A workshop festival

Vibre! is also a time of residency and pedagogy for four of the most promising young quartets.

High-level master-classes

Organized for the four guest quartets (Quatuors Elmire, Elmore, Goldberg and Thaleia), the Vibre! master-classes draw on the know-how and experience of the festival’s artistic directors to create a program specifically tailored to their needs. Supervised by members of the Modigliani and Amandine Beyer quartets, these instrumental master-classes aim to work on technique, harmony and the interpretation of works that may later be presented at international competitions.

This support comes at a pivotal moment in the careers of young quartets, between the end of their studies and the start of their professional lives. Some master-classes will be open to the public.

And professional workshops

Alongside the masterclasses in instrumental practice, thematic workshops are organized to give emerging quartets an insight into the professional environment of classical music.

Jean-Michel Molkhou, a musicologist, will be working specifically on the quartet’s repertoire and aesthetics. A violinist and music critic for the magazines Diapason and Classica, and author of several reference works on the violin and the string quartet, he will help each young quartet to listen to music and reflect on the aesthetics of interpretation.

Sound engineer Hugues Deschaux, a European reference in the field, and his team will give a workshop on “sound recording” under professional conditions.

Antoine Zanghi, a physiotherapist specializing in the treatment of artists’ bodies, will offer a workshop on posturology and the prevention of traumas and pathologies in string musicians.

Once again this year, the Vibre! festival is partnering with lawyers from the Bordeaux Bar Association, who will be giving legal workshops to selected quartets on intellectual property, contracts, streaming (how to own your name, etc.), as well as how to present a project and speak in public.