O/Modernt
Julian Arp (cello), Gareth Lubbe (viola), Daniel Rowland and Hugo Ticciati (violins) have known each other for a number of years, making music together at numerous festivals across Europe. In February 2016 at Musikaliska all four musicians performed together for the first time as a string quartet, officially marking the inauguration of the O/MODERNT String Quartet. Like its namesake, Festival O/MODERNT, the quartet will combine old and new music in innovative and daring ways, nurturing the hallowed ground of the great quartet tradition while challenging its established order, pushing the traditional boundaries of the form and (dare we say) releasing the quartet from the safety of its ivory tower. With four musicians who are used to doing things very much outside the ‘classical’ box, the quartet hopes to open up new imaginative spaces, unravelling multiple strands of quartet playing and reweaving them to reveal unforeseen potentialities and create fresh and original musical textures.

The quartet will be collaborating with an eclectic array of artists including percussionist Evelyn Glennie, choreographer Marc Brew, Brazilian dancer Ederson Rodrigues Xavier, DJ Jeff Mills and more.