Quatuor Hanson
The Hanson Quartet was founded in Paris in 2013. Since then, the four musicians have been constantly exploring the richness of the string quartet repertoire and the power of this ensemble, which offers essential and inexhaustible possibilities for musical and human exploration.
Their first album, a double disc dedicated to Joseph Haydn (2019, Aparté), was highly acclaimed by the international press (The Strad, Ongaku Geijutsu, The Classic Review, etc.) and awarded a Diapason d'Or of the Year and a Choc Classica. This composer, who represents the anchor point of the repertoire, has accompanied the Hansons since their beginnings, the inventiveness of his music providing them with a constantly renewed playground. This double album, an eclectic portrait of Haydn, highlights his modernity and the variety of his string quartets.
Not all cats are grey, their second opus, explores the nocturnal worlds of 20th-century music. This album, also unanimously acclaimed by critics, contrasts completely with the classical period and confirms the Hanson Quartet's eclecticism. It defends the idea that so-called contemporary music is extremely varied, full of life and contrasts, and deserves to be discovered and appreciated without preconceptions.
The Hanson Quartet has forged its identity by exploring different horizons, working in particular with Austrian masters, while retaining a strong influence from their French school heritage. A highly curious ensemble, the Hanson Quartet is also passionate about contemporary composers such as Toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm and Mathias Pintscher, whose Figura IV they premiered in France at the IRCAM Festival. They also enjoy provoking anachronistic encounters between composers from different eras and like to offer programmes where these contrasts shed new and unexpected light on the works.
Winners of numerous international prizes, including the Geneva Competition, the Hanson Quartet is supported by the Singer-Polignac Foundation, where the musicians are in residence, by the Corde Sensible Foundation (Fondation de France) and they are laureates of the Banque Populaire Foundation.
They pursue an international career, performing at the Louvre Auditorium, Wigmore Hall in London, the Philharmonie de Paris, Victoria Hall in Geneva, the ORF Kulturhaus in Vienna, the Auditori in Barcelona, and regularly in Asia. They are also invited to prestigious festivals such as La Folle Journée in Nantes and the Deauville Festival, and the artistic encounters that result from these are an essential source of enrichment for them.
Their first album, a double disc dedicated to Joseph Haydn (2019, Aparté), was highly acclaimed by the international press (The Strad, Ongaku Geijutsu, The Classic Review, etc.) and awarded a Diapason d'Or of the Year and a Choc Classica. This composer, who represents the anchor point of the repertoire, has accompanied the Hansons since their beginnings, the inventiveness of his music providing them with a constantly renewed playground. This double album, an eclectic portrait of Haydn, highlights his modernity and the variety of his string quartets.
Not all cats are grey, their second opus, explores the nocturnal worlds of 20th-century music. This album, also unanimously acclaimed by critics, contrasts completely with the classical period and confirms the Hanson Quartet's eclecticism. It defends the idea that so-called contemporary music is extremely varied, full of life and contrasts, and deserves to be discovered and appreciated without preconceptions.
The Hanson Quartet has forged its identity by exploring different horizons, working in particular with Austrian masters, while retaining a strong influence from their French school heritage. A highly curious ensemble, the Hanson Quartet is also passionate about contemporary composers such as Toshio Hosokawa, Wolfgang Rihm and Mathias Pintscher, whose Figura IV they premiered in France at the IRCAM Festival. They also enjoy provoking anachronistic encounters between composers from different eras and like to offer programmes where these contrasts shed new and unexpected light on the works.
Winners of numerous international prizes, including the Geneva Competition, the Hanson Quartet is supported by the Singer-Polignac Foundation, where the musicians are in residence, by the Corde Sensible Foundation (Fondation de France) and they are laureates of the Banque Populaire Foundation.
They pursue an international career, performing at the Louvre Auditorium, Wigmore Hall in London, the Philharmonie de Paris, Victoria Hall in Geneva, the ORF Kulturhaus in Vienna, the Auditori in Barcelona, and regularly in Asia. They are also invited to prestigious festivals such as La Folle Journée in Nantes and the Deauville Festival, and the artistic encounters that result from these are an essential source of enrichment for them.
