Guillaume Villeneuve and Quatuor Cobalt’s Reflets du temps

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After 7 years on the Quebec music scene, Quatuor Cobalt announces the release of its debut album, Reflets du temps. Comprising Guillaume Villeneuve and Diana Bayard (violins), Clément Bufferne (viola) and François Leclerc (cello), the Université de Montréal-trained quartet was taught by Annick Roussin, Yegor Dyachkov, Guillaume Sutre, Laura Andriani and the Quatuor Debussy. In Quebec, the Cobalt Quartet has performed at festivals such as the Festival International de Lanaudière, the Festival International du Domaine Forget and the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, as well as in major venues such as the Palais Montcalm in Quebec City and Place des Arts in Montreal. Characterized by its eclecticism, the quartet explores both early music on period instruments and the contemporary repertoire, and is committed to the dissemination of today’s repertoire.

The album launch was a good opportunity for our contributor Alexandre Villemaire to chat with Guillaume Villeneuve about this release, as well as the ensemble’s many other projects, including their program of Schubert’s complete string quartets and their forthcoming indoor concert on December 18 at Jeunesses Musicales du Canada’s Salle Joseph-Rouleau.

Concert tickets HERE

You can pre-record the first extract from Reflets du temps at the following address: https: //gfn-classics.lnk.to/H277-Allegretto

The entire album will be available in January 2025

Photo Credit : Annie Éthier

With the special participation ofAnnabelle Marquis