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Impressionnant de cohésion et d'exactitude, le Quatuor Diotima a interprété une pièce d'aujourd'hui, rendu hommage à une œuvre centenaire puis célébré Ravel, né il y a 150 ans.

Le Quatuor Modigliani et Frank Braley se mêlent au timbre de velours de Cyrielle Ndjiki Nya et accompagnent les danseurs Agnès Letestu et Vincent Chaillet dans un pas de deux plein de grâce.

C'est un public peu nombreux mais chanceux qui a assisté aux premiers pas des Rencontres Clés au Château d'Augerville, tout jeune festival porté par l'enthousiasme de David Grimal et de ses partenaires.

Mozart, Chostakovitch, Ravel étaient au programme du concert du Quatuor Voce à Monaco : un véritable défi d’interprétation relevé par l’ensemble français dans un esprit de complicité.

Deuxième concert-hommage à Eugène Ysaÿe, à l'Auditorium du Louvre, par la Chapelle musicale Reine Elisabeth : le Quatuor Hermès émerveille dans Ravel, Elina Bukša peine à prendre son envol dans Chausson.

Basé dans le Colorado, le quatuor hongrois effectuait deux concerts à Amsterdam lors de sa tournée européenne. Il s’installait donc les 9 et 11 février dans la Klein Zaal circulaire du Concergebouw pour un concert intimiste.

Don Quixote provides the inspiration for songs by Ravel and Ibert, the high point of a bitty programme in contrast to an early evening recital which followed the perfect trajectory.

Besuch aus dem Streichquartett-Olymp: das Minguet Quartett begeisterte im Stadttheater Fürth mit impressionistischen Klanglandschaften.

Das Hagen Quartett gehört zu den bedeutendsten Streichquartette und beweisen in der Berliner Philharmonie mit Haydn, Ravel und Beethoven einmal mehr warum.

El Cuarteto Cosmos ofreció un concierto elegante, rico de interesantes sugestiones y donde sus cualidades quedaron más que demostradas.

Contrasting Gounod, Mozart and Ravel works were combined into an exhilarating package of technical virtuosity and musical finesse.

Garth Newel's “Classic Masterpieces” weekend concludes with masterful Mozart, remarkable Ravel and a Héritte-Viardot number that's a hoot-and-a-half.

Das Quatuor Van Kuijk bot in Lugano ein anspruchsvolles Programm mi Debussy, Weberns Fünf Sätzen und Mendelssohn.

The second half was all about Ravel and Adrian Brendel.

Listening to Stravinsky, Ravel and Dvořák in one evening is a treat, but watching the Pavel Haas Quartet playing them is delicious. 

Emmanuel Pahud shows his fluting chops in a program accompanied by the popular and celebrated Australian Chamber Orchestra.

The programme ended with a sense of affirmation that shouted "that's how the Ravel quartet should go!"

Since its formation four years ago, the young ensemble Quatuor Van Kuijk has been bagging numerous competition prizes and accumulating international acclaim.

Während draußen der Winter Einzug gehalten und München mit einer weißen Zuckerschicht bedeckt hatte, waren am Sonntagabend des 17. Januar eingefleischte Kammermusikfans aus München und Umgebung ins elegante Prinzregententheater gekommen, um einen kammermusikalischen Leckerbissen zu genießen.

Brodsky String Quartet: A master of precision, nuances and moods introduced the Turkish audience to South American contemporary composers. What an enchantment!

The Emerson String Quartet played Haydn with poised humour, and brought warmth and strength to Ravel.  Their Beethoven had sadness, rage, violence and profound depth. 

The International Chamber Music Festival offered a cycling tour along some of the finest buildings in Utrecht, where music was performed in this special setting.

The Wihan Quartet was formed in 1985 in Czechoslovakia. Since then they have developed an impressive international career, often visiting the UK and being broadcast on its airwaves. Among their achievements is a published recording of Dvořák’s String Quartet no. 11, and it was this recording, not their continued and celebrated presence in the UK, that first brought them to my attention.

Previously, for me, the term “Chamber Orchestra” has meant an ordinary orchestra, only smaller: apart from the sound being somewhat thinned out and consequently cleaner, I don't expect a fundamentally different experience. Or, didn't, that is, until last night at Cadogan Hall, where I saw the Australian Chamber Orchestra for the first time.

A full house at St George’s was spoilt with some seriously fantastic music in this concert. String quartets don’t come much better than the Takács Quartet. Versatile, passionate, and technically very accurate, there was a real quality of care that went into their performance.

Opening the concert season at Leiden’s Stadsgehoorzaal was a beautiful concert of chamber music by two talented young string quartets: the Finzi Quartet and Quatuor Byron. On the program were string quartets by Haydn, Ravel and Shostakovich – an eclectic mix that turned out rather well. The absolute highlight of the evening was Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.