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Arditti Quartet
The Arditti Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1974 and led by the British violinist Irvine Arditti. The quartet is globally recognized promoter of contemporary classical music and has a reputation for having a very wide repertoire. They first became known taking into their repertoire technically challenging pieces. Over the years, there have been personnel changes but Irvine Arditti is still at the helm, leading the group. The repertoire of the group is mostly music from the last 50 years with a strong emphasis on living composers. Their aim from the beginning has been to collaborate with composers during the rehearsal process. However, unlike some other groups, it is loyal to music of a classical vein and avoids cross-genre music. The Quartet has performed in major concert halls and cultural festivals all over the world and has the longest discography of any group of its type. In 1999, it won the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for lifetime achievement, being the first and only group to date to receive this award.
==Repertoire==
The Arditti Quartet is dedicated to 20th century and contemporary works, a niche in chamber music where classical masters dominate. While they only play a handful of works from before the 20th century, they require that their repertoire maintains the tradition that has been established in Europe for several century's. They do not work with composers from fields such as jazz, pop or crossover. They concentrate on those from the last fifty years, along with very new music, mostly repertoire specially written for the ensemble to premiere.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Violinists Irvine Arditti and David Alberman )〕 The quartet is considered the authentic interpreters for many late 20th century composers, with a reputation for mastering the most difficult and complex compositions.〔 They rarely improvise as their focus is on working with composers.〔 These composers range from those active in the early 20th century to the present and include Thomas Adès,() Luciano Berio, John Cage()(), Elliott Carter, Franco Donatoni, Pascal Dusapin, Henri Dutilleux, Brian Ferneyhough, Morton Feldman, György Kurtag, Helmut Lachenmann, György Ligeti, Witold Lutoslawski, Wolfgang Rihm, Giacinto Scelsi, () and Iannis Xenakis. 〔 〕 They have on occasion perform minimalist pieces such as Mishima by Philip Glass and the 1st quartet of Gavin Bryars which was written for them. Also works involving electronics are in their repertoire. York Holler’s ''Antiphon'', Kaaija Saariaho’s Nymphea and Roger Reynolds Ariadnes Thread. () In their first concert they played new compositions only, but already in their second year, they decided that their repertoire needed to include works of the Second Viennese School and Bartok came soon after. Works from earlier in the 20th century as perspective followed and in the '80's they incorporated Beethoven's Grosse Fuge. They have played Ligeti’s Second Quartet and Xenakis 'Tetras' hundreds of times.〔〔
The focus on new music is to have the ability to collaborate with the composer in the interpretation of the piece, something the group considers very important, both in how to play and the fact that they consider their work as a kind of service to composers, especially younger and the lesser-known.〔〔 Composers often make minor adjustments to their compositions after working with the quartet.〔 Norwegian composer Sven Lyder Kahrs calls the group the “Rolls-Royce” of quartets, in part because he does not have to explain how to play his music to them. They just know.〔
In the past they have been compared to the Kronos Quartet but unlike them are not interested in crossover audiences or cross-genre pieces, but rather stick with the classical quartet form.〔 There are very few pieces common to both groups.〔
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