Péter Frankl & Kelemen Quartet Presented by Liszt Academy

The generally-held belief is that members of a truly good string quartet have to work together day after day for decades in order for their play to gradually become more homogeneous. However, there are countless examples to the contrary. One such is the Kelemen Quartet re-established in early 2021. In truth, they can only be considered new as a permanent ensemble since they comprise a fusion of two artist couples moving in similar orbits: the married couple Barnabás Kelemen and Katalin Kokas, and Jonian Ilias Kadesha and Vashti Mimosa Hunter who are also in a close relationship. Péter Frankl, doyen of international music who studied at the Liszt Academy under Zoltán Kodály and Leo Weiner, joins the quartet on piano. Their performance features two jewels of the piano quintet canon by Brahms and Franck, both in the same key and both on similar emotional wavelengths.