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 following a March 2009 performance featuring the Quatuor Ebène. There is no doubt that 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. And, even if the foursome only rarely presents live programs that combine classical music and Jazz, it nevertheless forms an integral part of the ensemble’s repertoire. Nevertheless, the quartet’s traditional repertoire does not suffer in any way from its love of Jazz. On the contrary, the Ebènes’ tendency to delve into the “other side” of music inspires their work in untangling and giving new life to classical works. From “promising young ensemble”, the Quatuor Ebène has grown to become one of today’s foremost quartets on the international scene and is regulary heard throughout Europe, Canada and the United States, in some of the most prestigious concert halls including Wigmore Hall London, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Berliner Philharmonie and New York’s Carnegie Hall. 2009 marked the beginning of a fruitful collaboration with the Virgin Classics label. The quartet’s Debussy, Ravel, Fauré recording was awarded several prizes, including “Recording of the Year” magazine Gramophone magazine. There followed a Brahms CD with the pianist Akiko Yamamoto, recorded with the support of Borletti-Buitoni Trust after receiving a BBT Award in 2007. A third CD, the Jazz and World Music album Fiction, was released in 2010.

Last updated: January 2011

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BBT Project: Virgin Classics CD: "Fiction"

"That there is also musical integrity in this crossover work is fascinating. From the off one gets the feeling that this project makes musical sense. The colours that are evoked in their version of Miles Davis’s All Blues are worthy of any of their work with Ravel and Debussy. The textures in the Pulp Fiction arrangement are kaleidoscopic."
Igor Toronyi-Lalic, The Times 22 October 2010

"A triumph of originality and verve."
Charlotte Gardner, BBC Online, www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviewers/hqqv, 2 November 2010

"Quatuor Ebène seem the string quartet most likely to take on the mantle of the Kronos Quartet, not least for their ability to accommodate jazz and pop influences."
Andy Gill, The Independent 22 October 2010

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BBT Project: Brahms String Quartet No.1 and Brahms Piano Quintet, Virgin Classics CD

"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

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BBT Project: Debussy, Fauré, Ravel String Quartets, Virgin Classics CD

"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

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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
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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

Bill Capone at Arts Management Group
telephone: +1 212 3370 838
bill@artsmg.com
www.artsmg.com