Arditti Quartet Presented by Liszt Academy

Since their first concert in September 1974 with  Penderecki’s String Qartet No. 2 based on the instructions given on the spot by the composer who arrived to recieve his honorary degree, Arditti Quartet plays a vital role in contemporary music. Their current lineup – unchanged since the serial conversions in the 90s – established the sound that has become their trade mark, being based on collaboration with the composers, with the aim of supporting and emphasising their purposes. As a result of this, they have received works written specially for the ensemble by most of the contemporary composers, often having the scores and the premiering licence delivered together. But on this occasion they bring a program to Budapest that can be considered ’early music’ – by their standards – since Bartók and Berg are now time-honoured classics. Among these two’s century-old works, the ensemble performs Ligeti’s half-a-century-old String Quartet No. 2.