The all-Polish programme includes String Quartet No. 1 in D minor by Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872), a composer known as the father of Polish national opera; String Quartet No. 17 Op. 146 by Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996); and String Quartet No. 3 (Songs are Sung) Op. 67 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-2010).
Founded in 1978 in the southern Polish city of Katowice, the Silesian String Quartet has given more than 1,000 concerts, including in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Hong Kong, performing in such prestigious venues as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Salle Pleyel in Paris, and New York’s Carnegie Hall.
Its repertoire includes more than 400 pieces of chamber music, most of which are by 20th- and 21st-century composers. It has premiered over 100 works by Polish and foreign composers.
The current members of the Silesian String Quartet are Szymon Krzeszowiec and Arkadiusz Kubica (violin), Łukasz Syrnicki (viola) and Piotr Janosik (cello.
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