Modigliani Quartet Union College

Sunday, October 25, 2026 - 3:00 PM

Radio France’s Artists-in-Residence, the Parisien ensemble makes its highly anticipated return to the series after a four-year hiatus. Making regular appearances at Carnegie Hall and in important venues around the world, the quartet will bring its “immense music gifts” (Washington Post) to works of Haydn and Schumann with a recent piece by the Czech iconoclast.

Program:
- Mařatka: Amedea
- Haydn: G-major Quartet, Op. 77, No. 1
- Schumann: A-major Quartet, Op. 41, No. 3

Sponsored by an Anonymous Donor
RUNTIME: 2 HOURS

Union College
Memorial Chapel
Schenectady, NY

General Admission seating—doors open 45 minutes before concert.
All kids and college students admitted free at door.

About the Modigliani Quartet:
The Paris based Modigliani Quartet celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023. They are regular guests at the world’s top venues and finest string quartet and chamber music series. In 2017 it was a special honor for the ensemble to be the first string quartet ever performing in the big hall of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. In 2020, the quartet became artistic directors of the string quartet festival “Vibre! Quatuors à Bordeaux” as well as the renowned “The Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition”. They are founders and artistic directors of the Saint-Paul-de-Vence Festival. Since autumn 2023 they have been teaching the first String Quartet class at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot.

Modigliani Quartet has been recording for the Mirare label since 2008 and has released 13 award winning CDs. In January 2024, the quartet’s latest album featuring quartets by Grieg and Smetana was published and received enthusiastically by the international press: “The French Quatuor Modigliani brings these highly emotional works to life with energy, color and glowing passion.” (Rondo, January 2024). The recording was also featured in the bestseller list 2-2024 (category chamber music) at the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.

In the 2024/2025 season, Modigliani Quartet will be dedicated to recording all 16 string quartets by Beethoven. Other highlights of the new season include a tour of North America in October 2024, as well as concerts at the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, L’Auditori in Barcelona (as part of the string quartet biennial), the Konserthus Stockholm, and at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg.

Thanks to the generosity and support of private sponsors, Modigliani Quartet plays on four outstanding Italian instruments:
- Amaury Coeytaux: 1715 violin by Stradivari
- Loïc Rio: 1780 violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini
- Laurent Marfaing: 1660 viola by Luigi Mariani
- François Kieffer: 1706 cello by Matteo Goffriller

Modigliani Quartet thanks SPEDIDAM for its help.