Hinge Quartet: BRIGHT
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Hinge Quartet returns to Boston Conservatory at Berklee with their new program BRIGHT. Praised as a “distinctive and progressive” ensemble (Boston Musical Intelligencer) whose performances “help modern works leap off the page” (Spectrum Culture), the Hinge Quartet is made up of Conservatory faculty Philipp Stäudlin (saxophones), Dan VanHassel (electric guitar), and Matt Sharrock (percussion) with the ever-virtuosic Keith Kirchoff (piano). Lying somewhere between a chamber ensemble and an avant-garde rock band, Hinge Quartet combines cutting-edge contemporary classical and experimental music with seamless multimedia integration.
For their 2025–2026 concert season, Hinge presents a series of concerts that each explore a single adjective. BRIGHT invites the audience to consider this word in a variety of contexts. After all, brightness can be both energizing and disorienting. When faced with darkness, a bit of light can help center our thoughts or guide us down unfamiliar paths.
BRIGHT features music by Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Caroline Mallonee, and John Mayrose alongside Louis Andriessen’s modern warhorse “Hout” and Klaus Lang’s engulfing “bright darkness (night).”