Vivantes (Live) Katok Ensemble

• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): String Quartet in F Major, M. 35:
• 1 Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: I. Allegro moderato (Live) 08:46
• 2 Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: II. Assez vif. Très rythmé (Live) 06:53
• 3 Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: III. Très lent (Live) 09:23
• 4 Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: IV. Vif et agité (Live) 05:26
• Guillaume Lekeu (1870 - 1894): String Quartet No. 3 in G Major:
• 5 Lekeu: String Quartet No. 3 in G Major: II. Adagio sostenuto (Live) 09:33
• Patrick Leterme (b. 1981): Vivantes for String Quintet:
• 6 Leterme: Vivantes for String Quintet: I. Racines (Live) 05:59
• 7 Leterme: Vivantes for String Quintet: II. Ailes (Live) 05:35
• 8 Leterme: Vivantes for String Quintet: III. Brises (Live) 07:19
• Total Runtime 58:54

Info zu Vivantes (Live)

Vivantes bringt das unter der Leitung von Paul Serri stehende Katok Ensemble und den belgischen Komponisten Patrick Leterme für ein Programm zusammen, das im Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi konzipiert wurde. Mit Werken von Maurice Ravel und Guillaume Lekeu sowie einer neuen Komposition für Streichquintett – "Racines, Ailes, Brises" – erkundet die Musik eine organische Verbindung zum Leben, genährt durch das Eintauchen in die Natur und den Nachklang von Texten von George Sand, Romain Gary und Vinciane Despret. Leterme pflegt einen besonders präzisen Kompositionsstil, dessen bewusste Zerbrechlichkeit die Sensibilität selbst in eine Form des Widerstands verwandelt.

Katok Ensemble

Katok Ensemble
Founded in 2019 by Paul Serri, the Katok Ensemble brings together musicians who share a passion for chamber music, with the aim of making the genre accessible to a wide audience and dispelling the notion that one needs to be a connoisseur to appreciate it.

The Katok Ensemble comprises Paul Serri, Camille Fonteneau, Schuichi Okada, Magdalena Sypniewski, and David Petrilk (violins); Léa Hennino, Anna Sypniewski, and Issey Nadaud (violas); and Justine Metral, Rafael Cumont Vioque, Julie Sévilla-Fraysse, and Volodia Van Keulen (cellos).

Its associated artists include Corentin Apparailly (composer) and Hugo Mallon (stage director).

The musicians are accomplished chamber artists, each with a unique and rigorous artistic background and approach.

The Katok Ensemble seeks to forge a collective identity while preserving and harmonizing the individuality of each member.

Its flexible, variable-size format allows for an expansive repertoire—ranging from the smallest chamber music form (the duo) to the largest (the dectet)—with a particular focus on the string sextet repertoire.

This flexibility enables the ensemble to combine two concepts that are often at odds: long-term artistic development and adaptability.

In the spirit of democratizing chamber music and fostering new connections with audiences, the Katok Ensemble has launched a chamber music festival in the Ardèche region: the Katok Festival.

The Katok Ensemble also collaborates with other art forms, such as theater and cinema. Notably, the creation of a "concert-performance" in collaboration with Hugo Mallon—*Les saisons*—which unfolds around the novel by Maurice Pons.

Booklet für Vivantes (Live)