String quartet
Jordan Victoria – violin
Alexandre Vu – violin
Tanguy Parisot– viola
Jérémy Garbarg – cello
Founded in 2013, the Quatuor Arod has been performing in the greatest concert halls in France and worldwide: Berlin Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, Vienna Musikverein, Carnegie Hall, Gulbenkian Foundation, Luxemburg Philharmonie, Oji Hall in Tokyo, Salzburg Mozarteum, LSO St Lukes, Mendelssohn Haus Leipzig, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg,, Wigmore Hall… as well as in many festivals: Verbier, Aix-en-Provence, Menton, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bremen Musikfest, Spring Music Festival of Prague, Paris and Amstedam String Quartet Biennales…
The Quatuor Arod collaborates with artists such as Klaus Mäkelä, Alexandre Tharaud, Thibaut Garcia, le Quatuor Danel, Kit Armstrong, Maximilian Hornung… In 2017, they premiered French composer Benjamin Attahir’s first string quartet (commissioned by La Belle Saison, ProQuartet and the Quatuor Arod), as well as his clarinet quintet in 2026, alongside Pierre Génisson. The quartet is keen to promote contemporary music, and regularly commissions short pieces from young composers: Thomas Enhco, Benjamin Attahir, Eugene Birman, Corentin Apparailly…
The Quatuor Arod records exclusively for the label Erato/Warner Classics with a first Mendelssohn album (2017), then a second album, dedicated to the figure of Mathilde Zemlinsky, with the participation of the soprano Elsa Dreisig (Schoenberg, Zemlinsky and Webern/2019) which was awarded with the Edison Klassiek 2020. In the fall of 2023 they released a French album (Debussy, Ravel, Attahir), alongside the documentary “Ménage à Quatre” by Bruno Monsaingeon, who follows the quartet in its day-to-day, and accompanies the musicians in a meeting with composer György Kurtág. 2025 sees the release of Bach Chorals on streaming platforms, as part of their digital project “A Journey Through Harmony”. A new album, featuring the complete Opus 76 by Haydn, is released in the fall of 2025.
In 2026-2027, the Quatuor Arod make their debuts in concerto in Absolute Jest by John Adals alongside the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lionel Bringuier. As part of the bicentennial of the friendship between France and Mexico, they perform at the Mexico Festival Bella Artes and at the Cervantino Festival. They are performing at the Salle Bourgie in Montréal, at the Philharmonie de Paris – Cité de la Musique, at the Linz Brucknerhaus, the Vieenna Konzerthais, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Munich Prinzregentteater, the Opéra de Montpellier, the Lucerne Festival, the Rencontres Musicales d’Evian…
The Quatuor Arod has benefited from the teaching of Mathieu Herzog, Jean Sulem, and the Quatuor Artemis. They have also worked regularly with the Quatuor Ebène and the Quatuor Diotima. In 2016, they won the First Prize at the ARD International Music Competition of Munich. They had already been awarded the First Prize at the Carl Nielsen International Competition of Copenhagen in 2015 and the First Prize at the European Competition of the FNAPEC Concours in 2014. In 2016, they were HSBC laureates of the Festival d’Aix Academy. In 2017, they were appointed “BBC New Generation Artist” from 2017 to 2019, and ECHO Rising Star for the season 2018-2019.
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