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12th String Quartet Biennial
from 10 to January 18, 2026
All programming

Quatuor Isidore

Ligeti, Sorey, Beethoven
Chamber Music
Amphithéâtre - Cité de la musique
Duration: about 1h15

Program

Distribution

György Ligeti
Quatuor à cordes n°2
Tyshawn Sorey
Everything Changes, Nothing Changes
Création française
Ludwig van Beethoven
Quatuor à cordes n°6
Adrian Steele , violin
Phoenix Avalon , violin
Devin Moore , viola
Joshua McClendon , cello

Separated by 120 years of string quartet history, Beethoven’s Quartet No. 6 and Tyshawn Sorey’s Everything Changes, Nothing Changes share a common quest to continually renew music and the listening experience—a spirit echoed in Ligeti’s Quartet No. 2.

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Getting here

Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris

To discover

Esa-Pekka Salonen
Symphonic Concert

Orchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 8:00 pm
At once rooted in the purest liturgical tradition and a laboratory for avant-garde music intent on seduction, Ligeti's…
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Symphonic Concert

Orchestre de Paris / Esa-Pekka Salonen

Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 8:00 pm
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Chamber Music

L’Après-midi du Quatuor

Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Adding to an already rich edition of the String Quartet Biennale, this special afternoon event—a marathon of promising…
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Chamber Music

Quatuor Dutilleux

Monday, January 12, 2026 at 6:30 pm
Quatuor Dutilleux performs Ainsi la nuit, the only string quartet by the French master from whom they take their name,…
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