Quatuor Agate

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

A strong troupe, with perfect interplay and a fascinating capacity for shaping the music.

– Ostseezeitung

The all-male French quartet, who particularly impressed with a brilliant account of Bartók’s Third Quartet, later gave a poignant reading of Debussy’s evocative Quartet.

– Limelight Magazine Australia

In Op.76 No.5, the Quatuor Agate opened with an Allegretto that constantly delighted the ear with rethought phrasings, splendid riffs and for once, a coda that was actually exhilaratingly fast.

– Seen and Heard International

The Frenchmen of the Quatuor Agate demonstrated that Debussy is their kind of music. They captured the dreaminess of the style hypnotically, but also showed they could really generate propulsive energy when required.

– My Scena

The musicians of Quatuor Agate […] enthused the audience with dreamy playing as well as with rough sounds

– Südkurier