France

"It’s super exciting! We are already very proud and honoured to take part in MICMC. It’s a bit stressful, especially since it’s our first time participating in an international competition. But it is also very exciting because this competition urges us to progress and to push ourselves."  Simon Iachemet, cello

The members of the Quatuor Agate first met at the Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt. After completing their respective studies at the "Conservatoire de Paris" (CNSMDP), they continued their studies in Berlin.

The quartet has been invited to perform at several international festivals with renowned partners. In 2016, with the support of Jérôme Pernoo and the Danel Quartet, they created the CorsiClassic Festival, a chamber music festival held in Corsica. They have also had the opportunity to work with Gerhard Schultz, Tim Vogler, Michael Vogler, Stephan Forck, Yovan Markovitch, Luc-Marie Aguera, Andrej Bielow and others.

Quator Agate have an interest in contemporary music, and in 2017, had the opportunity to perform pieces by Bernadette Clozel, Michel Boédec and Stéphane Delplace in the composers' presence. They currently study at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in the class of Prof. Eberhard Feltz.

Quatuor Agate members

Adrien Jurkovic - 1st Violin
Thomas Augustin Chale Descamps - 2nd Violin
Raphaël Pagnon - Viola
Simon Iachemet - Cello

Round One

MOZART Quartet in C major no 19 K465 ‘Dissonance’
BARTOK String Quartet, sz 85 nr 3
CLOZEL Volutes

Round Two

HARRISON Balderdash
DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor