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Leonkoro Quartet Begins US Tour in Fort Worth
The Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth presents the youthful, energetic Leonkoro Quartet at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on Saturday, February 28.
The quartet, based in Berlin, arrived in the U.S. this month after a rousing London performance. The Guardian review gave high praise: “vivid, intoxicating play from gleaming future stars.”
If February is the month of love, then the Leonkoro’s repertoire fits the romantic month’s motif. The pieces in the program are connected by the theme of love.
The Leonkoro Quartet features (L -R) Lukas Schwarz, cello; Emiri Kakiuchi, violin; Mayu Konoe, viola; and Jonathan Schwarz, violin. / Photo by Co Merz and courtesy of CMSFW
The repertoire includes:
- Henriëtte Bosmans — String Quartet (1927)
- Erwin Schulhoff — Five Pieces for String Quartet
- Anton Webern — “Langsamer Satz”
- Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13
These works of Schulhoff and Webern are also on their recently released second album, “Out of Vienna.”
“If you dig into these pieces, they’re all really, really romantic and full of heart and soul,” Lukas Schwarz, cello and co-founder of Leonkoro, said in a YouTube video about the album.
The Leonkoro Quartet’s numerous top prizes since 2022 — the Jürgen Ponto Foundation Music Prize, first prize and nine special prizes at the International Competition at London’s Wigmore Hall and others — have quickly elevated their status in chamber music.
The CMSFW concert is 2 to 4 p.m., part of the season, “Subtle Connections Across The World.”
The Pre-Concert Conversation starts at 1:15 p.m. Gary Levinson, CMSFW artistic director, adds context and insight to the program’s composers and music with a multimedia presentation.
Tickets can be purchased online, through the CMSFW digital box office, by phone at 817-877-3003 or at the door.
Prices are $45 for general admission, $40 for seniors and $10 for students, plus minimal online transaction fees.
