Two composers far from home and four young musicians: Quartetto Marea comes to Teatro Niccolini with Far from Home, the next concert in the Xenia Next Generation Series.
The programme pairs Antonín Dvořák’s celebrated “American” Quartet, composed in 1893 during his stay in the United States, with Sergei Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 1, written in 1930 on a commission from the Library of Congress in Washington. These two works reveal different ways of engaging with tradition and shaping it into a personal musical language.
Founded in 2023 at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, Quartetto Marea brings together violinists Anna Maring and Melody Lau, violist Valentina Grand and cellist Marianne Fusenig. The ensemble has studied with Janet Krause and Lech Antonio Uszynski and has taken part in international masterclasses and festivals, including the European Chamber Music Academy, Kamermuziekatelier Delft and the Xenia Chamber Music Course. The four musicians perform regularly in the Netherlands and abroad, united by the joy of playing together and sharing the string quartet repertoire with audiences.
The concert will follow four days of intensive coaching with Daniel Llewellyn Roberts and Igor Polesitsky as part of the Xenia a Firenze project. Igor Polesitsky will introduce the concert with a short guide to the works on the programme.
Programme
Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Sergei Prokofiev
String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50
Performers
Quartetto Marea
Anna Maring, violin
Melody Lau, violin
Valentina Grand, viola
Marianne Fusenig, cello
A project by Associazione Ensemble Xenia, in collaboration with Teatro Niccolini and FirenzeOnStage.
