Modigliani Quartet
Philippe Bernhard, Violin
Loïc Rio, Violin
Laurent Marfaing, Viola
François Kieffer, Cello
“The Modigliani is not the kind of quartet, common today, that lures the listener into a bath of warm, sumptuous string tone, or that dazzles with pyrotechnics. Instead it plays with a Gallic cool, supported by a solid, thoroughly unified technique.”
The New York Times, Februar 2007
The Modigliani Quartet was formed in 2003 and first attracted international attention in 2004 by winning the Frits Philips String Quartet competition in Eindhoven. The Quartet took First Prize at the Vittorio Rimbotti competition in Florence in 2005 and won the highly prestigious Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York in 2006.
It has since become one of the world’s most sought after young chamber ensembles, appearing in such major venues and festivals as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Théâtre du Châtelet and Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, La Fenice in Venice, Palazzo Sarracini in Sienna, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and Rheingau Festival in Germany, Palau de la Musica in Valencia, Kioi Hall in Tokyo.
Amongst the artists with whom the Quartet has collaborated are Michel Dalberto, Henri Demarquette, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Anne Gastinel, Gary Hoffman, Eric Le Sage, Jean Marc Luisada, Paul Meyer, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger and Michel Portal.
The Modigliani Quartet studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. It has worked with the Ysaÿe and Artemis Quartets and with Walter Levin, György Kurtág and Volker Jacobsen.
The Quartet released its first CD in 2006, on Nascor. Reviewers were impressed by the group’s talent and high promise. A Haydn CD was released in 2008 on Mirare, confirming the Quartet’s stature and maturity. A Mendelssohn CD will be released in spring 2010.
Season 2009/2010
