Zemlinsky wrote to Schoenberg that “a great artist…must respect the boundaries of beauty, even if he extends them far further than hitherto”. That seems an apt description for his own string quartets.

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Unfamiliar with the Zemlinksy's music, I found his String Quartet No. 1 a welcome revelation. But the musicians' onstage bonhomie and vivid engagement with the audience, along with their tremendous ...

A prize-winning ensemble from the Czech Republic is playing in Leamington tonight. The Zemlinsky String Quartet – which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary – will be giving a concert at ...

If, as often alleged, classical music is dying, you wouldn't know it from the seemingly endless supply of superb new string quartets. What many might consider an esoteric medium keeps getting ...

Notting Hill, as the Hugh Grant character in the film of that name can attest, is full of surprises. Another of them is a venue now called the 20th Century Theatre but which once played host to Henry ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. If you can’t let your hair down at your own party, then when can you? There’s a question for the Zemlinsky Quartet, ...