Concert information
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
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“The Quatuor Ébène approaches Beethoven’s string quartets as if freshly discovered, with energy, care, and dedication,” praised Deutschlandfunk when the ensemble released its complete recording of Beethoven’s quartets. From this season onwards, the four musicians present the cycle in our Quartet series. The second programme features two contrasting works from the early Opus 18 – the lively and gallant A major quartet and the dark, dramatic C minor quartet. Added to this is the multi-layered Opus 127, which opens Beethoven’s late string quartets with lyrical intimacy and folkloric earthiness.
Artists
Quatuor Ébène:
Pierre Colombet violin
Gabriel Le Magadure violin
Marie Chilemme viola
Yuya Okamoto cello
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in A major, op. 18 No. 5
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in C minor, op. 18 No. 4
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in E flat major, op. 127
Additional information
Duration ca. 2 hours (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Dates and tickets
Chamber Music Hall
17 to 40 €
Introduction
19:30
with Susanne Stähr
Series T: Quartet
Background
Biography
Quatuor Ébène
For over 20 years, the French Quatuor Ébène has cultivated a new, boundary-crossing approach to string quartet playing. This is evident in their often unconventional program choices, which not only encompass the classical repertoire, but also venture into genres such as jazz and popular music. The quartet’s distinctive expressive power was already apparent when the then-young ensemble participated in—and won—the ARD International Music Competition in 2004. The ensemble’s members had met five years earlier while studying at the music college in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Today, the ensemble, which studied with Quatuor Ysaÿe, Gábor Takács, Eberhard Feltz, and György Kurtág, is considered one of the best string quartets in the world. Particularly noteworthy is their recording of the complete string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, as well as their commitment to supporting young musicians through their Ébène Quartet Academy at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. Quatuor Ébène impresses with playing that is at once homogeneous and multifaceted, profound yet light, powerful and intimate. And that, despite the fact—as they repeatedly emphasize—they often have quite differing opinions. But in one thing they all agree: “Creativity only emerges from differences.”
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