The duos made a short announcement to their fans in a video on social media
Following TwoSet Violin’s surprise retirement announcement on 14 October, fellow classical music comedy duo Igudesman & Joo congratulated the Australian pair in a video on 20 October on the Igudesman & Joo Facebook and Instagram accounts.
The post says: ’Just a day before TwoSet Violin’s surprising retirement news, we Igudesman & Joo met up with Brett & Eddy at Aleksey Igudesman’s home in Vienna for cake and some retirement talk. We’ve been (mostly remote) friends for years, admiring each other’s “work” (if we can call it that!). A few days prior TwosetViolin jumped on stage with us during our final Musikverein performance.’
Igudesman & Joo announced their own retirement earlier this year, and will keep performing until the end of 2025. In the video, the four musicians jokingly called themselves the ’retirement quartet’, before saying that they were going to play chamber music together.
The duo seemed just as shocked as TwoSet Violin’s fans about the retirement, as they go on to explain in the post: ‘While we announced our own retirement earlier this year, with performances until the end of 2025, the audacious TwoSet Violin shocked us all with their sudden decision to retire – no prior warning! Hats off to these brilliant gentlemen! We can’t wait to see what they’ll create next!’
Watch the video here:
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