Program :

PUCCINI : Crisantemi

MONTGOMERY : Strum

SIRMEN : Quatuor N°2 en si bémol majeur

1 – Andantino   2 – Allegro

Pause

SCHUBERT Quatuor N°14 « La jeune fille et la Mort » en ré mineur

1 – Allegro  2 – Andante con moto  3 – Scherzo – Allegro molto – Trio  4 – Presto

The Varèse quartet

« (…) The ravel quartet unleashes enthusiasm. The four musicians compete in subtlety and, with a perfect taste, make this ravelian kaleidoscope beautifully, oscillating between tenderness and precision, passion and narration (…) »
Christian Lorandin, Resmusica.com

Mineral and spontaneous – galvanizing energy;
The evocative power of sound, its language, its elegance …
The Varèse quartet devotes its talents to the service of the large repertoire of the string quartet. Having received the inheritance of great masters of his discipline and with his experience of the scene, the quartet has acquired real recognition across borders by distinguishing itself in the biggest international quartet competitions.

In June 2014, the Varèse quartet received the 3rd prize in the Paolo Borciani competition from Reggio Emilia as well as the special prize for the interpretation of a contemporary work, welcoming its performance in « Arcadiana » by Thomas Adès.
In February 2014, the quartet obtained the 2nd prize in the Mozart International Competition in Salzburg as well as the Special Prize rewarding the best interpretation of a work by W.A. Mozart.
The whole also received many distinctions in particular in 2012, where he brilliantly won the 1st prize of the Hans Schaeuble Foundation competition in Zurich, the 3rd Prize of the Franz Schubert competition and the music of modernity in Graz (Austria), And the youth talent 2012 prize in Paris. He was assigned the Grand Prix of the Ravel Academy in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in 2011 as well as the special string quartet prize at the Ensemble Music Competition in Paris. In 2009, he obtained the 2nd Adami Prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in Lyon and the Lions Rotary Prize.

Founded in 2006 at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Lyon, the Verèse Quartet received the councils of the Quartuors Debussy, Ravel and Danel. He then continued his journey with the ysaÿe quartet and benefited from Proquarte-Cemc and NSKA from privileged contact with renowned musicians such as Heime Müller, Petr Prause, Stefan Metz, Rainer Schmidt and Natalia Procchepenko. More recently, the quartet was perfected with Miguel Da Silva in Geneva. The Instituto Internacional de Música de Cámara de Madrid grants him in 2013 a scholarship to follow the master-classes of Günter Pichler, the first violin of the Alban Berg Quartet.

The quartet performs on many scenes in France and abroad: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin (Germany); Concertgebouw, Bruges (Belgium); Centro Cultural Caja España-Duero, León (Spain); Algerian national theater, Palais de la Culture, Algiers (Algeria); Caliara Hall, Kilkenny (Ireland); Palazzeto Bru Zane, Venice (Italy); Tokyo, Iwaki (Japan); Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh, Utrecht (Netherlands); Palais Montcalm, Quebec (Quebec); Soubise hotel, Paris …

He is also regularly invited to Stéphane Goldet’s shows, Frédéric Lodéon, Gaëlle Le Gallic, Jean-Pierre Derrien and Arnaud Laporte, broadcast on Radio France and France Musique.

The Varèse quartet is supported by the Banque Populaire Foundation.
The TRAIN-CAMARD Lutherie workshop generously provides a music room for its rehearsals.
The quartet also benefits from the support of the Zilber association which lends it a violin of Giuseppe Peluzzi.
Since September 2016, the quartet has been together in residence at the University of Lyon 1.