
Arod Quartet
Jordan Victoria, violin | Alexandre Vu, violin | Tanguy Parisot, viola | Jérémy Garbarg, cello
“Ebullient and incisive...”
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Recent and upcoming performances include ones in their hometown at the Philharmonie de Paris, New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre, Salzburg’s Mozarteum, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Oji Hall of Tokyo, and the Berlin Philharmonia.
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The Arod Quartet skyrocketed to international attention when they won the coveted First Prize at the 2016 ARD International Music Competition in Munich and went on to serve as a BBC New Generation Artist from 2017-2019. Since then, they have firmly established themselves in performance and on recording at the forefront of the younger generation of string quartets by dazzling audiences around the globe.
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An exclusive recording artist for Erato Warner Classics, the Arod has released a trio of highly acclaimed, imaginatively programmed, and immaculately recorded albums since their debut Mendelssohn disc in 2017. Their sophomore release entitled “The Mathilde Album” featured works by three key figures in Vienna’s musical life in the early 20th century – Schoenberg, Zemlinksy, and Webern – and honored Mathilde Zemlinksy (the composer’s sister) who became Schoenberg’s wife and was the dedicatee of his second quartet. Most recently, the Arod released a Schubert album featuring Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” together with two other works.
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Fantastically, the Arod Quartet takes its name from Legolas’s horse in J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic Lord of the Rings trilogy – in Tolkien’s mythic Rohirric language, Arod means ‘swift’).
Founded in 2013, the Arod Quartet has performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages, including Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Philharmonie de Luxembourg, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Tokyo’s Oji Hall, Salzburg Mozarteum, LSO St. Luke’s in London, Stockholm Konserthuset, and De Bijloke in Ghent. Their festival appearances span the Verbier Festival, Aix-en-Provence, Menton, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Prague Spring Festival, Bremen Musikfest, and more.
Renowned for its artistic collaborations, the Quartet has worked with distinguished artists such as Klaus Mäkelä, Thibaut Garcia, Alexandre Tharaud, Amihai Grosz, Gary Hoffman, Veronika, Clemens, and Julia Hagen, Maximilian Hornung, Timothy Ridout, Daniel Hope, Augustin Dumay, and Kit Armstrong. In 2017, the group premiered the first string quartet by French composer Benjamin Attahir—a commission by La Belle Saison, ProQuartet, and the Arod Quartet itself. Committed to championing contemporary music, the ensemble regularly commissions new works from emerging composers, including Thomas Enhco, Eugene Birman, and Attahir.
The Arod Quartet records exclusively with Erato/Warner Classics. Their critically acclaimed debut album (2017) featured works by Mendelssohn. This was followed in 2019 by a conceptually rich second album centered around Mathilde Zemlinsky, featuring soprano Elsa Dreisig and works by Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, and Webern—earning them the 2020 Edison Klassiek Award. In 2020, they released a Schubert album that garnered widespread critical praise.
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In fall 2023, the Quartet unveiled a French program (Debussy, Ravel, Attahir), paired with the release of Ménage à Quatre, a documentary by Bruno Monsaingeon that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the ensemble’s daily life and their meeting with composer György Kurtág. Their digital initiative A Journey Through Harmony launched in 2025 with the release of Bach Chorales on streaming platforms. That same year, they release a new album featuring Haydn’s complete Opus 76 quartets.
The 2025–26 season marks the Quartet’s highly anticipated return to North America, with performances presented by leading institutions such as San Francisco Performances, Inc., the Port Townsend Chamber Music Series, and the La Jolla Music Society.
The Arod Quartet has studied with notable mentors including Mathieu Herzog, Jean Sulem, and the Quatuor Artemis, and has worked regularly with the Quatuor Ébène and Quatuor Diotima. They gained international recognition with First Prize wins at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich (2016), the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition in Copenhagen (2015), and the European FNAPEC Competition (2014). Additional honors include being named HSBC Laureates of the Festival d’Aix Academy (2016), a BBC New Generation Artist (2017–2019), and an ECHO Rising Star (2018–2019).
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Videos
Programs & Repertoire
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PROGRAM
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5
Beethoven: String Quartet in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
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Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet in F major, Op. 96, “American” -
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Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Béla Bartók: String Quartet in C major, No. 4
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Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132, No. 15