L’octuor Mona-Modigliani, heureuse Rencontre musicale à Évian

By Tristan Labouret, 02 July 2021

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“Dans le paysage foisonnant des quatuors à cordes, il faudra suivre ces Mona”

Reviewed at La Grange au Lac, Evian les Bains on 29 June 2021

Tailleferre, String Quartet in C sharp minor

Mendelssohn, String Octet in E flat major, Op.20

Quatuor Mona

Verena Chen, Violin

Charlotte Chahuneau, Violin

Arianna Smith, Viola

Elia Cohen Weissert, Cello

Modigliani Quartet

Amaury Coeytaux, Violin

Loïc Rio, Violin

Laurent Marfaing, Viola

François Kieffer, Cello

A history of feminine music: a starry lineup in Paris

David Karlin, 8th March

Dreisig, Degout, Jaroussky – the cream of French singing puts the history of female composers on show for International Women's Day.

***11

Sublime Schubert at Rencontres Musicales d’Évian

Mark Pullinger, 6th July

The Paris-based Quatuor Modigliani are joined by special guests for an evening of Schubert quintets in Évian-les-Bains.

****1

All-Schumann evening at Wigmore Hall

Nahoko Gotoh, 30th December

An all-Schumann chamber music concert doesn’t come around that often even at the Wigmore Hall, so I was delighted that the Modigliani Quartet presented a programme of his major chamber works with pianist Beatrice Rana.

****1

Replacement player no bar to Modigliani Quartet success

David Larkin, 12th October

To lose a player on the eve of a tour is nothing short of a disaster for a string quartet. However, substitute cellist Christophe Morin fits in well with the rest of the Modigliani Quartet in a revised program in Sydney.

****1

Modigliani Quartet - Wigmore Hall

Sebastian Scotney, 4th July

Modigliani Quartet - HaydnString Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No. 4 'Sunrise' String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1 The Quatuor Amedeo Modigliani - Philippe Bernhard, and Loïc Rio, violins, Laurent Marfaing,viola and François Kieffer, 'cello -comes garlanded with prizes.

Le Quatuor Modigliani entre ciel et terre à Radio France

Pierre Michel, 4th April

De Kurtág à Brahms en passant par Beethoven, le quatuor a montré l'étendue de sa technique, définie par une homogénéité parfaite et une écoute mutuelle attentive.

****1

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.