Μουσική Δωματίου 1 ΚΟΥΑΡΤΕΤΟ ΜΕ ΠΙΑΝΟ

Lemesos: Thursday 2 October 2025 - Rialto Theatre, 20:00
Lefkosia: Friday 3 October 2025 - Pallas Theatre, Pafos Gate, 20:00

Johannes Brahms: Piano quartet no. 3 in C minor, op. 60
Gustav Mahler: Piano quartet in A minor

Ayşe Karaoğlan violin
Vladimir Tkachenko viola
Pinar Bayraktar cello
Yuliya Yilmaz piano

Performing together as a piano trio for the past seven years, Ayşe Karaoğlan, violinist in the CySO, cellist Pinar Bayraktar and pianist Yuliya Yilmaz are now joined by the sub-principal viola of the CySO, Vladimir Tkachenko, eager to delve into the piano quartet repertoire together!

Sharing a deep love for Brahms, their programme starts with his Piano quartet no. 3 in C minor composed in 1875 — a piece with a fascinating connection to the composer’s life. Brahms famously described it with dark emotional imagery, writing to his publisher: “Imagine a man who is about to shoot himself because nothing else remains to him.” This vivid sentiment reflects the quartet’s turbulent emotional landscape - rooted in Brahms’ deep inner conflict between pain for the mental illness of his friend Robert Schumann and his own love for his wife, Clara Schumann.

Just one year later, in 1876, the 15 year-old Gustav Mahler, then student at Vienna Conservatory, composed his Piano quartet in A minor. There is a foreboding darkness and intensity of emotion in this very early work, whereby one can hear echoes of the music of Schumann and Brahms.

Supporters: Rialto Theatre
Ticket price: €12 / €7 (concession)

Ticket presales:
Rialto Theatre (Andrea Drousioti 19, Heroes Square, 3040 Lemesos, 77777745):
Online at www.rialto.com.cy, at the Box Office, Mon-Fri: 10:00-15:00 and 1 hr before the concert.
Pallas Theatre, Pafos Gate (Rigainis and Arsinois corner, 1010 Lefkosia, 22 410181):
Online at cyso.interticket.com and 1,5 hrs before the concert.

Information: 22 463144, www.cyso.org.cy