Experience an award-winning ensemble of the highest class: The Poiesis Quartet, winner of 1st Prize at the prestigious Banff Competition in Canada, presents a fascinating programme between classical, impressionist and contemporary music.
General Info
Date: 14 January 2027
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Galerie Herrenhausen, Hanover
Payment: Both cashless payment and cash payment are possible on site. To avoid waiting times, we recommend buying your tickets online.
Accessibility: Our venues are barrier-free. One companion accompanying a person with disabilities (exclusively with a B marking on their ID card) will be admitted free of charge.
Discounts
Volunteers (under JFDG), people with a disability degree of 50 or more, and HannoverAktivPass holders receive a 20% discount on the regular ticket price.
School pupils, students and trainees up to and including the age of 29 pay only €10.00 per ticket. This offer applies to all tickets in price categories B, C and D.
With the AboVorteil subscription benefit, subscribers to the HAZ and NP newspapers receive a 10% discount on the regular admission price.
Proof of eligibility must be presented unrequested at the entrance.
Programme
Sergej Prokofiev (1891–1953): String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, op. 50
Jeff Scott (*1967): New Work (Commissioned Composition of the Poiesis Quartet)
Sky Macklay (*1988): Many Many Cadences
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): String Quartet in F major, op. 3
Description
"Poiesis" comes from ancient Greek and means "to create" - to create something that did not exist before. That is exactly the aim of the Poiesis Quartet: to constantly expand the string quartet repertoire and provide a platform for works by up-and-coming composers. With 1st Prize at the prestigious Banff Competition in Canada in 2025 and the Cleveland Award, the young ensemble has impressively cemented its breakthrough on the world stage.
The programme "Between Two Worlds" combines contemporary creativity with milestones of modernity: Jeff Scott, horn player and 2024 Grammy winner, contributes a brand-new commissioned composition. Sky Macklay's fast-paced, humorous piece "Many Many Cadences" dazzles with no less than 15 cadences in the first 12 seconds. Opposite this are Sergej Prokofiev's Paris-inspired 1st String Quartet and Maurice Ravel's only String Quartet in F major, which once caused a scandal as a break with the rules and is now considered a masterpiece.
Look forward to a high-energy performance full of depth, liveliness and musical curiosity!
