Modigliani Quartet

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Modigliani Quartet
Origin Paris, France
Years active2003–present
LabelsMirare
MembersAmaury Coeytaux, Loïc Rio (violin); Laurent Marfaing (viola); François Kieffer (cello)
Website http://www.modiglianiquartet.com/

Modigliani Quartet is a French string quartet founded in Paris in 2003 by four close friends, following their studies at the Conservatoire de Paris. Founding violinist Philippe Bernhard left the group in 2016 and was replaced by Amaury Coeytaux.

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History

The founding members studied with the Ysaÿe Quartet in Paris, attended classes by Walter Levin and György Kurtág in 2004, and had the opportunity to work with the Artemis Quartet at the Universität der Künste in Berlin in 2005. They first drew attention by winning the Frits Philips String Quartet competition in Eindhoven (2004), the Vittorio Rimbotti competition in Florence (2005) and the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York (2006).

In 2014 the quartet became artistic directors of the Rencontres musicales d'Évian  [ fr ]. After a 13-year pause, this festival, created in 1976 by Antoine Riboud and made famous by its former artistic director Mstislav Rostropovich, began a new life through the joint efforts of the Evian Resort and the Modigliani Quartet.

Members

Before joining the group, Coeytaux had been concertmaster of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. [1]

Instruments

The Modigliani Quartet plays on four Italian instruments: Amaury Coeytaux plays a 1783 violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Loic Rio plays a 1734 violin by Alessandro Gagliano, Laurent Marfaing plays a 1660 viola by Luigi Mariani, François Kieffer plays a 1706 cello by Matteo Goffriller (former "Warburg").

Collaborations

The quartet regularly plays chamber music with Sabine Meyer, Renaud Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Daniel Müller-Schott and various friends.

Discography

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References

  1. "Modigliani Quartet - News" . Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. "Grieg – Smetana, Quatuor Modigliani. Release date: 12 January 2024" . Retrieved 14 January 2024.