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You have to go to Halles Citadelle the next morning to finally hear something other than loud music, in this case the excellent Quatuor Adastra. ...

The performance by the four virtuosos was warmly applauded by the audience.

The art of the miniature. [...] Adastra juggle short forms and miniaturised sections with communicative pleasure. They traverse Kurtág's two pieces with remarkable plasticity, playing with ease on the variety of colours and grains. [...] Adastra navigates the unstructured element with equal success [...] Under the composer's Dusapin's watchful eye, Adastra appropriates the density of the writing and the ardent counterpoint throughout four distinctive movements [...] Full of conviction, warmly applauded by the audience, the performance by the HEAR students is in no way inferior to that of the Arditti Quartet, who premiered the work in 1993.

The flight of Adastra. There's something marvellous about witnessing young, talented musicians take flight, and it gives one a new sense of optimism. [...] Listeners to the Musica No. 08 concert will get to know the sound and personality of the Adastra Quartet.

The Adastra Quartet was a marvel [...] The musicians gave a magnificent performance of works by Mozart and Haydn in the Old Town Church, which was restored this year.

The Adastra Quartet was at the château [...] Four virtuosos against a highly colourful backdrop. [...] The Adastra Quartet has pursued its path to excellence on national and international stages. Their introduction honoured Joseph Haydn with his quartet op 76 ‘Sunrise’. [...] Tribute and excellence [...] Two pieces by Dmitri Shostakovich (1931) rounded off this fine evening at the château, before a double encore.

The Adastra Quartet delighted the audience [...] The audience, made up mainly of music lovers, was won over by the performance of the four musicians.

Young musicians from the ‘Adastra’ Quartet at Strasbourg Conservatoire play Beethoven's ‘Ode to Joy’ in front of Parliament to celebrate 9 May.

Invited by the Quatuor Debussy as a ‘New Talent’ and a trainee at the Académie, the Adastra Quartet gave the audience an aubade in front of the church. [...] Just before the Cordes en Ballade concert on Sunday evening, they gave a magnificent performance of the second and fourth movements of Dvorák's Quatuor Américain.

The performers set the tone right from the slow introduction, with very moving timbres and great freedom of expression. [...] The Adastra Quartet also won us over with their great professionalism, the beauty of their sound and their passionate commitment. [...] Dvorak's ‘American’ quartet sounded magnificently on Sunday, thanks to the sensitivity, virtuosity and hard work of these four musicians, who will undoubtedly be heard of again.

An exceptional evening for the inaugural concert of Trio Musique Découverte with the Adastra Quartet. More than 200 very attentive spectators were present. [...] The roofs of the stables resounded with the harmonious accents of a very ambitious programme during which the privileged audience was able to appreciate the technical prowess and musicality of the Adastra Quartet. Its performers, Julien MOQUET, Emilie GALLET, Marion ABEILHOU and David PORO, demonstrated their extraordinary and fine knowledge of harmony, polyphony and counterpoint.

In an ideal acoustic setting, violist Marion ABEILHOU, violinists Julien MOQUET and Emilie GALLET, and cellist David PORO gave a remarkable performance of works by Haydn, Lutoslawski and Dvorak. It was an evening of fine music, and very pleasant after the hot afternoon.