mdi ensemble

The Ancient and the New coexist naturally, side by side, in the “home” of the string quartet. Under the wing of mdi ensemble, the quartet’s “sixteen strings” engage both with a masterpiece of the late 19th century – Debussy’s Quartet Op. 10, composed under the strong influence of César Franck and the “cyclical form” – and with a brand-new work by Daniela Terranova, a pupil of Azio Corghi and Beat Furrer. What unites them is a shared inclination toward a powerful sonic gesture: implicit in Debussy, explicit and tending toward the “creation of a choreography of sound” in the style of the Italian composer, whose 2018 string trio, dedicated to the ensemble, will also be performed.