The Stanislas Sextet associates the members of the Stanislas Quartet and two American musiciens, the violonist and viola player, John Fadial, and the cellist Beth Vanderborgh. They met in Nancy in 1994 and decided to explore together the magnificent repertoire for string sextets. In 1996 they gave their first concert in the Salle Poirel in Nancy, followed by a tour of America, which took them successively to West Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and finally Washington, where their interpretation of the first sextet of Brahms was particularly appreciated by the critic of the Washington Post.

Since then the Stanislas Sextet  has regularly performed on both sides of the Atlantic, with undeniable success. Between 1997 and 2000 it led the French-American Academy of Strings, which takes place successively in Mirecourt, the cradle of French string instrument fabrication, and the University of West Virginia. In October 2006, the Stanislas Sextet was invited in residence at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, where master-classes alternated with concerts in Greensboro and in other towns in North Carolina. The concert given in the Fine Arts Museum of North Carolina in Raleigh, capital of the State, resulted in an enthusiastic article in Classical Voice.

Stanislas Sextet Artists

John Fadial , violin and viola, holds degrees from the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Eastmann School of Music, and the University of Maryland. Since the founding of his duo with Beth Vanderborgh, they have toured intensively throughout the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. Professor of violin at the University of North Carolina, he serves as concertmaster of Greensboro Symphony Orchestra.

Bertrand Menut, violin, started his musical studies in his hometown Brest (Brittany), before   moving on to Paris, where he studied with Pierre Doukan and Gérard Poulet, obtaining three gold medals.From 1991 to 1998 lead-violin in the "Orchestre Pasdeloup"   in Paris, and since 1999 member of the Orchestre Symphonique de Nancy.

Paul Fenton, viola, began his studies in Australia, studying later with Peter Schidlof, of the Amadeus Quartet. Fenton became principal violist with the Fenice Orchestra of Venice, and is now principal violist of the Orchestre Symphonique de Nancy

Beth Vanderborgh, cello, holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, the Eastmann School of Music, and the University of Maryland. Since the founding of her duo with John Fadial, they have toured intensively throughout the Americas, Europe and the Middle East.  She currently serves as principal cellist of Greensboro Symphony Orchestra

Jean de Spengler, cello, obtained a degree in cello and chamber music from the Ecole Normale de Musique of Paris and studied cello at the Hochschule für Musik of Vienna with André Navarra, and chamber music with members of the Alban Berg Quartet His present position is principal cellist of the Orchestre Symphonique de Nancy.

Press review