Quatuor Molinari

Quartet has given itself the mandate to perform works from the 20th and 21st centuries repertoire

for string quartet, to commission new works and to initiate discussions between musicians, artists

and the public.

Recipient of nineteen Opus Prizes awarded by the Quebec Music Council to underline musical

excellence on the Quebec concert stage, the Molinari Quartet as been described by the critics as

an “essential” and “prodigious” ensemble, even “Canada’s answer to the Kronos or Arditti Quartet”.

The Molinari Quartet has established itself as one of Canada’s leading string quartets.

In addition to many Canadian works, including the 13 quartets by R. Murray Schafer, the Molinari

Quartet’s repertoire includes among others, quartets by Bartók, Berg, Britten, Debussy, Dutilleux,

Glass, Gubaidulina, Kurtág, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Martinů, Penderecki, Ravel, Schnittke, Shostakovich

and Webern.

The Molinari Quartet was heard twice as soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under

Charles Dutoit and in April 2018 premiered the Concerto for string quartet and orchestra by Samy

Moussa with the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montréal under the direction of Nicholas Carter.

The Quartet has been invited to perform in numerous concert series and festivals throughout Canada,

Europe and Asia.

Its recordings on the ATMA Classique label have received international critical acclaim including two

Editors’ Choices by Gramophone magazine and rave revues from, among others, The Strad, Fanfare,

Diapason, etc. Its recording of the complete Kurtág quartets has received a Diapason d’Or in December

2016 and the prestigious German Echo Klassik award for 20th and 21st century chamber music in

July 2017.

Molinari Quartet: www.quatuormolinari.qc.ca