Quatuor Bozzini: Underground and Upperground boldness
The aims of this article are twofold. Looking back to Quatuor Bozzini’s emergence in the early 2000s, the author traces some of the ensemble’s aesthetic propositions, and analyzes how they participated in redefining what is now understood as the mandate of a contemporary-music oriented ensemble, as well as their approaches to collaboration. The article then turns to six of Quatuor Bozzini’s collaborators: Éliane Radigue, Phill Niblock, Marc Boivin, Nicole Lizée, Simon Martin and James O’Callaghan. Almost as one, the six artists speak of the immense sensitivity with which Quatuor Bozzini dedicates itself to each of their collaborative projects.