The Rosamonde Quartet was founded in 1981 by four students of Jacques Parrenin and Roland Pidoux[1] at the Conservatoire de Paris: Agnès Sulem-Bialobroda (first violin), Thomas Tercieux (second violin), Jean Sulem (viola) and Xavier Gagnepain (cello).
[2][1] Raphaël Hillyer (1914-2010), violist of the Juilliard String Quartet from 1946 to 1969, stimulated them in this project from the beginning.
It received the Grand Prix du disque de l'Académie Charles Cros in 2005[5] for its recording devoted to Jacques Lenot's chamber music.
[9] It has also worked with several composers and recorded their works: Pascal Dusapin, Philippe Fénelon, Philippe Hersant, György Kurtág, Éric Tanguy [fr], and especially with Henri Dutilleux in whose presence they recorded his Ainsi la nuit quartet and who greatly appreciated their interpretation.
[10][11] The Rosamonde Quartet is regularly invited to play and give master classes in France and abroad.