“Everything you always wanted to know about the string quartet but were afraid to ask.
The string quartet is the most accomplished and balanced form of all chamber music, a kind of aesthetic and spiritual ideal for the composer, the performers and the audience. A string quartet is a true marriage between four instruments of the same family but also between the four musicians who play them. To hear what happens in a quartet requires special attention and culture, as the message is so rich. The aim of this lecture is to help the listener enter this intimate and complex world. Jean-Michel Molkhou’s ambition is to make the listener perceive the essential parameters that are at the basis of the cohesion, the sound and the style of a quartet. The Modigliani Quartet will illustrate the subject with musical extracts played live. A presentation of the book “Les Grands quatuors à cordes du XXe siècle”, followed by a signing session with the author, will close this conference.
