SANTA FE — Santa Fe Pro Musica’s popular String Quartet Series concludes at 3 p.m. April 14 with the French ensemble Quatuor Ébène performing music by Mozart, Alfred Schnittke, and Grieg.
Quatuor Ébène is named after the wood “ebony,” a component of string instruments that “resists time and is a symbol of exotic cultures” (former cellist Raphael Merlin).
The quartet is also unique in their classical music background— have led double lives as jazz, folk, and rock musicians. What began in 1999 as a distraction in the music school’s practice rooms —improvising on jazz standards Read More