Quartetto Sforzesco is a string quartet specialised in the classical and romantic repertoire.
It was founded in 2021 with the ambition of bringing chamber music to the most varied places, and it plays regularly for the public libraries of Milan.
Next concert
Thursday 12 November 2026, 6 pm
Biblioteca Sormani, Sala del Portico · Corso di Porta Vittoria 6, Milan
Part of the special events for the library's 70th anniversary. Free entry while seats last.
Verdi & Schumann: Italian and German Romanticism
The 2026 programme brings together two masterpieces of the romantic string quartet from the middle of the 19th century.
Giuseppe Verdi
String Quartet in E minor
Allegro · Andantino · Prestissimo · Allegro assai mosso
The only chamber work by the great opera composer from Busseto.
Robert Schumann
String Quartet in A major, Op. 41 No. 3
Andante espressivo · Assai agitato · Adagio molto · Finale: Allegro molto vivace
A work of great breadth by the composer many critics see as the most intimate soul of German Romanticism.
The quartet
Alessandro Bares · violin
Claudia Monti · violin
Stefano Bonvini · viola
Claudio Frigerio · cello
Concerts in 2026
| Date | Venue in Milan |
|---|---|
| Saturday 14 March | Biblioteca Calvairate |
| Saturday 21 March | Biblioteca Tibaldi |
| Saturday 27 June | Biblioteca Oglio |
| Thursday 1 October | Biblioteca Parco Sempione |
| Saturday 10 October | Biblioteca Venezia |
| Thursday 12 November | Biblioteca Sormani |
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