Echoes of Youth: the Belcea and Ébène Quartets at Carnegie Hall

Quatuor Ébene and the Belcea Quartet

By Edward Sava-Segal, 16 November 2024

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“the opening movement, despite its apparent ebullience, contained many dark corners”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Zankel, New York City on 14 November 2024

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

Enescu, String Octet in C major, Op.7

Belcea Quartet

Corina Belcea, Violin

Suyeon Kang, Violin

Krzysztof Chorzelski, Viola

Antoine Lederlin, Cello

Quatuor Ébène

Pierre Colombet, Violin

Gabriel Le Magadure, Violin

Marie Chilemme, Viola

Yuya Okamoto, Cello

A constellation of quartets end the East Neuk Festival

Simon Thompson, 29th June

Sixteen of the finest string players around join forces on one stage to end the East Neuk Festival in a grand finale.

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A game of numbers: Belcea Quartet and Quatuor Ébène play octets

Alexander Hall, 28th May

Sometimes you just marvel at the level of musical inspiration and the virtuosic quality of the playing. The two octets by Mendelssohn and Enescu make a very satisfying pairing.

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A Basque banquet at the Festival Ravel

Mark Valencia, 30th August

Vilde Frang and Bertrand Chamayou join the Belcea Quartet for a musical feast including Chausson's sumptuous Concert.

*****

Beautiful Brahms from the Belcea Quartet at East Neuk

Simon Thompson, 29th June

Heavenly strings and Hellish piano from the Belcea Quartet and their celebrity guests in Crail as the 2023 East Neuk Festival begins.

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All passions spent: Chamayou and the Belcea Quartet

Chris Garlick, 13th April

Two larger than life piano quintets share star billing on an intense Wigmore Hall programme.

*****

World-class music making: the Belcea Quartet in Hamburg

Zoltán Szabó, 24th May

Issues with technical filming couldn't mar the artistry of a great set of musicians as they tackled Brahms' String Sextets.

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Echoes of Youth: Octets from the Belcea and Ébène Quartets at Carnegie Hall