Rubinsteina

Four Cultures Quartet – premiere

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ARTISTS Maciej Łabecki – I violin (Poland) Max Simon – II violin (Germany) Zvi Carmeli - viola (Israel) Konstantin Manayev – cello (Russia)

REPERTOIRE Aleksander Tansman – string quartet no. 5 Erwin Schulhoff – string quartet no. 1 Grażyna Bacewicz – string quartet no. 3 Mieczysław Weinberg – string quartet no. 2

The Four Cultures Quartet was founded in Lodz, a city of multicultural traditions, built in the nineteenth century by Poles, Germans, Jews and Russians. Eminent twentieth-

century artists hailing from Łódź include: Arthur Rubinstein, Alexander Tansman, Grażyna Bacewicz, Paweł Klecki. After many years, Łódź returns to its past, remembering the contribution that people from different cultures, languages, religions brought into the development of the

city. In 2012, when we organized the Łódź of Four Cultures - Generations festival , we referred to this tradition. We are offering a unique concert and music performed by young artists representing the four cultures.

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The Four Cultures Quartet is an introduction to a project planned for

2013 and 2014. The premise of the project is the establishment of The

Four Cultures Orchestra, consisting of professional musicians

(students of different European music academies) representing the

four cultures which together created the city of Lodz.

The premiere performance of the Four Cultures Quartet was held at

the Łódź of Four Cultures festival 2012 – GENERATIONS.

The Four Cultures Quartet performed during the Łódź of Four

Cultures festival 2012 – GENERATIONS twice. The second

performance was held in a unique space – in the underground

potable water cisterns.

Both concerts have been recorded in their entirety.

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ARTISTS

MACIEJ ŁABECKI

POLAND

I VIOLIN

KONSTANTIN MANAEV

RUSSIA

CELLO

MAX SIMON

GERMANY

II VIOLIN

ZVI CARMELI

ISRAEL

VIOLA

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The proposed set of

compositions represents four very interesting twentieth century composers associated with each of the four cultures. Their biografies complement one another

and highlight the dangers of the past century (such as Nazism or communism) against the backdrop of Jewish issues. Tansman's family came to Lodz from

Russia (where the future composer was born). Weinberg spent all his adult life in Moscow but he considered himself a Pole. Schulhoff was a Jew of

German origin but he was born in Prague. Bacewicz was a Pole born in the multicultural Lodz.

Aleksander Tansman Erwin Schulhoff

Grażyna Bacewicz Mieczysław Weinberg

COMPOSERS

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PREMIERE, 19 SEPTEMBER 2012

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PREMIERE 19 SEPTEMBER 2012

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UNDERGROUND FOUR CULTURES QUARTET

SPECIAL EVENT 20 SEPTEMBER 2012

Polish, Israeli, German and Russians musicians performed in the underground water supply cistern in Stoki. The "Underground cathedral" is one of the most beautiful places in Łódź. An exclusive version of the concert is scheduled in the underground

cathedral in Stoki. The event has been organized with the A. Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic and the ZWiK management. Due to the conditions in the cistern, musicians could only perform a fragment of musical pieces presented during the premiere performance.

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SPECIAL EVENT 20 SEPTEMBER 2012

UNDERGROUND FOUR CULTURES QUARTET

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Berlin – Tel Aviv – Sankt Petersburg

In 2013 the Four Cultures Quartet performed in Berlin, Tel Aviv and

Sankt Petersburg. Yuval Gotlibovitch, the violist that performed at

the premiere concerts, has been replaced by Zvi Carmeli.

Berlin 25.08.2013 – Passionskirche

Tel Awiw 10.09.2013 – Enav Cultural Center

Sankt Petersburg 18.10.2013 – Jaani Kirik

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Berlin 25.08.2013 – Passionskirche

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Tel Awiw 10.09.2013 – Enav Cultural Center

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Sankt Petersburg 18.10.2013 – Jaani Kirik

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In September 2013 the musicians played as tutors in the Four Cultures Orchestra, organized by the Marek Edelman Dialogue Center.

They came back to Lodz, where they spent one week preparing the youth orchestra, composed of students from Polish, Israeli, German and Russian music schools. The twenty-four-people orchestra was conducted by Daniel Raiskin - the famous conductor, who was born in Saint Petersburg and who now works in Germany and in Poland as a Chef of Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Four Cultures Orchestra played three concerts:

Łódź September 18 - Muzeum Miasta Łodzi - Pałac Poznańskiego

Poznań September 19 - Akademia Muzyczna im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego w

Poznaniu

Warszawa September 20 - Studio Koncertowe Polskiego Radia im. Witolda Lutosławskiego

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Centrum Dialogu im. Marka Edelmana

ul. Wojska Polskiego 83, 91-755 Łódź

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Plac Wolności 5, 91-415 Łódź

Tel: +48 42 636 38 21

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www.centrumdialogu.com

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j.podolska@centrumdialogu.com

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Specjalista ds. PR

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