It is a real pleasure to welcome the Arcadia Quartet back to
Lewes from Romania for their third visit: they were here in 2015 and 2018. They have recorded the complete Bartók
quartets with Chandos and are in the process of recording all 17 of Mieczysław
Weinberg's string quartets; their first two Weinberg discs have had excellent
reviews. This time they are teaming up
with pianist Katja Apekisheva to bring our concert season to a spectacular
close.
'The playing has such intensity....The result is an
assault on the senses, piercing the heart of this unsettling music' The Financial Times.
Born in Moscow, into a family of musicians, Katya Apekisheva attended the Gnessin Music School for exceptionally gifted children making her stage debut at the age of 12. She continued her studies in Jerusalem at the Rubin Music Academy and later at the Royal College of Music in London. From these auspicious beginnings she went on to be a Prizewinner of the Leeds International Piano competition and has gone on to enjoy a career performing with many of the world’s leading orchestras working with renowned conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, David Shallon, Jan Latham-Koenig and Alexander Lazarev.
As a recording artist, Katya has received widespread critical acclaim for her interpretations from Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice award and International Piano Magazine’s Critics’ choice to Classic FM’s CD of the week as well as a Classical Brit award. Katya’s discography includes solo and chamber works by Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Dvorak and Rachmaninov.
"A profoundly gifted
artist" Gramophone.
Visit The Arcadia Quartet's management website.
Visit Katya Apekishiva's website.