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51st Chamber Music
Concert Season

Modigliani Quartet

Amaury Coeytaux     Loic Rio     Laurent Marfaing     François Kieffer
  ​Tuesday, November 7, 2023
  7:30 PM Harris Concert Hall

Chamber Music With A French Flair

The Paris Based Quatuor Modigliani is One of Today’s Most Sought-After Quartets

Celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2023

“ The Modigliani Quartet clearly belongs to the world’s greatest

 — Le Monde

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart     String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, K. 156 (K. 134b) (1772)

 

Elise Bertrand                               *Lui e loro (Him and Them) for String Quartet(2023)

Hugo Wolf                                      Italian Serenade for String Quartet in G Major, WW XV/3   

                                                                                 -Intermission-

Giacomo Puccini                              I Crisantemi [Chrysanthemums] for String Quartet      

Giuseppe Verdi                              String Quartet in E Minor 

 

*commissioned by the Modigliani Quartet      

Music Program

Concert

Inscrutable Balance         Sophisticated Beauty           Elegance          Invigorating  Suppleness

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“...one of the best quartets before the public today.” —Washington Post 

“Modigliani musicians show they’re a fab foursome”                                                                                 —Seattle Times

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The Quartet

Founded in 2003, the Modigliani Quartet is recognized as one of today’s most sought-after quartets, featuring regularly in prominent international series and on the world’s most prestigious stages.

In addition to annual tours in the United States and in Asia, the quartet’s numerous European tours have brought them to Wigmore Hall, the Paris Philharmonie, the Théâtre des Champs- Elysées, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Saint-Petersburg Philharmonia and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.

After reviving the Rencontres Musicales Evian in 2014, of which they assured the artistic direction for 8 years, the quartet was entrusted with the artistic direction of the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in 2020. As part of their festival “Vibre !”, the quartet counts some of the greatest quartets and chamber music ensembles amongst their guests’ artists. Through masterclasses and workshops, the festival provides an ideal environment to work with and mentor the young generation, a mission at the heart of the quartet’s activities. The quartet is also the founder of the Saint-Paul-de-Vence Festival and the Arcachon Chamber Music Festival, both created in 2011.
 

About the Artists
Quatuor Modigliani - Haydn - Bartók - Mozart
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Quatuor Modigliani - Haydn - Bartók - Mozart

Release date / Sortie : 5 February 2021 Haydn - Quatuor en ré mineur opus 76 n°2 Hob.III.76 "Les quintes" Mozart - Quatuor n°19 K.465 en do majeur opus 10 n°6 "Les dissonances" Bartók - Quatuor à cordes n°3 en do dièse mineur Sz. 85 Freedom brings forth creativity. Thus emerges the shared ideal championed by the three masterpieces of this programme, each illuminating a turning point in the lives of their authors where a fresh chapter begins and new horizons beckon. The turn of the century and the rise of intellectual thought brought about delightful freedom and keen inspiration to Haydn and Mozart. Its absence, however, saw the creative voice of Bartók extinguished, the composer stricken with self-doubt and disenchantment in the years following the Great War. One might find themselves enthralled by the poetry of these works or galvanized by their originality. Yet above all, their most profound quality lies is the testimony they bear of the human nature and its tenacity. -------------------------- Du sommet de l’époque classique aux années bouillonnantes du XXe siècle, le quatuor à cordes s’est imposé comme genre par excellence auquel les compositeurs confient leurs idées les plus novatrices. Le Quatuor Modigliani met en lumière trois chefs-d’œuvre d’une originalité éclatante, chacun témoin d’un moment charnière dans les vies de leurs créateurs. Poésie, audace et soif de vivre portent haut le discours singulier de ces quatuors à travers lesquels s‘ouvrent de nouveaux horizons. Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Mirare-151247074906672

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