C l a s s i c a l
THURSDAY, MAY 29TH at 7:30 PM
at La Maison Française
Admission: $20
Tickets: instantseats.com
Ebène Quartet
Pierre Colombet, (violin)
Gabriel Le Magadure, (violin)
Mathieu Herzog, (alto)
Raphaël Merlin, (cello)
A wine reception will follow the concert.
Program
Note: there has been a program modified:
Haydn: Quartet n°3, op. 74
Bartok: Quartet n° 2, op. 17
(intermission)
Debussy: Quartet in G minor, op. 10
The quartet formed while the four young Frenchmen were still students at Boulogne-Billancourt's "Conservatoire National de Région" in 1999. After a period studying with Ysaÿe Quartet at "Conservatoire Supérieur in Paris, the Ebène Quartet was invited to study with Gabor Takacs at the Geneva Music Academy and also with Eberhardt Feldz at the Berlin "Hochschule der Kunste" and Gyorgy Kurtag. In 2004, the quartet waltzed off with the First Prize of the prestigious ARD Competition in Munich in 2004, as well as the Audience Prize, two Prizes for the best interpretation and the Karl Klinger Foundation Prize.
The Ebène Quartet is distinguished by its open-mindedness and versatility: mastery, elegance, density, complicity and spirit are words that regularly come back about Ebène Quartet, now considered one of the very best young quartets worldwide.
The relatively young quartet has already been invited to perform in many festivals and concert venues in France, Germany, Spain, the United-Kingdom, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal, Italy. It has played - and is scheduled to play - in chamber music performances with such internationally-renowned musicians as Christian Ivaldi, Michel Dalberto, Frank Braley, Nicolai Lugansky, Brigitte Engerer, Alexandre Tharaud, Gary Hoffman, François Salque, Michel Portal, Eric Le Sage, Paul Meyer, Sandro de Palma, Patricia Petibon, the Lindsay Quartet... In the upcoming seasons, the quartet will take part - among other prestigious engagements - in a Haydn cycle at London's Wigmore Hall, with the Emerson, Hagen, Arcanto quartets in 2008-09. It will also celebrate the Haydn year at Brussel's "Palais des Beaux-Arts
In 2007, Ebène Quartet was awarded the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. Following the success of its live Haydn CD (Mirare - Harmonia Mundi february 2006), Ebène Quartet released a Bartok CD in March 2007, featuring the composer's first three quartets.
"The Ebène Quartet is an ensemble in the proper sense of the term , uniting in an exemplary way all the qualities and requirements of a string quartet ... The French players performed while listening to each other in a truly symphonic spirit, with spontaneous feeling and perfect rhythmical adaptability... they tackle such various styles as Mozart’s, Beethoven’s and Bartok’s with the same faultless insight. It was a constant pleasure to see these young men on the Herkulessal’s stage with such presence and concentration." -- Harald Eggbrecht, Süddeutsche Zeitung, September 2004
"The players of the Ebène Quartet give the lie to whoever claims that a certain individualism proper to the French mentality is at odds with the existence of great quartets. Cohesion, balance, commitment ... are the recurrent words that describe the talent of these young artists who are open to such a diversified repertoire." -- Alain Cochard, Zurban, August 2004
"Such artists simply shake off your prejudices and your own knowledge of the works imposing their interpretation with such great conviction it becomes obvious (...) Spectators smile their way out of the hall, forgetting about their disillusions, sorrows and doubts, moved by the revelation of a promising young generation." -- Frédéric Calandreau, Resmusica, February 2005
"The Ebène Quartet, combining the fire of youth with an already great maturity, vigorously accentuating the contrasts of the music, was bringing the works to a pitch of intensity, poetry and jubilant sound, each instrument retaining perfect clarity." -- La Nouvelle République, March 2004
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