Concert information
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
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Quatuor Ébène’s Beethoven interpretations have set new standards through their rhythmic precision, energy and impressive expressive range. To mark the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death, this season’s Quartett series is devoted entirely to the ensemble. The opening programme includes the first quartet from the early Opus 18, a work in which the young Beethoven already revealed his striking compositional originality, alongside two works from his middle period: the lyrical Opus 74 – nicknamed the “Harp Quartet” because of the pizzicato passages in its first movement – and the highly-charged String Quartet in C major, composed for Prince Razumovsky.
Artists
Quatuor Ébène:
Pierre Colombet violin
Gabriel Le Magadure violin
Marie Chilemme viola
Yuya Okamoto cello
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in F major, op. 18 No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in E flat major, op. 74 “Harp”
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in C major, op. 59 No. 3 “Razumovsky”
Additional information
Duration ca. 2 hours (incl. 20 minutes interval)
Dates and tickets
Chamber Music Hall
18 to 41 €
Introduction
19:15
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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