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Sunday Concerts:
Kyan Quartet + Pre-Concert Talk

8th December 2024 · 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Doors open: 5:00pm

In person

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Sunday Concerts: Kyan Quartet + Pre-Concert Talk

Established in 2020, the award-winning Kyan Quartet brings together four exceptional musicians from the United Kingdom, the United States, China, and France. The quartet enjoys a busy and vibrant career, having performed across Europe and Asia. Recent highlights include winning the Richmond Concert Society String Ensemble Award at the 2024 Royal Over-Seas League competition, and undertaking a three-week tour throughout China. As upcoming Tunnell Trust award holders, the quartet will tour across Scotland in February 2025.

For another Conway Hall debut this season, the quartet begin each half with a short work by Pulitzer prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, as a a prelude to two ‘classics’ of the repertoire.

The ebullient Kyans are certainly a foursome to watch out for in the near future.” — Planet Hugill

Pre-Concert Talk with Robert Hugill
Past, present and future – Caroline Shaw’s music is often inspired by the music of the past, a big feature of her musical eduction growing up, whilst Robert Schumann studied the quartets of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven before writing his, at times writing music which looked forward to Brahms and further. Beethoven’s quartets were the bedrock on which later composers built, yet when his Razumovsky quartets were first published they were received with uncertainty as their content and emotional range was beyond anything written so far.
Caroline Shaw | Valencia
Schumann | Quartet in A Op.41/3
Caroline Shaw | Entr’acte
Beethoven | Quartet in E minor ‘Razumovsky’ Op.59/2

Naomi Warburton • violin
Sydney Grace Mariano • violin
Wanshu Qiu • viola
Simon Guémy • cello

Age Recommendation:

All ages. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Price: *All ticket prices below include a £1 booking fee.*

In advance: • Standard £14 • Living Support/NHS Discount £7 • Members £12 • Under 26 FREE
On the door: • Standard £15 • Living Support/NHS Discount £7 • Members £13 • Under 26 FREE

Access Information

Due to the age and Grade II listing of the building, there is no lift access to rooms above the ground floor.

All the ground-floor rooms are fully accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Bertrand Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Cafe (street access, step-free). There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.

 

Other events you may be interested in:

Primrose Piano Quartet

The Young’uns

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Further Info

Our pop-up bar will be open before and during the interval of the performance, in our foyer. It serves a selection of ethically and sustainably produced drinks.

If you have any accessibility enquiries, please contact us at info@conwayhall.org.uk / 020 7405 1818.

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