There are four selected quartets to participate to the MUSA – European young MUsicians soft Skills Alliance programme in Italy, in Milan on September 26th to October 2nd 2021: a week of workshop curated by IED – Istituto Europeo di Design, artistic Residence and concerts, during which musicians work on their image strategies with professional lecturers, photographers, video makers and stylists.
Find out who they are:
ÃTMA QUARTET
POLAND Katarzyna Gluza, violin Paulina Marcisz, violin Karalina Orsik-Sauter, viola Edyta Słomska, celloThe Ãtma Quartet, formed in 2016 by four graduates of Polish music academies, takes its name from the Sanskrit word “Soul”. The quartet has been awarded in several international competitions and studied with highly acclaimed string quartets such as Emerson, Alban Berg, Kuss, Jerusalem, Ysaÿe and Artemis, and with many other renowned ensembles and soloists. Besides an intense concert activity in Poland, the Ãtma Quartet has performed for the Davos Festival in Switzerland, Quatuors à Bordeaux in France, Zeist Music Days in Holland, Musethica in Spain, with the aim of popularizing chamber music and Polish composers. The Quartet has been actively participating in Le Dimore del Quartetto since 2018. The ensemble has also taken part in the French ProQuartet programme.
BELINFANTE QUARTET
NETHERLANDS
Olivia Scheepers, violin
Fiona Robertson, violin
Sophie Vroegop, viola
Pau Marquès i Oleo, cello
The Belinfante Quartet was formed in 2016 and is currently Quartet in Residence at the Netherlands String Quartet Academy in Amsterdam. They have performed at festivals throughout Europe including the Strijkkwartet Biënnale in Amsterdam, the Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht and the Tiberius Festival in Romania. Recent engagements include a performance in the Spiegelzaal of the Concertgebouw. During the Delft Fringe Festival 2019, they collaborated with visual artist Jordi Cárdenas Lozano to create a performance in which music of Léos Janácek was accompanied by poetic and abstract slide projections, thanks to which they have won the Delft Chamber Music Festival Award 2019. The quartet’s name honors Frieda Belinfante, a cellist and the first professional female conductor in Europe.
QUATUOR GABRIËLE
FRANCE
Alexandra Lecocq, violin
Helia Fassi, violin
Chloé Lecoq, viola
Marion Frère, cello
The Gabriële Quartet is a young ensemble formed at the end of 2020 from the merger of four musicians passionate about string quartet.
Their motivation to settle in the wide world of string quartet, lead them to train alongside François Salque at CNSMDP.
Eager to make new experiences and meet new people, they take part in several projects, especially masterclasses organized by Proquartet.
Waiting for the programming of concerts to resume, they are beginning to build their musical identity through their work on string quartet’s repertoire.
AZALAÏS QUARTET
OLANDA
Raquel Marín Garcés, violino
Alexandra López Arca, violino
Elena Santana de la Rosa, viola
Carla Peña Romero, violoncello
The Azalaïs Quartet is a very united ensemble which shares common principles regarding music production, always keeping an open mind ready to create, combine and exchange ideas.
In concert they offer what they would like to receive as an audience.
The quartet started their adventure in 2018 when the four musicians encouraged by their passion for chamber music started playing together at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (the Netherlands).
Their name honors Azalaïs de Porcairagues, one of the first female troubadours that composed during the late twelfth century.
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