Arditti Quartet, Yaron Deutsch, Stefan Prins

The legendary Arditti Quartet, standard-bearer of the contemporary string quartet repertoire for 52 years, is appearing at Transit this year with a very special programme. 

They’ll be joined by guitarist Yaron Deutsch and the composer himself for an epic clash between string quartet and crackling electronics, in the Belgian premiere of Cyborg Flesh by Flemish composer Stefan Prins. They’ll also play Chaya Czernowin’s latest quartet, as proof that the contemporary quartet repertoire doesn’t need help from electronic means to sizzle all by itself.

With support of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung