MozART Group

Comedy concert for string quartet from Poland - tailcoats and a table-tennis ball included
Filip Jaślar (violin), Michał Sikorski (skrzypce), Paweł Kowaluk (viola), Bolesław Błaszczyk (cello)

Four gentlemen in tailcoats. A string quartet. Mozart on the music stands. Then a mobile phone rings - and becomes part of the piece.

The evening
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik starts the way it always does. You settle back. Then a country line sneaks in, gets pushed out by flamenco, and the beat suddenly stops coming from the bows - it's a table-tennis ball bouncing off a board instead. Someone yodels in between. And Mozart pivots, without warning, into Mambo No. 5.

That's how MozART Group works: not classical music with jokes bolted on, but classical music that generates its own jokes - because four very accomplished musicians are allowed to play with their craft without anyone raising an eyebrow.

Four artists in Mozart's service
Founded in 1995, first prize at the Kraków cabaret competition on their very first attempt, and since then tours across roughly 40 countries. Because the comedy needs no words, audiences in Shanghai, Singapore and San Diego laugh just as hard as those in Stockholm, Salzburg - or Singen, where the quartet has already performed once before.

Why this evening
Classical fans get two things at once: the punchline and the Mozart it's playing against. Newcomers to classical music need no prior knowledge - the show explains itself. Wordless comedy means every couple with mismatched musical tastes and every international audience in the hall is along for the ride. And between a symphony concert and a cabaret show, evenings where you get both are rare.

Who this concert is for
- Classical fans who are allowed to laugh at the great geniuses: if you know Mozart, you hear twice as much here.
- Classical newcomers: no prior knowledge required, but it's rewarded.
- Couples with different musical tastes: one loves classical, the other prefers comedy.