Rosamonde Quartet

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The Rosamonde Quartet is a French string quartet ensemble established in 1981. It takes its name from Rosamunde , a 1823 composition of incidental music by Franz Schubert, from which he reused a theme in his 13th quartet, nicknamed Rosamunde Quartet.

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History and musical activity

The Rosamonde Quartet was founded in 1981 by four students of Jacques Parrenin and Roland Pidoux [1] at the Conservatoire de Paris: Agnès Sulem-Bialobroda (first violin), Thomas Tercieux (second violin), Jean Sulem (viola) and Xavier Gagnepain (cello). Then the musicians perfected their skills at Yale University. [2] [1] Raphaël Hillyer (1914-2010), violist of the Juilliard String Quartet from 1946 to 1969, stimulated them in this project from the beginning. They have also been taught by Eugene Lehner, violist of the Kolisch Quartet, a friend of Schoenberg and Bartok, who passed on to them the heritage of the Viennese great masters of the early 20th century [2] and the cellist Aldo Parisot as well as the members of the Tokyo Quartet. [1]

First winners of the Menuhin Foundation (1982), [1] the Rosamonde Quartet won the "Concours International d'Évian" in 1983, [3] [1] with the "Prix d'interprétation de compositeurs modernes" (Prize for the Performance of Modern Composers) and the "Prix spécial du Jury international des critiques" (Special Prize of the International Critics' Jury") unanimously, and in 1986 won the First Prize of the International Quartet Competition of the European Broadcasting Union in Salzburg. [1] It has been leading an international career playing an eclectic repertoire [4] which includes contemporary music. It received the Grand Prix du disque de l'Académie Charles Cros in 2005 [5] for its recording devoted to Jacques Lenot's chamber music.

It has premiered works by several composers: Quatuor Bobok by François Sarhan in 2002 [6] Quatuor à cordes n°3 by Renaud Gagneux [7] in 1991, Quatuor l'intranquillité by Michèle Reverdy in 1992 at the Opéra Bastille of Paris, [8] [1] Mémoire de la rivière (first part of La Danse du Temps) by Tôn-Thất Tiết in 1999. [9] It has also worked with several composers and recorded their works: Pascal Dusapin, Philippe Fénelon, Philippe Hersant, György Kurtág, Éric Tanguy  [ fr ], and especially with Henri Dutilleux in whose presence they recorded his Ainsi la nuit quartet and who greatly appreciated their interpretation. [10] [11]

The Rosamonde Quartet is regularly invited to play and give master classes in France and abroad. It regularly performs at the International Festival of String Quartets  [ fr ] in Luberon.

Director Vincent Bataillon made three films with the Rosamonde Quartet in 2010–2011:

Discography

Many recordings of the Rosamonde Quartet have received awards from music magazines. Among these many records (all listed on their official website specified below), are:

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  2. 1 2 "Biographie". quatuorrosamonde.com (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Le Concours International de Quatuor à cordes de Bordeaux". www.milicode.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Répertoire du Quatuor Rosamonde". www.quatuorrosamonde.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Palmarès 2005" (PDF). www.charlescros.org (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bobok, François Sarhan" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  7. ↑ "Renaud Gagneux (1947)". Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine . Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Bienvenue sur le site de Michèle Reverdy". www.michelereverdy.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Musique de Chambre, Chamber Music, Tôn Thât Tiet". tonthattiet.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  10. 1 2 "Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit – Critique DVD". Tutti-magazine. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  11. 1 2 Gervasoni, Pierre (3 November 2011). "C'est donc ainsi qu'Henri Dutilleux vit et compose". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2019.

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