[PERFORMANCE INTRODUCTION]
ABEL QUARTET
BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS COMPLETE
The Abel Quartet's second complete string quartet series, having won the Haydn International Chamber Music Competition, placed 3rd in the Geneva International Music Competition's string quartet category, and conquered prestigious international competitions worldwide,
The Abel Quartet, which successfully completed the Mendelssohn complete works project last year and received the 2025 3rd Seoul Arts Award Music Division 'Porsche Frontier Award,' continues its meaningful journey with a complete Beethoven performance a year later.
The Abel Quartet will present the complete string quartets of Beethoven, a representative composer of the Classical era and known as the saint of music, offering the evolution and deepening process of Beethoven's compositional world in one continuous breath.
Beethoven, who is credited with opening a new era in the string quartet genre and profoundly influenced subsequent musicians. An opportunity to experience Beethoven's string quartets reborn through the Abel Quartet's distinctive diverse timbres and sensibility.
[PROGRAM]
Complete Performance 4 | Thursday, February 5, 2026, 7:30 PM
Beethoven | String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18-4
L. v. Beethoven | String Quartet No. 4 in c minor, Op. 18-4
Beethoven | String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135
L. v. Beethoven | String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135
- Intermission -
Beethoven | String Quartet No. 13 in B♭ Major, Op. 130
L. v. Beethoven | String Quartet No. 13 in Bb Major, Op. 130
Beethoven | Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B♭ Major, Op. 133
L. v. Beethoven | Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in Bb Major, Op. 133