Quatuor APOLLINAIRE
Quatuor APOLLINAIRE
The
APOLLINAIRE QUARTET takes its name from Guillaume Apollinaire, an
experiment and famous french poet who was very active at the turn of
the last 20th century. He inspired this ensemble in its goal to reveal
and revive a repertoire still largely underestimated and deserving of
new attention.
Founded in 1994, the quartet dedicates itself primarily to chamber music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries – ( Ravel, Debussy, Villa-Lobos, Koechlin, Jolivet, Gershwin…). It also commissions contemporary works for universal instrumental combinations (Etienne Rolin, Goto, Gubler, Jakubowski, Dulat, Fournier, Gabriele…).
Since 1996, the quartet has performed concerts, masterclasses and workshops throughtout the USA, Canada, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Israel. Two CD’s recording were released in 2000 and 2003
The musicians are :
From left to right : Jean-Michel
Goury, Sophie Davard, Marie-Christine Wlazlik and Yves Josset
MARIE-CHRISTINE WLAZLIK, pianist, was born in Guéret, south of Paris, and completed her piano studies at the Ecole Nationle de Musique de La Creuse With two gold medals in formation musicale (music education) and piano, as a student of Nadine Normand and Josée Carlosema.
She has done advanced study with Jean-Claude Henriot and Noel Lee on the interpretation
of the music of Claude Debussy. Working frequently in chamber music and accompanying,
she recently touret with The Chamber Choir of La Creuse under the direction
of Stéphane Caillat.
She holds the Diplôme d’Etat, a prestigioux teaching award, and is currently
Professor of Piano at the Ecole Nationale de Musique de La Creuse.
Since 1994 she has worked with the Quatuor Apollinaire throughout Europe in
performances of a wide variety of traditional and contemporary Chamber music.
Flutist SOPHIE DAVARD performs
as a soloist, chamber musician and free-lance artist in the city of Paris.
She received the Diplôme d’Etat in 1994 from the French Minister of Culture
and First Prize in Flute in 1995 from the Conservatoires Municipaux de Paris.
She also holds first prize in flute and chamber music from the conservatories
of Boulogne-Billancourt and Rennes.
She has studied with C. Cantin (symphonic repertoire), Gladys Bouchet and P.A.
Valade (Contemporary Music) and worked in masterclasses with P. Lukas-Graf,
A. Adorjan (Casals Festival in Prades) and M. Larrieu.
Since completing her studies Ms. Davard has taught at the Conservatoire Municipal
de Musique « Maurice Ravel » in Ozoir-La Ferrière and at the Ecole Nationale
de Musique de Tonneins.
She began performing with the group Polyfolia in 1994 with Etienne
Rolin, Jean-Michel Goury, and
Yves Josset. The Quatuor
Apollinaire evolved from her work with Polyfolia.