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The flourishing career of the Quatuor Hermès takes its members on tours
worldwide. The quartet is a regular guest in the United States, where it performs
at prestigious halls including the Kennedy Center inWashington and Zankel Hall at
Carnegie Hall in NewYork.
Its trajectory has been punctuated by a number of decisive encounters, notably
with the Ravel, Ysaÿe and Artemis quartets, with whom the four musicians
trained and developed a shared musical philosophy, and with such outstanding
personalities as Eberhard Feltz in Berlin, and later Alfred Brendel, an immense
inspiration with whom they nowwork regularly.
The Quatuor Hermès has received numerous prestigious awards, among them
‘RévélationMusicale de l‘Année’ at the Prix de la Critique 2014-15 and theNordmetall
Ensemble Preis 2013 at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival. It also won the
First Prizes of the Geneva International Competition 2011, the FNAPECCompetition
2010, the Lyon International Chamber Music Competition 2009, and the Young
Concert Artists International Auditions in NewYork.
The four musicians were Artists in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
from 2012 to 2016. Since 2015 they have received support from the Fondation
d’Entreprise Banque Populaire and the Fondation Singer-Polignac in Paris.
Elise Liu plays a violin by David Tecchler on loan from the Fonds Instrumental
Français. Since August 2016, Omer Bouchez has played a violin by Joseph Gagliano
(1796), on loan fromMécénat Musical Société Générale.