Quatuor Ébène: Beethoven String Quartets

Name: Quatuor Ébène: Beethoven String Quartets
Start: 2026-10-08T20:15:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-08T20:15:00+02:00
Location: De Oosterpoort

took place · 8 Oct 2026

De Oosterpoort, Groningen

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The French string quartet Quatuor Ébène performs three string quartets by Beethoven at De Oosterpoort in Groningen.

About: Quatuor Ébène

For more than two decades, Quatuor Ébène has paired classical mastery with a striking freedom of style, moving between Beethoven and jazz with equal conviction. The quartet - now featuring Japanese cellist Yuya Okamoto - performs regularly at the world's leading concert halls.

175.7K

monthly listeners on Spotify

ARD International Music Competition Munich 2004 - first prize and audience prize

130+

concerts per year after the ARD victory in 2004

continents for the Beethoven Around the World recording (2019-2020)

What's new

2026-08
Quatuor Ébène received the Musikfest Bremen Prize in August 2026, an award for outstanding international artists who enrich international musical life.
2026
In 2026, Quatuor Ébène is quartet-in-residence at Beethovenfest Bonn.
2024-06
In June 2024, the ensemble presented 'Waves', a new project together with electronic sound artist Xavier Triboulet.

Tour

DortmundHamburgManhattan

Tracks

Fictioncrossover album with jazz arrangements (2010), awarded an Echo Award

Brazilsecond crossover album (2014)

Eternal Storiesthird crossover album with Michel Portal (2017)

Beethoven Around the Worldcomplete cycle of Beethoven's 16 string quartets, recorded on six continents (2019-2020)

Mozart: String Quintets K. 515 & K. 516recording with Antoine Tamestit (2023), awarded Diapason d'Or and Gramophone Recording of the Month

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