To welcome new associate members and new members of the Collegium, the Akhtamar Quartet has been invited to perform at the Albert II Auditorium. Judith Adler de Oliveira, Enluminures « Enluminures » is a series of miniatures composed for the Akhtamar Quartet on traditional Armenian themes. The title refers to the moving and free character of illuminated […]
The Freestyle Classics show is the result of an unexpected encounter between two artistic groups that are well known in their field: the Freestyle Lab collective and the Akhtamar String Quartet. The aim of this project is to create links between two artistic and cultural domains that seem to be opposed to each other: classical […]
The Freestyle Classics show is the result of an unexpected encounter between two artistic groups that are well known in their field: the Freestyle Lab collective and the Akhtamar String Quartet. The aim of this project is to create links between two artistic and cultural domains that seem to be opposed to each other: classical […]
Open your eyes wide and listen to Schubert! Schubert’s fifteenth and final quartet is characterized by its polyphonic breadth and structural complexity, made up of dizzying contrasts…so how can audiences from all walks of life be transported by this masterpiece? This is a challenge worthy of the Akhtamar Quartet and director Ségolène van der Straten. […]
The Freestyle Classics show is the result of an unexpected encounter between two artistic groups that are well known in their field: the Freestyle Lab collective and the Akhtamar String Quartet. The aim of this project is to create links between two artistic and cultural domains that seem to be opposed to each other: classical […]
To mark the release of their new album, ‘Dvořák, Dabić: Origins’, the Akhtamar Quartet will be appearing on France Musique in Clément Rochefort’s program : Générations France Musique, le live. https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/generations-france-musique-le-live
Debussy, Quartet – 1rst movement Debussy’s string quartet op. 10 was considered perturbing at the time on the Parisian music scene and has since become an absolute staple of quartet repertoire. It sweeps us along the most unexpected harmonic pathways and takes inspiration from sound-worlds as diverse as jazz, gamelan ensembles and Spanish folk music. […]
First movement of Debussy’s String Quartet Opus 10 This work was first performed by the Ysaÿe Quartet, the Belgian ensemble that defended a piece considered “too modern” for the French audience of the time. Armenian miniatures (two pieces) by Komitas/Aslamazyan The Miniatures have become the signature pieces of the Akhtamar Quartet. Enluminures (two pieces) by […]
Beethoven, Quartet opus 18 n.1 Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 is a demonstration of constant and innovative creativity. Perhaps the best known of the Opus 18 series, No. 1 is the most expressive, inspired by the dramatic echoes of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Its energy, its drama, the […]
Beethoven, Quartet opus 18 n.1 Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 is a demonstration of constant and innovative creativity. Perhaps the best known of the Opus 18 series, No. 1 is the most expressive, inspired by the dramatic echoes of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Its energy, its drama, the […]