The French Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne will receive the 2026 Bremen Musikfest Prize. Since 1998, the festival has awarded this non-cash prize annually to outstanding soloists, ensembles, orchestras and conductors who have made their mark on the international music scene through their exceptional artistic achievements and who helped shape the profile of the festival. Previous laureates include Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jessye Norman, Marc Minkowski, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Grimaud, Janine Jansen, Rolando Villaz\u00f3n, Philippe Herreweghe, Martin Grubinger and, most recently, Herv\u00e9 Niquet.<\/p>\r\n
The Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne was founded in 1999 by four young French students at the Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt. After studying with the Quatuor Ysa\u00ffe at the Paris Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rieur, as well as with G\u00e1bor Tak\u00e1cs, Eberhard Feltz and Gy\u00f6rgy Kurt\u00e1g, the quartet achieved international recognition in 2004 when they won the ARD Music Competition in Munich. They went on to perform in some of the world’s most famous concert halls, including the Philharmonic halls in Paris, Berlin, Cologne and Luxembourg, as well as Carnegie Hall in New York, London’s Wigmore Hall and the Vienna Konzerthaus. The albums they recorded during this period, featuring works by composers such as Bart\u00f3k, Beethoven, Debussy, Haydn, Faur\u00e9 and Mendelssohn, won numerous awards including the Gramophone Award, Diapason d’Or, Midem Classical Award and BBC Music Magazine Award. Alongside world-class interpretations of classical works, the Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne regularly presents concert programmes featuring jazz and film music. The quartet also gives regular masterclasses at the Conservatoire de Paris and teaches the \u201eQuatuor \u00c9b\u00e8ne Academy\u201c string quartet class, which was established in 2021 at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts.<\/p>\r\n
\u201eSince their Musikfest debut in 2007, followed by concerts in Bremen, Bremerhaven, Oldenburg, S\u00f6gel, Sottrum, Apen and Worpswede, the Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne has consistently demonstrated why it has been one of the world’s leading string quartets for over two decades. No other quartet has performed at Musikfest more frequently in recent years. Exceptional technical and interpretative skill, coupled with an almost telepathic understanding among its members, is paired with a captivating, passionate and refreshing approach that reveals new and unexpected facets, even in well-known works from the string quartet repertoire. This year\u2019s Beethoven cycle, in which the ensemble will perform all 16 quartets from the composer\u2019s early, middle and late periods over six evenings in the Small Auditorium of the Glocke during the first week of the festival, will be the crowning achievement of the Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne’s work at the Musikfest to date,\u201d the jury explained its decision.<\/p>\r\n
Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne made their Musikfest debut in 2007 alongside violinist Renaud Capu\u00e7on and pianist Nicholas Angelich, performing chamber music by Maurice Ravel and Ernest Chausson. In 2010, they performed Beethoven and Schubert string quartets at Clemenswerth Palace. At the BLG Forum in \u00dcberseestadt, they presented themselves as \u201eThe other Eb\u00e8ne\u201d, performing works by Wayne Shorter, Charlie Chaplin, Astor Piazzolla, the Beatles and others. In 2013, they performed Haydn, Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Bart\u00f3k string quartets in Bremerhaven and Oldenburg. In 2014, their Sottrum programme featured Mozart, Brahms and Bart\u00f3k string quartets, followed by works from Astor Piazzolla, Charlie Chaplin, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sting and Michael Jackson at the BLG Forum with singer Stacey Kent. On the opening night of the 2016 Musikfest, the Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne, together with Laur\u00e8ne Durantel on the double bass, presented chamber music by Haydn, Mozart and Schubert. In 2017, they performed Brahms’ clarinet and piano quintets with Pierre Genisson on the clarinet and Nicholas Angelich on the piano. In 2022, they performed Haydn, Brahms and Jan\u00e1\u010dek string quartets in Apen, and in 2024, their Worpswede concert featured Haydn, Mozart and Schubert string quartets. At Musikfest Bremen 2026, the Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne’s Beethoven cycle will offer a rare opportunity to experience all 16 of the composer’s string quartets in a concentrated programme over six evenings (16\u201323 August). The Musikfest Prize will be presented to the Quatuor Eb\u00e8ne after the final concert of the Beethoven cycle, at a private reception on Sunday 23 August in the Small Auditorium of the \u201eGlocke\u201c.<\/p>\r\n
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