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August 28, 2025

Miller Theatre opens its 2025-26 Composer Portraits series with Helmut Lachenmann

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Photo by Emilio Pomèrico

Miller's 2025-26 Composer Portraits series opens with

Helmut Lachenmann
Complete String Quartets

JACK Quartet celebrates the iconic German composer's 90th birthday with a rare performance of his complete string quartets

featuring

JACK Quartet:
Christopher Otto, violin
Austin Wulliman, violin
John Pickford Richards, viola
Jay Campbell, cello

Thursday, October 9, 2025, 7:30PM

Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)
Tickets starting at $20; Students with valid ID starting at $10

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Composer Portraits

Helmut Lachenmann

Complete String Quartets Thursday, October 9, 2025, 7:30PM

Marking the 90th birthday celebration of Helmut Lachenmann—the iconic visionary who has profoundly shaped the landscape of modern classical music—the intrepid JACK Quartet performs his complete string quartets. Don't miss this unforgettable performance of one of contemporary music’s most influential voices.

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