Fifty years after his passing, Dmitri Shostakovich’s string quartets remain a supreme achievement of 20th-century chamber music. The Borodin String Quartet deliver a definitive performance of the pole-axing String Quartet No. 8 at the 2002 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. Now streaming at stage.plus/Shostakovich. | STAGE

New York, New York 🗽 This October, a quartet of LPO musicians will be hopping across the pond for a very special chamber performance at Salon 58 🎻 It’s a unique opportunity to hear a quartet of LPO players up close in an intimate setting, with music including this beautiful movement from Borodin's String Quartet No. 2, performed here by LPO Leader Pieter Schoeman, Principal Second Violin Tania Mazzetti, viola Ting-Ru Lai and Principal Cello Kristina Blaumane 🎶 Pieter and Kristina will be head