The distinguished CySO violinist Ayşe Karaoğlan and cellist Pinar Bayraktar, long-standing chamber music partners, are now turning their artistic curiosity towards the piano quartet repertoire. To embark on this new journey, they join forces with two exceptional musicians: CySO’s sub-principal violist Vladimir Tkachenko and the brilliant Cypriot pianist Manolis Neophytou.
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…
