Collaborations

Der britische Violinist Irvine Arditti, Gründer und Leiter des weltberühmten Arditti Quartet, berichtet in seinem englischsprachigen Buch von seiner engen Zusammenarbeit mit Komponist:innen, darunter Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio, Giacinto Scelsi, Mauricio Kagel, Hans Werner Henze, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, György Ligeti, Elliott Carter, Jonathan Harvey, James Dillon … It was quite a few years ago that I had the idea to document the many years I have spent in the music profession, first as an orchestral player but then as a soloist and the founder and leader of the Arditti Quartet. My interest in contemporary music goes back to my early teens and has continued through a celebrated 48 years of quartet playing, working with many of the most interesting contemporary composers. (Note from the Author