About
Founded in 2024, the Franco-Japanese Quatuor Citadelle is Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, studying with Miguel da Silva, Corina Belcea and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden. The quartet also works with Heime Müller and Vera Martínez Mehner at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, and with the Modigliani Quartet at the École Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot. A ProQuartet resident ensemble, Singer-Polignac Foundation Artist in Residence and MERITAcubed member, the quartet won First Prize at the Gianni Bergamo International Competition in Lugano in 2026, following its FNAPEC prize in 2024. It has performed at major French and European festivals including La Roque d’Anthéron, La Chaise-Dieu and Crans-Montana Classics, and has developed outreach projects for children and underserved audiences through Musethica.