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    Quatuor Agate

    Formed in 2016, the Quatuor Agate derives its name from one of the most beautiful chamber music pieces, Johannes Brahms’s Second Sextet, dedicated to his second love, Agathe von Siebold. Seven years later, this fascination with Brahms materialized with the release of their debut album in February 2024, featuring the complete String Quartets under Appassionato, le label.

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    The Agate played all three Brahms’s quartets on the final weekend…. They played his first quartet with restless intensity but with a hint of sweetness behind the severity, sounding both warm and threatening. I suspect the composer would have been pleased.

    – The Times

    Warm, wonderfully refined sound, impeccable intonation and punctilious attention to detail

    – The Guardian

    Conviction aplenty from this rising young French quartet

    – The Strad

    Fraîcheur, vivacité, imagination, audace des phrasés, exubérance et prises de risques (parfois périlleuses) sont au rendez-vous

    – Diapason

    Sound-wise, they have achieved the stylistic holy grail of finding a Brahmsian sound world while simultaneously sounding like no other quartet

    – Charlotte Gardner – DCS Classical Choices

    Four musicians speaking with a single voice

    – Gramophone

    Le Quatuor Agate fit des merveilles dans les imprévisibles transformations du Quatuor n° 1 « Métamorphoses nocturnes » de Ligeti qui semblait s’inventer sous ses archets et dans l’intimidant et austère Quatuor n° 6 de Bartók: l’ardeur, la cohérence, la plénitude et la souplesse collective de ces quatre jeunes musiciens ont saisi le public

    – Classica

    Un Brahms tout en élégance et raffinement. Une très belle réussite pour ce premier disque du Quatuor Agate.

    – Utmisol

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    Adrien Jurkovic,
    First Violin

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    Thomas Descamps,
    Second Violin

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    Raphaël Pagnon,
    Viola

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    Simon Iachemet,
    Cello

    The artists

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    Latest news

    The Quatuor Agate is ECHO Rising Star 24/25!

    The Quatuor Agate will embark on a 20-concert tour of the most beautiful venues in Europe.

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    The Quatuor Agate is in the “10 to watch” for Bachtrack !

    We are delighted and honored to have been selected among this list of 10 artists that we greatly admire.

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    The Quatuor Agate is laureate of the Fondation Banque Populaire!

    The Quatuor Agate is honored to join the big family of artists supported by the Fondation Banque Populaire! Thank you so much for your trust!

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    The Quatuor Agate is a BISQC 2022 laureate!

    The Quatuor Agate is honored to have won The Canadian Commission Prize, in honour of the R.S. Williams & Sons Company!

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    The Quatuor Agate is a new YCAT Artist 2021!

    The Agate Quartet is honored to have been chosen as one of the 2021 Artists of the Young Classical Artists Trust in London!

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    The Quatuor Agate joins the Günther-Caspar Foundation

    We are very happy and honored to join the Günther-Caspar Foundation and its wonderful Career Advancement Program!

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    Concert at the Fondation Singer-Polignac in replay

    View our concert of the 13th of November at the Fondation Singer-Polignac.

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    Concert at the Opéra Garnier in replay

    View our concert of the 3rd of September at the Opéra Garnier.

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    We are dressed by the tailors RIVES Paris

    The Quatuor Agate is now dressed by the tailors RIVES Paris.

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    Our informal YCAT interview

    We answer a few informal questions in our interview with YCAT.

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    Agenda

    The events

    Sunday

    08

    December 2024

    Concert

    Bozar - 11:00am

    Bozar Brussels

    Tuesday

    10

    December 2024

    Concert

    Salle de Musique de Chambre - 7:30pm

    Philharmonie Luxembourg

    Tuesday

    14

    January 2025

    Concert

    Poitiers - 12:30pm

    TAP Poitiers

    Wednesday

    22

    January 2025

    Concert

    Recital Hall - 8:15pm

    Concertgebouw Amsterdam

    Friday

    24

    January 2025

    Concert

    Kleiner Saal - 7:30pm

    Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

    Sunday

    26

    January 2025

    Concert

    Jennifer Blackwell P. S. - 11:00am

    Birmingham Symphony Hall

    Saturday

    01

    February 2025

    Concert

    Dortmund - 5:00pm

    Konzerthaus Dortmund

    Sunday

    02

    February 2025

    Concert

    Dortmund - 11:00am

    Konzerthaus Dortmund – Nicolas Namoradze

    Saturday

    15

    February 2025

    Concert

    Grünewald Hall - 4:00pm

    Konzerthuset Stockholm

    Friday

    21

    February 2025

    Concert

    Lewes - 7:30pm

    Nicholas Yonge Society / J. Leibovitz

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    The Agate Quartet captivates its audience,
    enchanting with dreamy atmospheres
    and more incisive sounds.

    – SÜDKURIER

    Corsiclassic

    Festival
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    The chamber music festival in Corsica

    In 2016, Quatuor Agate created the Corsiclassic festival, their own chamber music festival taking place in Corsica.
    The festival aims to broaden the circle of classical music to reach a greater public, accross commented and illustrated classical pieces.

    The 2024 edition of the festival will take place the 12, 13, 14 and 15 September 2024 in an exceptional venue: the Eglise Saint-Roch d’Ajaccio.

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    « A well-crafted, demanding and accessible program »

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    Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT)

    – Etta Dainty, senior artist manager


    etta@ycat.co.uk

    Management France
    Agence ProMusica

    Irène Mejia :

    irene@pro-musica.com

    Phone :

    +33 06 78 31 01 54

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