GALILEE QUARTET, FRANCE Mostafa Saad, violinGandhi Saad, violinOmar Saad, violaTibah Saad, cello “Their first set, performing Western-style classical music, is unambiguously impressive. But their second open the floodgates, striking the audience with a magnificent performance of Arabic pieces. The combination of oud, violin and percussion is something to be heard,[…]
TRIO SŌRA, FRANCE Pauline Chenais, pianoFanny Fheodoroff, violinAngèle Legasa, cello “A smashing entry (…) Fortune smiles on the bold ones who rise to the top of a high-flying discography”. Choc Classica – March 2021 Trio Sōra’s first disc, a triple album devoted to the complete Beethoven trios (Naïve – November[…]
QUATUOR TCHALIK, FRANCE Gabriel Tchalik, violinLouise Tchalik, violinSarah Tchalik, violaMarc Tchalik, cello “But the real revelation of the festival is brought by the Quatuor Tchalik, inspiring by their sound homogeneity, line control, humility and honesty towards the music.” | Diapason The Paris-based Quatuor Tchalik is notable not least because its[…]
QUATUOR THALIA, FRANCE Ida Zurflüh-Faggianelli, violinMagdeleine Langlois, violinSéréna Manganas, violaEsther-Hélèna Richard, cello Founded in 2017, the Thalia Quartet brings together four young musicians trained at leading European conservatories (Basel, Brussels, Strasbourg, Paris). The quartet quickly had the opportunity to perform in major French venues such as the Philharmonie during the[…]
QUATUOR VAREN, FRANCE Jean-Baptiste Iachemet, violinElliott Pages, violinDavid Heusler, violaAdele Quartier de Andrade, cello It was their common passion for the string quartet repertoire that lead four highschool friends from Toulouse to form the Quatuor Varen in 2017. After studying together for one year with Philippe Lecocq, they split in[…]
