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Pierre Colombet – violin Adrien Boisseau – viola
Gabriel Le Masgadure – violin Raphaël Merlin – cello
Described by The New York Times as “a string quartet that can easily morph into a jazz band”, the Quatuor Ebène is distinguished by its versatility in playing not only classical masterpieces but contemporary music and jazz as well. The quartet also interprets and arranges popular music with great success. Within a decade of its founding in 1999 at the Conservatoire in Boulogne-Billancourt, the Quatuor Ebène transformed from a talented but youthful and virtually unknown string quartet to a highly respected ensemble with a prestigious recording contract and a touring schedule that included regular performances at major concert venues across Europe, Asia and North America. In 2004, the four young musicians won first prize at the prestigious ARD International Competition in Munich; the following year they won the Belmont Prize from the Forberg-Schneider Foundation, and in 2010 a Victoire de la Musique Classique. In 2008 the ensemble made its first recording under a new association with Virgin Classics, a disc of quartets by Debussy, Ravel and Fauré; this won them the 2009 Gramophone award for Record of the Year. Quatuor Ebène’s first all-crossover album was issued by Virgin Classics in 2010, a disc that featured arrangements of such numbers as “Somewhere over the Rainbow” and “Streets of Philadelphia”. Since the Ebène was last in Montreal, three seasons ago, they have acquired a new violist, and have released several new discs, including one with soprano Natalie Dessay and one with legendary pianist Menahem Pressler. 3rd LMMC concert.
PROGRAMME: Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel
Please note that the detailed programme will be released two weeks before the concert.
www.warnerclassics.com/quatuor-ebene
Pierre Colombet – violon Adrien Boisseau – alto
Gabriel Le Masgadure – violon Raphaël Merlin – violoncelle
Fondé en 1999, le quatuor français Ebène a étudié dans la classe du quatuor Ysaŷe puis reçu les conseils de Gàbor Takács, Eberhard Feltz et György Kurtág. En 2004, il remporte le premier prix lors du prestigieux Concours International de l’ARD de Munich. L’année suivante, le quatuor est lauréat du prix Belmont de la Fondation Forberg-Schneider. Récompensé en 2010 par une Victoire de la Musique Classique, le Quatuor Ebène se distingue par sa polyvalence en abordant le répertoire classique, la musique contemporaine, le jazz, la musique populaire et la musique de films. En 2014, en collaboration avec le chanteur Bernard Lavilliers et la chanteuse Stacey Kent, le Quatuor Ebène a mis à l’honneur la musique sud-américaine, de Piazzolla à Carlos Jobim. Son enregistrement de quatuor de Félix et Fanny Mendelssohn a obtenu un Diapason d’Or. Le Quatuor Ebène enregistre chez Virgin Classics. Depuis sa dernière visite à Montréal, Ébène a acquis une nouvelle violoncelliste, et de nombreux disques sont parus, incluant un avec la soprano Natalie Dessay ainsi qu’un avec le légendaire pianiste Menahem Pressler. 3e fois au LMMC.
PROGRAMME: Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel
Le programme détaillé sera disponible deux semaines avant le concert.
www.warnerclassics.com/quatuor-ebene
Event Artists
Pierre Colombet - violon Adrien Boisseau - altoGabriel Le Masgadure - violon Raphaël Merlin - violoncelleQuatuor Ebène at the LMMC
Date/Time
Sunday, April 9, 2017
3:30 pm
Location
McGill University - Pollack Hall
555 Sherbrooke West
Montreal,
Canada, H3A 1E3
Price
20$-45$
Phone
514 932-6796
Website
http://www.lmmc.ca/
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