string quartet
The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...
ensemble founded in 1985 and leading an international career. It is composed of Thierry Brodard (first
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...
), Manuel Doutrelant (second violon), Padrig Fauré (
viola
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The members of the Ludwig Quartet are all former students of the
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
.
In the 1990s, the Ludwig Quartet received advice from the conductor
Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache (; 14 August 1996) was a Romanian conductor, composer, musical theorist, and teacher. Educated in his native Romania, and later in Paris and Berlin, Celibidache's career in music spanned over five decades, including tenures as ...
Tokyo
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,
Amadeus
Amadeus may refer to:
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), prolific and influential composer of classical music
*Amadeus (name), a given name and people with the name
* ''Amadeus'' (play), 1979 stage play by Peter Shaffer
* ''Amadeus'' (film), ...
, LaSalle and Kolish Quartets.
The Ludwig Quartet has won awards in numerous international competitions: Menuhin Foundation, Portsmouth, Arthur Honegger, Vittorio Gui of Florence... It was invited to spend a year of residency at
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
(1988) and then solicited to become "Quatuor en Résidence" at the Conservatoire de Paris (1991) for a period of three years.
Hailed for its artistic rigour, the Ludwig Quartet is invited to give concerts all over the world, performing in Paris in particular (
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées () is an entertainment venue standing at 15 avenue Montaigne in Paris. It is situated near Avenue des Champs-Élysées, from which it takes its name. Its eponymous main hall may seat up to 1,905 people, while th ...
,
Opéra Comique
''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...
Louvain
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...
Over time, a demanding repertoire is built up, giving way to Haydn,
Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositi ...
Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throughout his life as a major compo ...
Debussy
(Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...
Franck Franck can refer to:
People
* Franck (name)
Other
* Franck (company), Croatian coffee and snacks company
* Franck (crater), Lunar crater named after James Franck
See also
* Franc (disambiguation)
* Franks
* Frank (disambiguation)
* Fran ...
,
Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...
,
Dutilleux
Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...
Honegger
Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 to ...
,
Jehan Alain
Jehan-Aristide Paul Alain (; 3 February 1911 – 20 June 1940) was a French organist, composer, and soldier. Born into a family of musicians, he learned the organ from his father and a host of other teachers, becoming a composer at 18, and compo ...
, Albeniz,
Piazzolla
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (, ; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed ''nuevo tango'', incorporating elements from ...
... The Ludwig Quartet also participates in the premieres of contemporary works composed by
Alain Louvier
Alain Louvier (born 13 September 1945) is a French composer of contemporary classical music.
Biography
Born in Paris, Louvier studied from 1953 to 1967 at the headed by Marcel Landowski, then from 1967 to 1970 at the Conservatoire de Paris with ...
,
Michaël Lévinas
Michaël Lévinas (born 18 April 1949) is a French composer and pianist.
Biography
Born in Paris, Levinas was a student of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris.
As an interpreter he made several recordings, mostly for Adès. Amongst th ...
Jean-François Zygel
Jean-François Zygel (born 23 November 1960) is a French pianist, improviser, composer and improvisation teacher for piano at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Born in Paris, he is also known for his work in introducing classical music on television a ...
. In 2012,
Ivan Jevtić Ivan Jevtić (born April 29, 1947 in Belgrade, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a Serbian/French composer and member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is a former student of Stanojlo Rajičić, Alfred Uhl and Olivier Messiaen.
's Quartet No. 4 in E minor premiered at the
Festival international Albert-Roussel
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a ...
before being performed at the Festival Nimus in Serbia.
The Ludwig Quartet has sometimes joined other musicians for quintet concerts:
François-René Duchâble
François-René Duchâble (born 22 April 1952, in Paris) is a French pianist. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, and at the age of 13 won the institution's first prize in piano. Three years later, he placed 11th at the Queen Elisabeth Mus ...
, Abdel Rahman El Bacha,
Bertrand Chamayou
Bertrand Chamayou (born 23 March 1981) is a French pianist.
Career
Born in Toulouse, Chamayou studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse under the tutelage of Claudine Willoth, making his first forays into contemporary music and composition. At th ...
,
Brigitte Engerer
Brigitte Engerer (; 27 October 1952 – 23 June 2012) was a French pianist.
Biography
Born in Tunis, French Tunisia, Engerer started piano lessons at the age of four, and by the age of six was performing in public. When she was 11 her fami ...
Marie-Josèphe Jude
Marie-Josèphe Jude (born 25 February 1968) is a French pianist. Jude studied at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Biography
She was born to a French father and a Sino-Vietnamese mother. As a child, Jude began by studying harp and piano in Nice, la ...
,
Emmanuelle Bertrand
Emmanuelle Bertrand (born 5 November 1973 in Firminy, Loire), is a French cellist.
Biography
Bertrand studied with Jean Deplace and Philippe Muller, and received early support from Henri Dutilleux.
Nicolas Bacri has dedicated to her his ''Fourth ...
,
Dmitri Berlinsky Dmitri Berlinsky (russian: Дмитрий Берлинский) is an international solo violinist, chamber musician and a teacher. He took first prize in the Paganini Competition (Italy), and was the winner of the Montreal International Violin Co ...
...
The Ludwig Quartet is also interested in the intersection of artistic disciplines and the decompartmentalization of classical music, by producing shows that feature personalities from other territories: actors Marie-Christine Barrault, Fanny Cottençon,
Michel Bouquet
Michel Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for '' Toto the Hero'' in 1991 and two Best Actor Césars fo ...
,
Didier Sandre
Didier Sandre (born 17 August 1946) is a French actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1973.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
20th-century French male actors
21st-century French ...
,
François Marthouret
François Marthouret (born 12 September 1943) is a French actor.
Selected filmography
Theater
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marthouret, Francois
1943 births
Living people
Male actors from Paris
French male film actors ...
Jean-Claude Drouot
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,
Nicolas Vaude
Nicolas Vaude (born 24 July 1962) is a French actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, ra ...
, dancer
Jean Guizerix
Jean Guizerix (born 27 October 1945) is a French ballet dancer and choreographer.
Biography
Born in Paris in 1945, Guizerix is described as "tall and muscular, with a brooding Basque face". He studied dance privately before he joined the Paris Op ...
, and astro-physicist
Hubert Reeves
Hubert Reeves (born July 13, 1932), is a Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science.
Early life and education
Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and as a child lived in Léry. Reeves attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a ...
The discography of the Ludwig Quartet has been rewarded:
* Grand Prix du Disque Lyrique (1992),
* Grand Prix de l'Académie du Disque Français et Grand Prix International du Disque of the
Académie Charles-Cros
An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...
(1993) for the complete quartets by
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 to ...
* Grand Prize for Chamber Music of the
Midem
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in Cannes (1999) "
Cannes Classical Awards
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", for his interpretation of Chausson's quartet and Franck's piano quintet with Michaël Levinas.
Discography
* Dmitri Shostakovich - Quartets n° 1 - 3 - 8 - 2011 - (Calliope - CAL 1102)
* Joseph Haydn's - '' The Seven Last Words of Christ - Reissue 2009 - (CSM 0007)
*
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...
- Quartets No. 1 and 2 - (Naxos 8.554271)
* Johannes Brahms - Quartet No. 3 and Quintet with clarinet - (Naxos 8.554601)
* Johannes Brahms - String Quintets - (Naxos 8.553635)
* César Franck - Quintet with piano - Ernest Chausson Quartet Opus 35 - (Naxos 8.553645)
* Berg-
Dutilleux
Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...
Honegger
Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 to ...
- Complete Quartets - (Timpani C 1011)
*
Debussy
(Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the ...
Jehan Alain
Jehan-Aristide Paul Alain (; 3 February 1911 – 20 June 1940) was a French organist, composer, and soldier. Born into a family of musicians, he learned the organ from his father and a host of other teachers, becoming a composer at 18, and compo ...
Ernest Chausson
Amédée-Ernest Chausson (; 20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French Romantic composer who died just as his career was beginning to flourish.
Life
Born in Paris into an affluent bourgeois family, Chausson was the sole surviving child of a ...
- ''Les mélodies'' with
Billy Eidi
Billy Eidi (born in 1955) is a French classical pianist of Lebanese background.
Biography
Born in Egypt, Eidi did his first musical studies at the Beirut Conservatory (in the classes of Zafer Dabaghi and Leila Aouad), where he graduated at fifte ...
- piano,
Sandrine Piau
Sandrine Piau (born 5 June 1965) is a French soprano. She is particularly renowned in Baroque music although also excels in Romantic and modernist art songs. She has the versatility to perform works from Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart to Schumann, Debus ...
(soprano),
Brigitte Balleys
Brigitte Balleys (born 18 June 1959) is a Swiss mezzo-soprano in opera and concert.
Biography
Born in the canton of Vaud, Brigitte Balleys studied at Sion,
then at the Conservatory of Bern where she graduated from the singing class of Jakob Stä ...
(mezzo-soprano) -
Jean-François Gardeil
Jean-François Gardeil is a French baritone and theatre director. He is also the founder and artistic director of the ''Chants de Garonne''.Michaël Levinas - Quintet with two violas with
Gérard Caussé
Gérard Caussé (born 26 June 1948, Toulouse, France) is a French violist.
He gave the first performance of the celebrated '' Ainsi la nuit'' quartet by Henri Dutilleux. The first movement of Gérard Grisey's celebrated work, ''Les Espaces Acous ...
Florent Héau
Florent Héau (born 1968) is a French classical clarinetist. In addition to his concert work and recordings, he gives courses, mainly at the .
Biography
Héau studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris in Michel Arrignon's class. He obtained ...
France Inter
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Discogs
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Ludwig
Ludwig may refer to:
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* Ludwig (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Ludwig (surname), including a list of people
* Ludwig Ahgren, or simply Ludwig, American YouTube live streamer and co ...