The Anzû Quartet makes their Ohio debut on the Johnstone Fund for New Music Series at the Short North Stage in Columbus. The quartet will present the latest iteration of their ‘New Works’ program, featuring compositions by Anna Webber, Ryan Carter, Ken Thomson, and Aftab Darvishi.

Program:

Aftab Darvishi – to…serenity (2022)
Anna Webber – Adjust (2022)
Ryan Carter - Frictionless Objects (2023)
Ken Thomson - Uneasy (2019)

This project  was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant

The Anzû Quartet presents the latest iteration of their ‘New Works’ series at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. The program will feature the world premiere of Ryan Carter’s Frictionless Objects alongside compositions by Ken Thomson, Aftab Darvishi, and Anna Webber.

Program:

Aftab Darvishi – to…serenity (2022)
Anna Webber – Adjust (2022)
Ryan Carter - Frictionless Objects (2023)
Ken Thomson - Uneasy (2019)

This project  was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.

Cassie Wieland – to live in static (2019)
Anna Webber – Adjust (2022, Anzû commission)
Aftab Darvishi – to…serenity (2022, Anzû commission from De Link, Tilburg)
Ken Thomson – Uneasy, Part 1 (2019-2020, full version written for Anzû Quartet)

Anzû Quartet: New Works

Cassie Wieland – to live in static (2019)
Josué Collado Fregoso – Infinity (2015, first performance Anzû Quartet 2022)
Ken Thomson – Uneasy (2019-2020, full version written for Anzû Quartet)
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Aftab Darvishi – to…serenity (2022, Anzû commission from De Link, Tilburg)
Anna Webber – Adjust (2022, Anzû commission)

The Anzû Quartet continues their European tour with a diverse program of recent works for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano.

Program:
New Work - Aftab Darvishi (2022) (World Premiere; commissioned for Anzû by De Link Tilburg)*
New Work - Anna Webber (2022) (Anzû commission, Tour world premiere)
to live in static - Cassie Wieland (2019)
Infinity - Josué Collado Fregoso (2015) (Tour world premiere)
Uneasy - Ken Thomson (2019) (written for Anzû)

*world premiere performance

The Anzû Quartet continues their European tour with a diverse program of recent works for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano.

Program:
New Work - Anna Webber (2022) (Anzû commission, Tour world premiere)
to live in static - Cassie Wieland (2019)
Mobius - Jonathan Bailey Holland (2018)
Infinity - Josué Collado Fregoso (2015) (Tour world premiere)
Uneasy - Ken Thomson (2019) (written for Anzû)

The Anzû Quartet makes their Netherlands debut with a diverse program of recent works for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano.

Program:
New Work - Anna Webber (2022) (Anzû commission)
to live in static - Cassie Wieland (2019)
Mobius - Jonathan Bailey Holland (2018)
Infinity - Josué Collado Fregoso (2015) (Tour world premiere)
Uneasy - Ken Thomson (2019) (written for Anzû)

The Anzû Quartet returns to Berlin with a diverse program of recent works for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano.

Program:
New Work - Anna Webber (2022) (Anzû commission, World premiere)
to live in static - Cassie Wieland (2019)
Mobius - Jonathan Bailey Holland (2018)
Infinity - Josué Collado Fregoso (2015) (World premiere)
Uneasy - Ken Thomson (2019) (Written for Anzû)

The Anzû Quartet performs French composer Olivier Messiaen’s (1908-1992) Quatuor pour la fin du temps, the towering masterpiece of the 20th century famously composed and premiered in the Stalag VIIA Prisoner of War Camp in 1941. The quartet, inspired by the Book of Revelation, birdsong, and Messiaen’s experience of synesthesia, reflects the juxtaposing themes of immeasurable destruction, religious salvation, hope, and devastation. The Anzû Quartet is dedicated to performing this work as well as to cultivating and commissioning a new repertoire to complement and expand upon this instrumentation.

Anzû’s recording of Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps with original projection and video art by Xuan will be featured on The Tune In Festival, presented by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance.

For More Information on the Tune In Festival, Click Here. For a link to the streaming performance, Click Here.