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Alisa Weilerstein, New York Times, April 2017

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Three Beethoven String Quartets played by Quatuor Ébène now on vinyl!

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"Through music I crossed and left behind national boundaries. I’m not making a big political statement. But the reality is that if you give a child a ‘bigger stage’ (music), it’s a transformational experience."

Saleem Ashkar, Yorkshire Magazine, 2015

"The music we are performing can be personal, but you have to share it whether it is a symphony, or a concerto, or chamber music, or even if it's solo music. If it's alone, you have to listen to yourself, and to the silence which accompanies you. You have to share it with the silence around you."

Marc Bouchkov, violonist.com, May 2013

"Every pianist starts with an sound in their head. It doesn’t come from the fingers or the shoulders… But what’s also true is that very few people actually have access to an individual sound. Those are the people whom you want hear over and over again."

Elena Bashkirova, Piano News, January 2018

"When fear is rampant, it plays into the wrong people’s hands. The only antidote is joy, lots of joy. "

Daniel Brandt / Brandt Brauer Frick, theycallitkleinparis, January 2018

"Performing complete cycles of all Beethoven sonatas has changed my life. One starts to look for connections; one needs two years to get close to the musical language. I've found connections encompassing all sonatas. Pablo Picasso expressed it well: I do not search – I find."

Saleem Ashkar, Osnabrücker Zeitung, August 2016

"If you play it effortlessly, this is absurd. I want to hear a fight. I want to hear how hard it is, how the piece is an obstacle. "

Piotr Anderszewski, New York Times, February 2017

"The thing that attracts me to conducting is that we get the chance to paint with an enormous brush. I play the violin as well, that is a much smaller paint brush. It’s still music, it’s still me, but the kind of colors that you can paint with an orchestra is incredible."

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, London Symphony Orchestra Blog, December 2014

"The thing that captivates me about conducting is that we have the chance to paint with a huge brush. I also play the violin, which is a much smaller brush. It's music too, it's still me, but the kind of colors you can paint with an orchestra are incredible."

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, London Symphony Orchestra Blog, December 2014

"The desire to be loved can become a real enemy. It can very much stand in our way when it comes to reaching a truly free interpretation, where you say, 'Bach is like this for me. I love you guys, but I will not compromise, because something more important is at stake.'"

Jean-Guihen Queyras, VAN, December 2017

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Choc de l’année 2020 of the Classica Magazine for „Beethoven Around the World”

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Three Beethoven String Quartets played by Quatuor Ébène now on vinyl!

Ludwig van Beethoven
Live recorded at the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 18 No. 2
String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 ‘Quartetto Serioso’

Live recorded at the Suntory Hall Tokyo
String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130 with ‘Grosse Fuge’, Op. 133

Released by Warner Classics on September 25!

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