The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome classical ensemble Modigliani Quartet on Sunday, November 9 at 4 p.m. at the Weis Center.
There will be a pre-performance talk with the artists from 3:15-3:45 p.m. in the Atrium.
The Paris-based Modigliani Quartet features Amaury Coeytaux on violin, Loïc Rio on violin, Laurent Marfaing on viola and François Kieffer on cello.
The performance is sponsored, in part, by Sam and Nancy Craig.
Founded in 2003, the Modigliani Quartet is recognized as one of today’s most sought-after quartets, regularly performing in leading international concert series and on the world’s most prestigious stages.
When at the Weis Center, they will perform: Haydn – String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, Beethoven – String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, and Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor.
Beginning with the 2025-26 season, the Modigliani Quartet will be the Artist-in-Resident at Radio France in Paris. As part of this residency, the Quartet will give two string quartet concerts annually, as well as a chamber performance with guest musicians. The residency will culminate in the premiere of a commissioned work by composer Philippe Manoury.
Other highlights of the 2025-26 season include a North American tour in Fall, 2025, with performances at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. An extensive tour of Asia will follow, featuring concerts in South Korea, China, and Singapore. In Europe, the Quartet will perform at major venues including the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
In 2020 the quartet became Artistic Director of the string quartet festival “Vibre! Quatuors à Bordeaux” as well as the renowned “The Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.” The quartet is the Founder and Artistic Director since 2011 of the Saint-Paul-de-Vence Festival. Since Fall, 2023 they have been mentors at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot.
The Modigliani Quartet has been recording for the Mirare label since 2008 and has since released 13 award-winning CD’s. In January, 2024 the Quartet’s latest album, with string quartets by Grieg and Smetana, was released and received enthusiastically by the international press: “The French Modigliani Quartet brings these highly emotional works to life with energy, color and glowing passion” (Rondo, January, 2024). The recording was also featured in the bestseller list 2-2024 (category chamber music) at the “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik”. Since 2024 the Modigliani Quartet has dedicated itself to the greatest challenge in the life of a string quartet: recording all 16 string quartets by Beethoven.
TICKETS
Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors 62+ and subscribers, $15 for youth 18 and under, $15 for Bucknell employees and retirees (limit 2), free for Bucknell students (limit 1) and $15 for non-Bucknell students (limit 2).
Tickets can be reserved by calling 570-577-1000 or online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice.
Tickets are also available in person from several locations including the Weis Center lobby (weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and the CAP Center Box Office, located on the ground floor of the Elaine Langone Center (weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
For more information about this event, contact Lisa Leighton, marketing and outreach director, at 570-577-3727 or by e-mail at lisa.leighton@bucknell.edu.
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