a model for positive dialogue The Cuarteto Casals, formed in Madrid in 1997, has become one of the best-known string quartets in the world today. In a series of six concerts at Klarafestival 2020 they will perform the complete Beethoven string quartets along with a number of contemporary compositions. An interview with Jonathan Brown, violist with the Cuarteto Casals.

it's easier to understand baguettes flying through the window than the horrors of war Making music without compromise. The amalgamation of authenticity and innovation. Beauty and creativity as the sole objective. Musical polymaths Wim Van Hasselt and Koen Plaetinck – the former trained as a trumpet player, the latter as percussionist – present with their brand-new duo ART’uur a counterbalance to the fast-moving, sometimes superficial daily tasks that typify the day-to-day life of the professional musician. They go passionately in search of depth and, in doing so, attempt to bring together all forms of art. Their first project, Imaginary Mirror, would have premiered at Klarafestival 2020. A conversation with Koen Plaetinck.