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Since then, the Parrenins have worked 58 pieces into their repertory, including such imposing quartets as the six by Bartok and the one by Elliott Carter. Ahead for the booming Parrenins after their U.S. tour: tours of England, Europe, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand, and an enthusiastic search for more modern chamber music.
*Named, as are many quartets, after the first violinist. The members: Jacques Parrenin, Marcel Charpentier, Serge Collot, Pierre Penassou.