Quatuor Zaïde

In order to combat the problems faced by chamber musicians in finding a place to rehearse, the Mécénat Musical Société Générale association (MMSG) has created a residency programme, since March 2011, for the Quatuor Zaïde, a young quartet comprising Charlotte Juillard (violin), Pauline Fritsch (violin), Sarah Chénaf (viola) and Juliette Salmona (cello).

Biography of the Quatuor Zaïde

Only one year after its creation, the Quatuor Zaïde was awarded successively 1st prize at the Charles Hennen international competition (Holland) in April 2010, and, by unanimous vote, the International Press Prize at the Bordeaux String Quartet International Competition in May 2010 as well as 3rd Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition (Canada) in August 2010. The group's principal professors are Hatto Beyerle, violist and founding member of the Alban Berg quartet, and the cellist Marc Coppey. The Quartet receives regular tuition from renowned professors at the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) and ProQuartet-CEMC. The Quartet have also explored the contemporary repertoire with the violinist Hae-Sun Kang, soloist at the Ensemble Intercontemporain.

The Quatuor Zaïde already has to its credit a large number of recitals, and has performed in larger groups with prestigious partners such as cellists Julian Steckel, Jerôme Pernoo, pianists Alexandre Tharaud, Bertrand Chamayou, Jonas Vitaud, Edna Stern, violist Michel Michalakakos and with the members of the Diotima Quartet.

The Quartet was invited as resident ensemble of the Aix-en-Provence summer academy and festival in July 2010, where they worked with the composer Jonathan Harvey and were named ensemble laureate of the HSBC bank.

The Quatuor Zaïde has numerous engagements across France, Holland, Germany, Italy in the months ahead , and played at London's Wigmore Hall in January 2011.

They will perform in 2012 their debut concert at the Berlin Philharmonie.

Since January 2011, Charlotte Juillard plays a Joseph Gagliano violin from 1796 lent by Mécénat Musical Société Générale.