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Our concert series, Sine Nomine, is going to continue through the summer! Please stay tuned for further details or check out our Facebook page
Intensive Chamber Music Workshop concerts:
Three concerts devoted to chamber music in all its forms. February 8th, 10th and 11th. Salle Henri-Gagnon, Laval University.
(see Concerts page for more details)
Another little blurb in Le Devoir about our CD of the piano quintets of Pierné and Vierne with Stéphane Lemelin
Here's a review by Frédéric Lambert on Radio-Canada's Médium Large (French) of our latest CD devoted to the piano quintets of Pierné and Vierne with Stéphane Lemelin.
NEW VIDEO: Watch us perform Schubert's Quartettsatz at Université Laval's Salle Henri-Gagnon.
A nice review by John Terauds on the Musical Toronto website
The Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc has been nominated for an Opus Prize for concert on the year: Romantic, Post-Romantic, Impressionist Music. Concert at the Domaine Forget on August 10th, 2013 with Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Benedetto Lupo.
Click here to read our latest article in Quebec's Le Soleil by Richard Boisvert
Les 30 travaux du Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc
And a recent review, as well as some audio excerpts, of our Shostakovich box-set can be found on the Espace-Musique website here.
Biography
The Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc (composed of violinists Hibiki Kobayashi and Brett Molzan, violist Jean-Luc Plourde and cellist Ryan Molzan) is widely recognized as one of Canada's finest string ensembles. As of September 2005, the QAL proudly assumed the role of quartet-in-residence at the Université Laval in Quebec City.
In addition to their role as invited professors in the Laval string faculty, where they also teach chamber music, the members of the QAL pursue the highest levels of artistic excellence in their national and international appearances. The quartet frequently plays on Canada’s major concert stages and also tours abroad, including a performance at Carnegie Hall and several tours in Japan. Festival performances include Ottawa, Festival of the Sound, Domaine Forget, Orford, Ravinia and Santander (Spain). The QAL has collaborated with cellists Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Philippe Muller and Janos Starker, pianists Anton Kuerti, Marc-André Hamelin, Stéphane Lemelin and Dang Thai Son, clarinettist James Campbell and the Shostakovich, Orford and Kocian Quartets.
Named after the great Acadian violinist, the Arthur-LeBlanc Quartet was founded in 1988 with the support of the Université de Moncton, the Canada Council for the Arts and Radio-Canada.
The quartet invests in the future of chamber music through various activities including chamber music workshops and masterclasses, as well as teaching at summer academies. The QAL’s strong commitment to new music, especially from Quebec and across Canada, led them to commission and premiere works by composers André Prévost, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Vincent Collard, Jacques Desjardins, Martin Valcke and Anita Sleeman.
The Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc’s recording of Shostakovich’s 15 string quartets on the XXI-21 label is the first by a Canadian quartet. Other recordings of the QAL can be found on the ATMA, Fonovox, XXI-21 and Naxos labels. Since its creation, the quartet has been recognized and encouraged by the Canada and New Brunswick Arts Councils, CBC Radio, Radio-Canada and the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada. In 1998, the quartet was awarded the JMC’s Cécile-Mesnard-Pomerleau prize, for remarkable contribution to the organization.
The Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc (composed of violinists Hibiki Kobayashi and Brett Molzan, violist Jean-Luc Plourde and cellist Ryan Molzan) is widely recognized as one of Canada's finest string ensembles. As of September 2005, the QAL proudly assumed the role of quartet-in-residence at the Université Laval in Quebec City.
In addition to their role as invited professors in the Laval string faculty, where they also teach chamber music, the members of the QAL pursue the highest levels of artistic excellence in their national and international appearances. The quartet frequently plays on Canada’s major concert stages and also tours abroad, including a performance at Carnegie Hall and several tours in Japan. Festival performances include Ottawa, Festival of the Sound, Domaine Forget, Orford, Ravinia and Santander (Spain). The QAL has collaborated with cellists Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Philippe Muller and Janos Starker, pianists Anton Kuerti, Marc-André Hamelin, Stéphane Lemelin and Dang Thai Son, clarinettist James Campbell and the Shostakovich, Orford and Kocian Quartets.
Named after the great Acadian violinist, the Arthur-LeBlanc Quartet was founded in 1988 with the support of the Université de Moncton, the Canada Council for the Arts and Radio-Canada.
The quartet invests in the future of chamber music through various activities including chamber music workshops and masterclasses, as well as teaching at summer academies. The QAL’s strong commitment to new music, especially from Quebec and across Canada, led them to commission and premiere works by composers André Prévost, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Vincent Collard, Jacques Desjardins, Martin Valcke and Anita Sleeman.
The Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc’s recording of Shostakovich’s 15 string quartets on the XXI-21 label is the first by a Canadian quartet. Other recordings of the QAL can be found on the ATMA, Fonovox, XXI-21 and Naxos labels. Since its creation, the quartet has been recognized and encouraged by the Canada and New Brunswick Arts Councils, CBC Radio, Radio-Canada and the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada. In 1998, the quartet was awarded the JMC’s Cécile-Mesnard-Pomerleau prize, for remarkable contribution to the organization.
