Chamber Music Cincinnati: Pavel Haas Quartet

Quick Summary
• We welcome back the only active six-time Gramophone Award-winning string quartet, including Recording of the Year.
• In recent years, the PHQ has appeared on our series more than any other string Quartet.
• Like the Kronos Quartet, the BBC Music Magazine, the industry’s largest, rates the Pavel Haas “one of the ten greatest string quartet ensembles of all time.” Only five of the ten remain active.
• “If you haven’t heard the Pavel Haas Quartet, buckle your seat belts.” – NPR
• With the appearance of the Ebene Quartet closing CMC’s current season in April, subscribers will have heard all five of the active BBC “Top Ten” since the COVID shutdown, three within 12 months.
• Repertoire: TBA
• Bottom line: Hear why Gramophone asks “Is this the world’s most exciting string quartet.”

Deeper Dive

Based in Prague, the Pavel Haas Quartet was formed in 2002 and won its first Gramophone Award in 2007. They then won five more in the next ten years, including Recording of the Year, the most for any active quartet. The quartet is named for Czech composer Pavel Haas (1889-1945), who died in Auschwitz at age 45. The PHQ has championed his work, and The Strad describes their Dvorak interpretations as “nothing short of compelling.”

In keeping with its stature, the quartet appears at major venues including Wigmore Hall, London; Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, Berlin; Musikverein, Vienna; Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg; Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam; Tonhalle, Zürich; Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome;  NCPA, Beijing; LG Arts Centre, Seoul and Carnegie Hall, New York. While Gramophone asks, “The greatest string quartet ever?” the Times (London) removes the question mark.

CMC Subscriptions: Chamber Music’s Greatest Value

• Our “Early Bird” subscriptions for these six concerts are on sale today on our web site and through the Memorial Hall box office. Only you who are receiving this email know about it, giving you first choice of open seats.
• All available seats will be opened to the general public for subscription purchases on Tuesday, February 24.

• Currents subscribers’ seats will be held until June 1, then released to the general public. The six concert price ― $120 in the Orchestra or Balcony ― is one of the nation’s great chamber music bargains. It’s up to 50% off the single ticket price helping to make our concerts more affordable to everyone.

Please remember this affordability pricing in your giving. Only if you do can we maintain pricing at this level.

We hope you are as excited about next season as we are. This may well be our strongest season ever, so we expect subscriptions to sell fast. Single tickets for remaining seats will go on sale June 1.