The Cuareim Quartet is an unusual string quartet formed by violinists Rodrigo Bauzá and Federico Nathan, violist Olivier Samouillan and cellist Guillaume Latil. All four musicians come from diverse musical backgrounds and work as composers as well as performers. As a quartet they play original compositions, hoping to break new ground by confronting and combining their varied experience in different genres. They explore the musical traditions of all continents while cultivating an atypical string sound. While the focus of the four musicians is on contemporary jazz and improvised music, they eagerly embrace a wide variety of aesthetics and styles. Active for over 11 years, the quartet has released three critically acclaimed albums and is currently preparing the release of a series of live videos with orchestra recorded at the Fames Institute in Skopje, Macedonia.

Since its founding, the Cuareim Quartet has performed extensively in Europe  and South America, appearing at festivals such as Jazz sous les Pommiers, Cosmo Jazz Festival, and the Dutch Double Bass Festival (with Derrick Hodge).

The quartet is also deeply committed to education and gives regular masterclasses at the Berklee College of Music in Valencia as well as in Italy, Macedonia and Mexico.

Discography

• Cinco (2015), featuring Marcelo Moguilevsky
• Danzas (2019), featuring percussionist Natascha Rogers
• A Jazz Story (2024), an exploration of the history of jazz in the 20th century through the lens of a string quartet.
  

The Cuareim Quartet’s recorded work reflects a constant artistic evolution and a deliberate search for new forms of expression with each project. Their debut album Cinco (2015), recorded with internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Marcelo Moguilevsky, was warmly received by the press and named Recording of the Year by La Nación (Argentina). With Danzas (2019), featuring percussionist Natascha Rogers, the quartet deepened its compositional approach through original works inspired by traditional dances from France, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, the Balkans and La Réunion, a program they later performed extensively across Europe. Their most recent release, A Jazz Story (2024), marks a further step in their journey, exploring the different periods and idioms of jazz through the distinctive lens of a string quartet.