World Dialogue

Hot on the heels of two successful albums (as leading member of Sonar w. David Torn), Swiss composer and guitarist Stephan Thelenpresents his first named RareNoise release, World Dialogue. World Dialogue casts a light on Stephan Thelen’s work as acontemporary classical composer. It features four works for String Quartet, composed over the last decade, performed by the KronosQuartet and the Al Pari Quartet. ‘World Dialogue’, ‘Silesia’ and ‘Chaconne’, composed between 2006 and 2018, were performed andrecorded by the Al Pari Quartet in Berlin earlier this year. ‘Circular Lines’ was commissioned then performed in 2017 by the KronosQuartet as part of their ‘50 For The Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire’ series of commissions. These four beautiful compositionsshed an important light on Stephan’s work as an important contemporary minimalist, polyrhythmic composer.