Amaury Coeytaux, violin
Loïc Rio, violin
Laurent Marfaing, viola
François Kieffer, cello
The Modigliani have an exciting programme in store for us this year, starting with two rarities: Mozart’s Second Milanese Quartet, a little-played early work, and Verdi’s Quartet, the only surviving chamber music work by the composer. This is followed by musical questions about death and resilience, with Puccini’s Crisantemi, written in a single night on the news of the death of the Duke of Savoy and demonstrating all the Tuscan’s writing finesse at a time when he was not yet the renowned musician he would become at the turn of the century. The Modigliani will also offer us a French premiere, Lui e loro, commissioned from composer and violinist Elise Bertrand, nominated in the ‘Revelation, instrumental soloist’ category at the 2024 Victoires de la musique awards. The young musician was inspired by the devastating battle of Monte Cassino in 1944, in which only a statue of Christ survived, its eyes raised to the sky. Finally, from the ensemble’s latest CD, released last January, Smetana’s Quartet No. 1, entitled “From my life”, will trace all the passions of the Czech composer’s life, from the lightness of his youth and his love for his wife to his resignation in the face of his deafness.
Program :
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Milanese” Quartet
Giuseppe Verdi, String Quartet in E minor
Giacomo Puccini, Crisantemi
Elise Bertrand, Lui e Loro opus 22
Bedřich Smetana, String Quartet No. 1, “From my life”
