Program

The documentary “4” gives us an inside look at the functioning of a quartet. It specifically ‎focuses on Quatuor Ébène, one of the most interesting chamber music groups around today.‎The string quartet is an ensemble par excellence for chamber music. The sound possibilities ‎and the complex dynamics that govern it have resulted in the string quartet being referred to ‎as “the dialogue between four intelligent people” (Goethe) and theories have been ‎established around it, such as that of violinist Cibrán Sierra of the Cuarteto Quiroga, who ‎considers it the “symbol of a society in which difference triumphs as an engine of cohesion.”‎
The documentary “4”, directed by Daniel Kutschinski, gives us an inside look at the ‎functioning of a quartet. It is based on Quatuor Ébène, one of the most interesting groups on ‎the current chamber music scene, which the camera follows around on one of its tours of ‎Italy. In addition to seeing the four musicians on stage, “4” takes us behind the scenes and ‎gives us a look at the musical and human process behind the quartet’s performances: the ‎struggle with the scores and the interpretive details, the tensions between the musicians ‎who are both colleagues and friends, and the relationship they each have with their ‎own expectations and frustrations.‎