Quatuor Strada & Théo Fouchenneret
Biography Quatuor Strada & Théo Fouchenneret
Théo Fouchenneret
Born in Nice, Théo Fouchenneret started studying piano in his hometown with Christine Gastaud. At thirteen years old, he entered the CNSM in Paris, first in the class of Alain Planès, then with Hortense Cartier-Bresson, with whom he continued his studies during the 3rd cycle. He also studied chamber music with Jean-Frédéric Neuburger and Yann Ollivo, and received the advice of many renowned professors. Théo Fouchenneret won the Gabriel Fauré Prize in 2013. An adept of chamber music, he founded the Ensemble Messiaen, with which he won 1st Prize at the Lyon Competition. He currently leads an active career as chamber musician and soloist, regularly performing with renowned musicians at festivals in France and in Switzerland, as well as in Lebanon, China and Japan.
Quatuor Strada
The new quartet Strada brings together four internationally renowned soloists, from the most prestigious ensembles such as the quartet Ysaye or the National Orchestra of France. After long years of experience of chamber music , they are brought together by their friendship and their passion and decide to create this dynamic and unusual group, serving in parallel brilliant careers and love for a rigorous work. Not long after its creation, the quartet Strada is soon being invited by numerous festivals and musical seasons.
They offer a programme exclusively dedicated to the late quartets of Beethoven - a challenge for the musicians and an outstanding cultural event for music lovers. Thus we shall be able to witness one of the most powerful stylistic and aesthetic evolutions in the history of music. The controlled complexity of these late works gives them an amazing beauty, born of the spirituality of this revolutionary composer, who had withdrawn from the world to build a timeless monument.
