The Pro Arte Quartet joins with the Koussevitzky foundations in commissioning composer Benoît Mernier
to write a new string quartet. Winner of composition prizes from UNESCO
and the Royal Academy of Belgium, among others, Mernier’s first opera
was commissioned by the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels). His
compositions have been featured at leading arts festivals in Europe.
Mernier, who is a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium, is also active
as a concert organist and teacher of performance and improvisation; he
serves as organist at Notre Dame au Sablon in Brussels.
