QUATUOR ÉBÈNE
BEETHOVEN AROUND THE WORLD
With an endless modernity, the 16 quartets by Beethoven totally escape
from the austere and elite’s image of classical music.
For the eye, it is a treasure map; for the ears, an odyssey.
For the mind, it is both a powerful stimulus and a call for fraternity.
2019 - 2020 : Quatuor Ébène will celebrate Beethoven’s 250th Birthday by performing all his
string quartets around the world.
All along this odyssey, the Quatuor Ébène will record a 7CD box for Erato Warner.
Their adventure will be followed in a documentary film, showing their encounters with all kind
of audiences during this journey.
BEETHOVEN AROUND THE WORLD
With an endless modernity, the 16 quartets by Beethoven totally escape from the austere and elite’s image of classical music. For the eye, it is a treasure map; for the ears, an odyssey. For the mind, it is both a powerful stimulus and a call for fraternity.
Recorded live and around the world from April 2019 to January 2020, the complete Beethoven String Quartets by Quatuor Ebène was released in May 2020 on Erato Warner label.
2020 is the 20th anniversary of Quatuor Ébène.
The Quartet: a battlefield between what is private and what is shared,
but also a field where modernity's noblest challenge can be faced.
(G.Di Salvatore, Filmexplorer)