Concert March 19 2026

- Musique de chambre -
Thursday 19 March 2026 | 20h00
Conservatoire de Musique de Genève
Quintettes de Chostakovitch et Schubert

Thursday 19 March 2026 | 20h00
Quintettes de Chostakovitch et Schubert
Conservatoire de Musique de Genève

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Separated by more than a century, Franz Schubert and Dmitri Shostakovich each found in the quintet one of the most intimate means of expressing their inner truth. Both unite formal rigor with deeply personal confession: in one, the premonition of death; in the other, the struggle to survive in a world ruled by fear.

Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, D. 956, composed in 1828 just weeks before his death, is a work of farewell—vast in scope and radiant in serenity. The addition of a second cello gives the texture an almost choral depth, where every voice breathes and blends into a harmony suspended between light and desolation. The Adagio, with its nearly motionless time, seems to abolish all weight to reach a peace from another world.

A century later, Shostakovich, in his Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57, explores a similar tension between gravity and brilliance. The contrapuntal writing, inherited from Bach, becomes a language of truth—a dense dialogue between piano and strings, traversed by lyrical impulses and restrained fury.

In both composers, chamber music becomes a space of absolute sincerity, where beauty is born from the conflict between shadow and light — a shared breath of humanity that transcends time and still speaks to us today.

The artistic directors of the Geneva International String Academy, Sergey Ostrovsky and Noémie Bialobroda , are joined by Eva Kobor , Jonathan Gerstner, Auguste Rahon and Ekaterina Bonyushkina, offering the audience a performance that combines virtuosity, sensitivity, and deep musical complicity.

D. Chostakovitch : Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57

F. Schubert : String Quintet in C major, D. 956

Sergey Ostrovsky - violin, Eva Kobor - violin, Noémie Bialobroda - viola, Jonathan Gerstner - cello, Auguste Rahon - cello, Ekaterina Bonyushkina - piano

The Geneva International String Academy (GISA) is proud to see several of its former students honored in 2025 with major international distinctions. Their success reflects the Academy’s high standards and the exceptional quality of the artists it has trained over the past five years.

  • Sarah Strohm - Premier Prix ex æquo (alto), Concours de Genève 2025
    Sélectionnée aux éditions 2021, 2022 et 2023 de GISA
  • Brian Isaacs - Premier Prix ex æquo (alto), Concours de Genève 2025
    Sélectionné aux éditions 2022 et 2023 de GISA
  • Alessandra Yang - Prix spécial du jury « Meilleure performance en Musique de Chambre », Concours de Genève 2025
    Sélectionnée pour l’édition 2025 de GISA
  • Arne Zeller - Premier Prix (violoncelle), Concours de Budapest 2025
    Sélectionné aux éditions 2023 et 2024 de GISA
  • Maxime Grizard - Premier Prix (violoncelle) Radu Lupu 2025
    Sélectionné pour l'édition 2023 de GISA

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