The quartet speaks: repertoire, responsibility and shared listening
Ravenna & Dintorni talks with Fabrizio Zoffoli and Alessandra Cefaliello ahead of the ensemble’s appearance at Teatro Alighieri with Quartetto di Cremona.
“Winning that award meant a great deal, and brought responsibilities: the only way forward was to study and improve concert after concert.”
Published ahead of Ravenna Musica 2017, the interview brings together Fabrizio Zoffoli and Alessandra Cefaliello before Quartetto Guadagnini joined Quartetto di Cremona for Mendelssohn’s Octet at Teatro Alighieri.
The conversation ranges from Mendelssohn, Beethoven and the Italian repertoire to contemporary music and the recording of Brahms and Dvořák. It also reflects on the Piero Farulli Prize and on the responsibility that recognition placed on a very young ensemble.
Read today, the exchange captures a quartet still defining its repertoire through study, curiosity and collaboration. It is also a record of the formative relationship with Quartetto di Cremona and of the work required to turn early recognition into a lasting artistic path.