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ZRI
ZRI take their name from Zum Roten Igel, the
Viennese venue in the times when Brahms and
Schubert were alive; a serious classical concert hall
on one side, and a space where composers drank
and caroused on the other. Born out of a passion for
the classics, each ZRI performance feeds oû the
intensity of the music when it was new and shouting
to make itself heard.
Beginning with their radical re-scoring of the
Brahms Clarinet Quintet to include accordion
and santouri (dulcimer), ZRI has developed
captivating programs that re-imagine Schubert’s
great C major quintet, adventure with Charlie
Chaplin, and waltz with Schönberg, drawing the
audience into a world where they are free to let go
of genre distinctions and simply experience the
concert story.
ZRI are five world-class musicians drawing together
a wealth of collective experience with international
orchestras, improvising, and cross-cultural
collaborations into a single focus. The group has
performed at major festivals across the UK and
Europe, including Gottweig, Lindau, Liestal, Boswil
and Alpentöne, and has made critically-acclaimed
discs of both the Schubert and Brahms Quintets;
‘The Cellar Sessions’ was released in 2023, bridging
the serenity of Schubert and Bach with
contemporary songs and this theme sails further
east with ‘Café Danube’, released by Naxos in 2024.
In an interconnected world, classical becomes
radical.
www.zrimusic.com
