LE QUATUOR MAKROKOSMOS
UFUK DÖRDÜNCÜ | BAHAR DÖRDÜNCÜ | PHILIPPE SPIESSER | SEBASTIEN CORDIER
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Le Quatuor Makrokosmos owes its name to the cycles of works of George Crumb "Music for a Summer Evening" composed for two pianos and two percussions.
Le Quatuor Makrokosmos Quartet was born thirteen years ago, when four artists, bound by admiration for Béla Bartok’s Sonata for two pianos and two percussions (1937), decided to combine their talent in the service of contemporary music. Ufuk & Bahar Dördüncu (pianos), Sebastien Cordier & Philippe Spiesser (percussion) are bound by a limitless passion for the repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries. Their musical and human complicity is evident in both their playing and their choice of repertoire. The performances of the Makrokosmos Quartet are always distinguished by a singular identity: a deep rigor and a strong emotional imprint. Such an instrumental formation makes it possible to associate a percussive piano with a melodic percussion and still opens today the door to new musical experiences and perspectives. The journey since its birth has taken Makrokosmos around the world, allowing it to interpret a wide repertoire of contemporary music and to share with remarkable composer the same passion for creation. Thus, the Odyssey of the Makrokosmos Quartet has takes it to venues and festivals such as: Venice Biennale (Italy), Victoria Hall, Geneva, Witten Neue Musik Festival (Germany), Fur Neue Musik Bern Festival (Switzerland), Contemporary Music Society in Lausanne (Switzerland), Borusan Istanbul (Turkey), Royaumont Abbey (France) Suntory Hall, (Japan) and the exceptional ''Globe'' of CERN in Geneva, center of worldwide sub-atomic research. The Makrokosmos Quartet decided to commission brand new works in order to broaden and enrich the repertoire. It now regularly commissions and premieres works by composers such as Stefano Gervasoni, Xavier Dayer, Ivan Fedele, Nik Baerch, Bernhard Lang and Stephane Wirth, Michael Jarrell, Georg Frederich Haas, Heinz Holliger, & Brian Ferneyhough. The members of the Makrokosmos Quartet, having a longing to communicate this singular repertoire to future generations of musicians and to share their love for contemporary music, attach great importance to recordings. Among their recorded catalogue are 'Magical worlds of Sound' (Crumb, Gervasoni Haas) & 'Round Midnight' inspired by Thelonius Monk (Schneller, Gregorio, Ferrero & Stefan Wirth) for the label "Hat-Hut". Both the public and the critics praise the magic of their synergy, their imaginative interpretations and the mastery of their technique. In the coming years, Makrokosmos will commission and premiere new works by Beat Furrer, James Dillon, Martin Matalon, Luca Francesconi, Philippe Hurel, & José Manuel López López. June 2018 Please contact LoganArts Management for use of biography and any press and promotion material. |
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