Hanson Quartet
, *Ma Bohème*
- Thursday, July 9, 8:00 p.m.
- Champagne Louis Roederer, Cellar, Reims
The Hanson Quartet
Anton Hanson & Jules Dussap,violins
Gabrielle Lafait, viola
Simon Dechambre, cello
A concert that looks toward the horizon, blending memory and discovery. From *The Quartet of My Life* to *The American Quartet*, two masterpieces of the repertoire, the music unfolds, expands, and opens up, brought to life by the captivating performance of the brilliant Hanson Quartet
Biography of the quartet
The Hanson Quartet was founded in Paris in 2013. Since then, the four musicians have been constantly exploring the richness of the string quartet repertoire and the power of this ensemble, which offers essential and inexhaustible opportunities for musical and human exploration.
Their debut album, a double disc dedicated to Joseph Haydn (2019, Aparté), was warmly acclaimed by the international press (The Strad, Ongaku Geijutsu, The Classic Review…) and awarded the Diapason d’Or of the Year and the Choc Classica. This composer, who serves as the anchor of their repertoire, has accompanied the Hansons since their debut, with the inventiveness of his music providing them with an ever-renewing playground. This double album, an eclectic portrait of Haydn, highlights his modernity and the variety of his string quartets.
Not all cats are grey, their second album, explores the nocturnal worlds of 20th-century music. This album, also unanimously praised by critics, stands in stark contrast to the Classical period and confirms the Hanson Quartet’s eclecticism. It champions the idea that so-called contemporary music is extremely diverse, full of life and contrasts, and deserves to be discovered and approached without preconceptions.
The Hanson Quartet has forged its identity by exploring different horizons, notably working with Austrian masters, while retaining a strong imprint of their French school heritage. An ensemble with a keen sense of curiosity, the Hanson Quartet is also passionate about contemporary composers such as Toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm, and Mathias Pintscher, whose Figura IV they performed in its French premiere at the IRCAM Festival. They recorded a live performance of George Crumb’s striking piece “Black Angels” for amplified quartet in August 2021 at the Deauville Festival (B.Records). They also enjoy creating anachronistic encounters between composers from different eras and like to present programs where these contrasts shed new and unexpected light on the works.
Winners of numerous international prizes, including the Geneva Competition, the Hanson Quartet is supported by the Singer-Polignac Foundation, where the musicians are in residence, by the Corde Sensible Foundation (Fondation de France), and they are laureates of the Banque Populaire Foundation.
They pursue an international career, performing at the Louvre Auditorium, Wigmore Hall in London, the Philharmonie de Paris, Victoria Hall in Geneva, the ORF Kulturhaus in Vienna, the Auditori in Barcelona, and regularly in Asia. They are also invited to prestigious festivals such as La Folle Journée in Nantes and the Deauville Festival, and the artistic encounters that result from these engagements are an essential source of inspiration for them.
Source: www.quatuorhanson.com
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