The Carpe Diem String Quartet has collaborated with diverse artists including cellist Yo-Yo Ma, singer/songwriter Willy Porter, and Chinese pipa player Yihan Chen.
Performer Biography
The Carpe Diem String Quartet has received the PNC Foundation's ArtsAlive Awards four times, making them the only quartet in America to achieve this recognition.
Composition History
Sergey Taneyev, a Russian composer, completed nine string quartets, a large proportion of his overall output, with two additional works left incomplete.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Sergey Taneyev, a Russian composer, was called the 'Russian Bach' by Tchaikovsky due to his devotion to counterpoint, and the 'Russian Brahms' for his extreme compositional care.
Composer Biography
Sergey Taneyev, a Russian composer, was a scholar of massive erudition, a great expert in counterpoint, and a devoted promoter of Esperanto.
Compositional Technique
Sergey Taneyev's String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major uses a cyclical structure, where themes from the first movement are transformed in later movements.
