Collaborations: Reflections on 50 Years of Working with Composers (edition neue zeitschrift für musik)

Der britische Violinist Irvine Arditti, Gründer und Leiter des weltberühmten Arditti Quartet, berichtet in seinem englischsprachigen Buch von seiner engen Zusammenarbeit mit Komponist:innen, darunter Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio, Giacinto Scelsi, Mauricio Kagel, Hans Werner Henze, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, György Ligeti, Elliott Carter, Jonathan Harvey, James Dillon ...

"It was quite a few years ago that I had the idea to document the many years I have spent in the music profession, first as an orchestral player but then as a soloist and the founder and leader of the Arditti Quartet. My interest in contemporary music goes back to my early teens and has continued through a celebrated 48 years of quartet playing, working with many of the most interesting contemporary composers." (Note from the Author)