Mivos Quartet—Steve Reich: The String Quartets - The 54th Hong Kong Arts Festival

Mivos Quartet—Steve Reich: The String Quartets

music

chamber music

Info

2026.03.14

20:00
Approx. 1 hr 25 mins incl. one interval

Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

$400 $320 $240 $180
Full-time Local Student $200 $160 $120 $90

The New York-based daring new-music ensemble Mivos Quartet will perform all three of Steve Reich’s profound works for string quartet: Different Trains (1988), Triple Quartet (1999) and WTC 9/11 (2010), promising an unforgettable encounter with the urgent, hypnotic world of the pioneer of Minimalism.

Minimalist mastery: celebrate Steve Reich at 90 with “one of America's most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles” (The Chicago Reader)

Few composers have transformed the music of our time as profoundly as Steve Reich. With its repeating cells, gradual shifts and propulsive rhythms, the music of this Pulitzer Prize-winning pioneer of Minimalism has influenced generations of musicians across countless genres. The New York-based Mivos Quartet will perform all three of Reich’s works for string quartet: Different Trains (1988), Triple Quartet (1999) and WTC 9/11 (2010).

Each quartet offers a distinct journey: Different Trains juxtaposes the composer’s childhood rail journeys in wartime America with recordings of Holocaust survivors; Triple Quartet layers a live quartet with two pre-recorded ensembles in a dazzling interplay; and WTC 9/11 responds to the attacks of 11 September 2001, weaving recorded voices from that day with echoes of the Psalms.

Personally working with Reich to record the first complete album of his quartets, Mivos has his seal of approval. Praised for its “bracing intensity and impeccable technique” (The Strad), the ensemble is recognised worldwide as champions of contemporary music. Its Hong Kong performance promises an unforgettable encounter with the urgent, hypnotic world of Reich.

Advance bookings will start at 10am on 16 October 2025