About the Performance
The Arditti Quartet has been at the forefront of the development of string quartets in contemporary music for over thirty years. In two programmes the Quartet embarks on a musical journey from Beethoven through seminal works by Webern and Schoenberg to contemporary masterpieces by Ligeti and Dutilleux.
Inspired by the Ringing Stone of Tiree, a new work from Scottish-based composer Nigel Osborne has been commissioned for the Quartet by the Edinburgh International Festival.
