QUARTET CHAGALL: Comedìa – 700 years of Alighieri (Italy)

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Paolo Skabar, violin
Matteo Ghione, violin
Jacopo Toso, viola
Ilsu Guresci, cello
Interpreter: Pierluigi Pintar
Multivision artist, stage director: Francesco Lopergolo
Moderator: Igor Velše

The theatrical show Comedìa was born with the intention of making Dante’s passion for music known. The performance is conceived as a unicum that alternates and adds a narrating voice, the projection of images and sets with digital graphics and, of course, chamber music, performed live by the Chagall Quartet. It is a unique and innovative theatrical performance, with the main intent of representing – through multiple kinds of visual, musical and acting art – the emotions and sensations that the most significant episodes of Dante’s Inferno arouse. Academic approach was abandoned by choice, so the audience will be immersed in a whirlwind of emotions that will allow them to identify themselves with Dante’s characters, thus experiencing an original and unprecedented »Dante experience«.

Appreciated by critics and audience for the great passion and the perfect mix between the various instruments present in its performance, the Chagall Quartet is made up of young musicians from Italy and Turkey, which met, during their studies, in the city of Trieste (Italy). Deriving from many different chamber music experiences, the ensemble members founded this group in 2014, with the purpose of going deep to the heart of both the traditional string quartet repertoire, rarely played compositions, and world premieres, under musicians like Andrea Amendola (Paul Klee 4et) and Pietro Serafin. Unanimously praised for the rare attention to dynamics and details of the scores, the Chagall Quartet got many prizes, including in particular the Golden Award and two special prizes at the 9th Svirél International Music Competition (Slovenia), the first prize at the 30th Lilian Caraian Competition (Italy), and the finalist certificate (3rd place) at the Cameristi dell’Alpe Aria International Competition (Italy, 2016). They performed at important festivals, and for distinguished cultural institutions in Italy and abroad, such as Parma Concert Society, Trieste Concert Society, Amici della Musica W. de Angelis of Campobasso, ACM Chamber Music of Trieste, Association Rodolfo Lipizer of Gorizia, and many others, collaborating with great artists such as Giampaolo Bandini, Cesare Chiacchiaretta, and Igor Zobin. The formation gained great approval also for some premieres by composers such as N. Jappelli and C. Chiacchiaretta. In October 2019, the Chagall Quartet had an eight-concerts-tour in China, performing in their best concert halls, including Beijing’s National Library Arts Center, Ji’nan’s Shandong Grand Theater, Harbin Concert Hall, Guotai Arts Center in Chongqing, and Shanghai City Theater. Marc Chagall and his famous painting The blue violinist (1913) inspired mutivision projects (music&images) and the name of the group.

In case of rain, the concert will take place at the Hribar Hall.

The concert will be held in collaboration with Imago Sloveniae institute.