Erwin Schulhoff, a Czech composer, was encouraged by Antonín Dvořák at age ten to study at the Prague conservatory.
Performer Biography
In 2010, the Ragazze Quartet participated in a Kronos Quartet workshop in New York City and later performed Kronos repertoire pieces in Carnegie Hall.
Performer Biography
The Ragazze Quartet is a young, Dutch/British string quartet acclaimed for its musical enthusiasm, versatility, and dynamic presentation.
Compositional Technique
Erwin Schulhoff's String Quartet No. 1 is a fascinating blend of folk music and modern idiom, featuring pentatonics, chromatic passages, pizzicatos, and flageolets.
Performer Biography
The Ragazze Quartet toured Nepal in October 2007, where they met and worked with local musicians, inspiring future projects to fuse Eastern and Western musical ideas.
Historical Context
Erwin Schulhoff died in the Wülzburg concentration camp on August 18, 1942, at age forty-eight, after being arrested as a Czech communist and Jew who had adopted Soviet nationality.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Erwin Schulhoff believed music should primarily induce physical pleasure and ecstasy in the listener, stating its source lies in ecstatic situations and its expression in rhythm.
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