20th Malta Spring Festival | Huberman String Quartet & Christine Zerafa, piano

Two contrasting piano quintets illuminate the expressive range of twentieth-century chamber music. Grażyna Bacewicz’s Piano Quintet No. 1 (1952) balances rhythmic drive with inward reflection, moving from tense energy to a searching central lament and a passionate finale. Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G minor (1940), combines classical clarity with a distinctive emotional voice, from its grave Prelude and austere Fugue to a sardonic Scherzo and quietly hopeful conclusion. The Huberman String Quartet (Poland) joins Maltese pianist Christine Zerafa for an evening of intensity, colour, and finely wrought ensemble playing.

Huberman String Quartet (Poland)

Tomasz Koulisiewicz, violin

Alicja Miruk-Mirska, violin

Zuzanna Sobecka viola

Adam Klocek, cello

Christine Zerafa, piano (Malta)

Grażyna Bacewicz | Piano quintet no. 1

Dmitry Shostakovich | Piano quintet in G minor, op. 57