.:. classical / Schubert, twice over
Schubertiade
Tuesday, June 9, Thursday, June 11 and Sunday, June 14, 2026
The name reaches back to the 1820s: the informal Viennese gatherings — friends, a piano, a quiet room — where Schubert's music was played before it ever reached a concert hall. Milan revives the format two hundred years on, and expands it.
.:. The Società del Quartetto and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano have joined forces for a trilogy of concerts that traces Schubert's music from its most private register to its most expansive. It is also a preview of the bicentenary of his death — Schubert died in Vienna in November 1828, aged 31 — and a rare instance of two of the city's leading musical institutions building a programme together.
.:. The throughline is pianist Gabriele Strata, tweny-seven years old, who performs in all three evenings. Joining him for the chamber concert is violinist and conductor Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (pictured), who then steps to the podium to lead the Sinfonica in the closing concert.
