Bridging Eras: Haydn – Beethoven – Korazbaev

“The Kazakh Quartet Invites” Cycle

30th Anniversary of the State String Gaziza Zhubanova Quartet

 

Concert

Bridging Eras: Haydn – Beethoven – Korazbaev

 

THE CONCERT IS HELD IN KAZAKH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES

 

Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Please note that the age limit is 10+

Management reserves the right to substitute performers and works performed 

 

The State String Gaziza Zhubanova Quartet is a renowned ensemble of professional musicians who, for more than three decades, have inspired audiences with their mastery and dedication to the art of music.

The year 2025 is especially significant for the Quartet, as the ensemble celebrates the 30th anniversary of its artistic career, marked by outstanding concerts, festival appearances and tours throughout Kazakhstan and abroad.

The anniversary concert “Bridging Eras: Haydn – Beethoven – Korazbaev” brings together the musical worlds of Europe and Kazakhstan. The programme features masterpieces of Viennese Classicism – string quartets by Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven – as well as “Aitys” by contemporary Kazakhstani composer Altynbek Korazbaev, arranged for string quartet by Samat Malimbai.

This evening will become a musical bridge between eras and cultures, where the classical restraint and grandeur of the Viennese school meet the melodic poetry of the Kazakh steppe.

 

PROGRAMME:

J. HAYDN

String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 33 (“Russian Quartet No. 2, The Joke”)

1. Allegro moderato

2. Scherzando – Trio

3. Largo

4. Finale. Presto

 

L. VAN BEETHOVEN

String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127

Dedicated to Prince Nikolai Borisovich Galitzin

1. Maestoso – Allegro

2. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile – Andante

3. Scherzo: Vivace

4. Allegro – Allegro comodo

 

A. KORAZBAEV

“Aitys”. Arrangement for string quartet by S. Malimbai

 

PERFORMED BY

String Quartet:

Aidar TOKTALIYEV (1st violin)

Alexey LEBEDEV (2nd violin)

Bekzat SAILAUBAIULY (viola)

Yernar MYNTAYEV (cello)

 

Artistic Director: Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan Yernar Myntayev

 

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