21 June 2010

Internationally acclaimed for their performances and recordings, the DEBUSSY Quartet is perhaps most well known for their passionate devotion to the French repertoire.

In renowned concert halls from New York to Tokyo they have performed works of Ravel, Debussy and Fauré, while creating new audiences for works of their countrymen such as Lalo, Bonnal and Milhaud.

Founded in 1990, the Debussy Quartet has established its reputation as one of the finest quartets touring and recording today by maintaining a commitment to speak in a unique quartet voice, eschewing the creation of an international quartet sound.

They are winners of the prestigious Evian International String Quartet Competition, and chosen as the Best Chamber Music Ensemble by the 1996 French Classical Music Awards (Victoire de la Musique).

Each year, the quartet performs some 80 concerts in venues such as Concertgebouw - Amsterdam, Konzerthaus - Berlin, Théâtre du Châtelet, and Musée du Louvre in Paris.

They also take part in many international festivals, including Prague Spring, the European Quartet Week in Cork, Beethovenfest in Bonn, etc.