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 for Vivantes (Live)

Vivantes brings together the Katok Ensemble, led by Paul Serri, and the Belgian composer Patrick Leterme for a programme conceived at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi. Spanning works by Maurice Ravel and Guillaume Lekeu, alongside a new composition for string quintet - Racines, Ailes, Brises - the music explores an organic connection to life, nourished by immersion in nature and the resonance of texts by George Sand, Romain Gary and Vinciane Despret. Leterme deploys a particularly precise style of composition, whose deliberate fragility transforms sensitivity itself into a form of resistance.

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 for Vivantes (Live)