Quartetto Indaco presents Moto Contrario – QuBE

MOTO CONTRARIO
QuBe Version
A QuBE (Quartet Based Ensemble) production designed by Quartetto Indaco and Milano Classica

Moto Contrario, the artistic project developed by the Quartetto Indaco within the European platform MERITA – where chamber Music, cultural hERItage and TAlent meet, by Le Dimore del Quartetto, now arrives in a new form as a QuBE (Quartet Based Ensemble) production, conceived by the Quartetto Indaco in collaboration with Milano Classica.

QUARTETTO INDACO
Eleonora Matsuno, violin
Ida Di Vita, violin
Jamiang Santi, viola
Cosimo Carovani, cello

With the participation of the Milano Classica String Orchestra
Concert direction by Quartetto Indaco

Actors:
Olivia Manescalchi
Sarah Kim-Cross

Visuals:
Letizia Castellano

THE PROJECT

Moto Contrario is a musical and narrative experience that blends words, sounds, and images to give voice to one of the most delicate and urgent issues of our time: mental health. In this new orchestral version, the Quartetto Indaco – ensemble in residence at Milano Classica – leads the orchestra’s strings in an expanded reinterpretation of the original project, enhancing its expressive potential according to the QuBE (Quartet Based Ensemble) model.

Moto Contrario is a multisensory journey that explores music as a metaphor for disorientation and redemption. The narrative unfolds through the words of Clara Wieck-Schumann, wife of composer Robert Schumann, and Sarah Kim-Cross, an Anglo-Korean violinist who shares her personal experience in coping with mental health challenges. Two lives, separated by time and space, converge along a shared emotional path.

The music of Robert Schumann, who spent his final years in the Endenich psychiatric hospital and sought to express his inner torment through composition, intertwines with original music and arrangements created for the occasion by Cosimo Carovani, cellist of the Quartetto Indaco and composer in residence at Milano Classica. The result is brought to life through the evocative imagery of artist Letizia Castellano, creating an immersive experience that engages all the senses and invites the audience to reflect on one of the most pressing and sensitive issues of our time.

Concert open to the public