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The Ysaÿe Quartet is a French string quartet that was founded in 1984 by students at the Paris Conservatoire (not be confused with an earlier Belgian ensemble of the same name, formed in 1886 by Eugène Ysaÿe, Mathieu Crickboom, Léon van Hout and Joseph Jacob).
Its members are
- Guillaume Sutre (violin) (previously Christophe Giovaninetti)
- Luc-Marie Aguera (violin) (previously Romano Tommasini)
- Miguel da Silva (viola)
- Francois Salque (cello) (previously Carlos Dourthe, then Michel Poulet, then Marc Coppey)
The ensemble undertook studies with members of the Amadeus Quartet in Cologne from 1986 to 1989. It won prizes at competitions in Trapani (2nd), Portsmouth (2nd) and Evian (1st). The quartet has won admiration for its recordings of the quartets of Debussy and Ravel, and, with pianist Pascal Rogé, of the quintets of Fauré.