David Philip Hefti’s debut at the Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin (November 2024)

On December 6, 2024, the string quartet of the Staatskapelle Berlin will present the sixth string quartet “Five Scenes for Gustav” by David Philip Hefti at the Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin. The “Five Scenes for Gustav” were composed as preludes to Gustav Mahler’s five “Rückert Lieder”, in Hefti’s arrangement for high voice and string quartet. In this concert, Hefti’s sixth quartet and his Mahler arrangement will be performed alternately, as originally planned. The soloist will be soprano Mojca Erdmann.

Since his collaboration with the Scharoun Ensemble, Hefti has cultivated a young but intensive artistic friendship with Wolfram Brandl, leader of the Staatskapelle Berlin string quartet, which is based on the successful premiere of his octet “Des Zaubers Spuren” at the Zermatt Music Festival and was performed for the first time in Germany on the occasion of the Scharoun Ensemble’s 40th anniversary concert at the Berlin Philharmonie in September 2023.

You can find all information here: https://www.boulezsaal.de/de/event/streichquartett-der-staatskapelle-berlin-mojca-erdmann-400086