Music to See : concert and talk
In preparation for the October 27 concert, the Molinari Quartet and the director of the Molinari Foundation, Marie-Ève Beaupré, will host Dutch artists Udo Prinsen and Wilbert Bulsink, as well as Quebec artist Denis Gougeon, as part of the “Musique à voir” series on Sunday, October 25, at 3:00 p.m. at the Molinari Foundation, 3290 Ste-Catherine Street East in Montreal. The artists will discuss the creative process behind their works and how the paintings by Molinari and Mondrian influenced their new string quartets. The discussion will also shed light on the video artist’s creative process as it relates to music. In addition, images of the paintings that inspired the composers will be projected to highlight the connection between the paintings and the music. Finally, the musicians of the Molinari Quartet will perform excerpts from new works that illustrate the direct connections to the paintings of Molinari and Mondrian. Tickets are 20 $ Seating is limited, please reserve your spot by following the link
Benefit event
The Molinari Quartet is pleased to announce its benefit event on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at the Molinari Foundation, located at 3290 Sainte-Catherine Street East in Montreal. Tickets are $200, and the Molinari Quartet will issue a tax-deductible receipt for $150. Reserve your tickets now by contacting the Quartet by phone at 514-707-3773 or by email at qm@quatuormolinari.qc.ca. By attending this benefit event, you’ll not only be supporting the Quartet’s activities, but you’ll also have the privilege of hearing the Quartet’s musicians perform in an intimate setting, participating in a silent auction, and enjoying appetizers and fine wines at a cocktail reception. It promises to be a delightful evening in good company! As a reminder, the donations raised by the Molinari Quartet during this fundraising campaign will be used to support the Molinari Quartet’s special projects, including tours, CD recordings, and commissions of new works. We hope we can once again count on your generosity to help the Quartet build on its achievements and continue its mission of introducing music lovers to the rich repertoire for string quartet from the 20th and 21st centuries.
30th Season !
The Molinari Quartet is kicking off its 30th season with great enthusiasm and lots of exciting projects! The musicians will present three concert series in Montreal: the “Twentieth and Beyond” concerts at the Montreal Conservatory concert hall, the “Dialogues on the Plateau” at the Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal, and the “Music to See” series at the Molinari Foundation. For dates and information about the concerts, see the Calendar tab. In addition to the great masterpieces of the 20th and 21st centuries, you’ll have the chance to hear no fewer than five new works this season, four of which are from Quebec composers. The musicians will fly to the Netherlands in November for a series of concerts and then to Germany with the Virginie Brunelle Dance Company in the spring to perform the deeply moving show “Les corps avalés.” To stay up to date on all the Molinari Quartet’s activities, subscribe to the newsletter by following this link.
Glass string quartet CD
In August, the musicians recorded the third volume of the complete set of Philip Glass’s eleven string quartets at Saint-Augustin Church in Mirabel. To mark the composer’s 90th birthday, the three-CD box set on the ATMA Classique label will be released on February 12, the day before two marathon concerts by the Molinari Quartet, during which they will perform all 11 quartets in a single day. Save the date ! February 13 2027
The Quartet According to Shostakovich
For the last concert of its 29th season, the Molinari Quartet presents an event around Dimitri Shostakovich’s string quartets. The Quartet According to Shostakovich is a three day event featuring the complete cycle of Shostakovich’s 15 string quartets in concert on May 28, 29 and 31 at 7:30 pm at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. Considered one of the most important string quartet cycles alongside those of Beethoven and Bartok, Shostakovich’s quartets were written over a span of 36 years, from 1938 to 1974. He planned to write a quartet in each of the 24 tonalities, but his project was stopped at 15 quartets due to illness, the last being written at the hospital, a year before his death. Throughout his life, chamber music was for him, like a shelter from the official music he had to write for the Soviet regime. The concerts will be preceded by a Dialogue on Tuesday May 26 at 7:30 pm at the Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal, 465 Avenue du Mont-Royal Est.