Pierre Colombet violin
Gabriel Le Magadure violin
Mathieu Herzog alto
Raphaël Merlin violoncello

"A string quartet that can easily morph into a jazz band," praised The New York Times' Alan Kozinn after hearing the Quatuor Ebène perform in March 2009.  There is no doubt: these four French musicians have class and are perhaps the most creative ensemble on the international chamber music scene today. No other quartet moves with such ease and enthusiasm between different styles, even if the foursome only rarely presents live programmes that combine classical music and jazz. Nevertheless, the quartet's traditional repertoire does not suffer in any way from its love of jazz. On the contrary, it would seem that the Ebènes' tendency to delve into the "other side" of music inspires their work in untangling and giving new life to classical works. The Quatuor Ebène has studied extensively with the Ysaye Quartet in Paris as well as with the eminent Gábor Takács, Eberhard Feltz and György Kurtág. The quartet is regularly heard throughout Europe, Canada and the United States in some of the most prestigious concert halls including Wigmore Hall London, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Berlin's Philharmonic and New York's Carnegie Hall. 2008 marked the beginning of a fruitful collaboration with the Virgin Classics label. The quartet's Debussy, Ravel and Fauré recording has been received with great critical acclaim including Recording of the Year by the prestigious magazine Gramophone as well as Chamber Music Record of the Year by ECHO-Klassik and a Midem Classic Award.

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"Akiko Yamamoto proves to be an ideal partner in the Piano Quintet, which achieves an extraordinary sense of drive and emotional abandon in the Finale."
Calum MacDonald BBC Music Magazine  October 2009

Project: Brahms String Quartet No.1 and Brahms Piano Quintet CD (Virgin Classics). Released September 2009

"They have such an extraordinary range of tone colour combined with a suppleness of rhythm which gives their playing a kind of serendipity as though they had just chanced on one achingly beautiful sound after another. The result is unforgettable."
BBC Radio 3 Building a Library: Faure Quartet. No 1 RECOMMENDATION, 28 March 2009

"Three French masterpieces (Debussy, Fauré, Ravel) played by young musicians with a rare degree of expressive subtlety, blended sonorities and electrifying joy. The late Fauré quartet achieves a fine balance between sounding suave and pulsing with life. Debussy quivers with febrile emotions, while the Ravel soars to heaven with refinement and poise."
***** The Times, September 2008

"A virtuosic, highly intelligent performance"
Anna Picard, Independent on Sunday, 12 October 2008

Project: French String Quartets CD (Virgin Classics). Released September 2008

• New concert clothes
• New photos
• Help towards recording for Virgin Records
• Website updates and training
• Travel and management costs
• Purchasing of recording equipment
• Help towards costs for setting up a new festival

Artist Website

www.quatuorebene.com

General Management

Linda Uschinski at Impresariat Simmenauer GmbH
telephone: +49 30 414 781 717
linda.uschinski@impresariat-simmenauer.de
www.impresariat-simmenauer.de

France

Romain Blondel at Solea Management
telephone: +33 1 43 36 45 33
solea.asso@free.fr
www.solea-management.com

Benelux

Luc van Loocke at Concerts Weinstadt
telephone: +32 2 263 65 65
info@concerts-weinstadt.be
www.concerts-weinstadt.com

Austria

Mark Stephan Buhl at MS Buhl Artists Management
telephone: +43 1 524 7675
mark@msbuhl.com
www.msbuhl.com
Skype: markmsbuhl

Italy

Lorenzo Baldrighi at Lorenzo Baldrighi Artists Management
telephone: +39 039 928 1416
l.baldrighi@baldrighi.com
www.baldrighi.com

USA

Melvin Kaplan at Melvin Kaplan Management
telephone: + 1 802 658 2592
music@melkaplan.com www.melkap.com