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 Ebène Quartet Pierre Colombet (violin) Gabriel Le Magadure (violin) Mathieu Herzog (viola) Raphaël Merlin (cello) Nationality: French Places of study and teachers: Boulogne-Billancourt's Conservatoire National de Région Studied with the Ysaÿe Quartet at Paris' Conservatoire Studied with Gabor Takacs at the Music Academy of Geneva Master-classes with Gyorgy Kurtag (2004) Prizes/Accolades: Winner of the European competition of the French Ministry of Culture-sponsored European FNAPEC competition (2002) Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition (2nd-equal - no 1st Prize) (2003) SACEM prize for best contemporary work performance 1st Prize, Audience Prize, 2 Prizes for the best interpretation and the Karl Klinger Foundation Prize at the ARD International String Quartet Competition in Munich (2004) Fondation Groupe Banque Populaire grant to help promising young musicians in France (2003) Belmont Price for Contemporary Music by the Forberg-Schneider Foundation (2005) Raphael Merlin plays an 1850 Maucotel cello which formerly belonged to Paul Tortelier and which was loaned by the Fonds Instrumental Français. About their performances: “Interpreters of rare understanding and communicative flair” The Strad Mastery, elegance, density, complicity, spirit, are words that regularly come back about Quatuor Ebène, now among the most sought after quartets worldwide. Next season, the quartet will take part, among other prestigious engagements, in a Haydn cycle at London’s Wigmore Hall. They will also celebrate the Haydn year at Brussel’s Palais des Beaux-Arts and will be given a Carte Blanche at Paris’ Théâtre du Châtelet the same season. They’re also due to perform in the near future in such other venues as Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Rotterdam’s De Doelen, Zurich’s Tonhalle, Vienna’s Musikverein, the City of London Festival, Verbier festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Berlin Konzerthaus and many other places in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, the United-Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, the United-States, Japan and Australia. In 2007, the quartet joined the prestigious circle of artists supported by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. In June 2006, Quatuor Ebène was admitted to the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme. 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 Quatuor Ebène are also recipients of both the Fondation Groupe Banque Populaire award and more recently the Belmont Prize for Contemporary Music by the Forberg-Schneider Foundation. The quartet has been invited to perform in many festivals and concert venues throughout the world including Théâtre du Châtelet, Wigmore Hall, The City of London Festival, Lake District Summer Music Washington’s Corcoran and Library of Congress, Festival de la Roque d’Anthéron, Berlin Philharmony Chamber Music Hall, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Vienna’s Musikverein, La Pergola in Florence, Ferrara Musica and Brussel’s Palais des Beaux-Arts. Chamber music partners include internationally-renowned musicians such as Michel Dalberto, Frank Braley, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nicholas Angelich, Renaud Capuçon, Martin Fröst, Alexandre Tharaud, Gary Hoffman, Michel Portal, Eric Le Sage, Paul Meyer, Patricia Petibon, Juliane Banse and the Lindsay Quartet. The Quatuor Ebène is distinguished by its open-mindedness and versatility. Displaying equal facility in the classical repertoire and contemporary music, the quartet also performs jazz concerts. The Quatuor Ebène has recorded a live Haydn CD (Mirare, Harmonia Mundi) which was released in February 2006. The CD was unanimously praised worldwide (Album of the Month in The Strad) and Bartok CD in March 2007 which was also acclaimed worldwide (Strad Selection, ffff Telerama, ***** Fono Forum in Germany). They just signed an exclusivity contract with with Virgin Classics-EMI and are due to release their first album for Virgin in October 2008. Management: Solea Website: Ebène Quartet Last updated July 2008 |
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Listen to the Ebene Quartet playing the last movement of a Schumann Quartet.
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