Berlin Tracks: The String Archestra & Rothko String Quartet

The String Archestra supports people of colour in classical music and honours composers from various eras who have been overlooked due to their ethnic background. Its programme with the Rothko String Quartet draws on the rich musical heritage of three centuries across four continents – from the French-Senegalese composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799) to “Normadic Nirvana” by the South African composer Monthati Masebe, born in 1996, and ‘The Holy Presence Of Joan D’Arc,” Julius Eastman’s poignant homage to the medieval heroine and queer icon.