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# Quatuor Ardeo - Gaëlle Solal

Guitar – String quartet

Date
                        
[August 10 2026 -  11:00](/festival-concerts/quatuor-ardeo-gaelle-solal/13318/)

Place
                        [The Monk's Refectory](/halls/refectoire-des-moines/)

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Full price: 17€  
Price under 26s: 8€  
Season ticket 4 morning concerts: 60€ / 28€ (- 26s)  
Phone:  
Festival office: +32 (0)80 86 27 34 from 14/7 to 15/8 (10.00 – 12.30), excl. Sundays and public holidays  
  
!! Morning concerts – Special offer for under-16s: Free admission, provided the child or teenager is accompanied by an adult who purchases a full-price ticket. In this specific case, bookings cannot be made online. Please contact us by email or telephone.

[![Quatuor Ardeo (c) Marc de Pierrefeu - Gaëlle Solal (c) Patrick Fouque](/thumbnails/124241-1000-1000-Max.jpg)](/files/124241.jpg "Quatuor Ardeo (c) Marc de Pierrefeu - Gaëlle Solal (c) Patrick Fouque")

**Echoes of Latin America**

[Gaelle Solal](/artists/gaelle-solal-b/), guitar

[Ardeo Quartet](/artists/quatuor-ardeo-f/)  
     Mi-Sa Yang, violin  
     Sophie Williams, violin  
     Yuko Hara, viola  
     Joëlle Martinez, cello

Villa-Lobos’s first string quartet unfolds with a certain nostalgia, enlivened by bursts of folk-inspired dance and concluding with a comical fantasia and a humorous fugue. Born in 1863 in Rio de Janeiro, Ernesto Nazareth is one of the first well-known composers of Brazilian origin; his music constantly bridges the gap between European models and the rich folk traditions of his country, which is what gives his piano pieces—transcribed here for guitar and string quartet—their charm. The solo guitar will also take centre stage with two concerto cadenzas: one, by Villa-Lobos, has become a ‘classic’, whilst the other, penned by a young Latin American composer, symbolises the vitality of the instrument’s new repertoire.

**Programme:**

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Quartet No. 1, W099                     
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Cadenza from the Guitar Concerto, W501         
Clarice Assad: Cadenza from the concerto ‘O Saci-Peererê’                        
Ernesto Nazareth: Suite for guitar and string quartet (arrangement for guitar and quartet: Elodie Bouny)