Sound in silence: Navarra Quartet
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Sound in Silence: Beethoven + Hearing Impairment (Part of a series exploring Music, Disability and Health and Wellbeing). Winners of the Outstanding Young Artist Award at the MIDEM Classique Awards in Cannes the Navarra Quartet were formed in 2002 at the Royal Northern College of Music (now Quartet in Association there.) Over the last two years the Quartet has increasingly developed their international profile, appearing at major festivals and venues throughout Europe, Russia, the USA and Bahrain. ”The playing is nothing short of sensational” – Yorkshire Post. 18:45 Pre-concert Talk: Professor William Drabkin Beethoven specialist Professor William Drabkin (University of Southampton) takes a closer look at the music being performed by the Quartet.
Starts 19:30. Tickets: £15, £10 (disabled/unemployed), £3 (under 18s/students). Duration: 90 minutes + 20 minute interval
Firth Hall, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Western Bank South Yorkshire S10 2TN
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