The Psophos Quartet (in Greek, “sound event”) was created in 1997 at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de Danse de Lyon, where it benefited from the support of Gilbert Amy. Besides numerous musical encounters with the ProQuartet Association, the quartet essentially continued its training under the Ysaÿe Quartet at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris-C.N.R., and with Walter Levine at the Basle and Lübeck Academies.

In less than three years, the Psophos Quartet has won 4th Prize in the London International Competition, 3rd Prize in the Osaka International Competition, 2nd Prize in the Florence Vittorio Gui International Competition, and the Special Prize of the Salzburg Mozarteum Academy. In September 2001, this career was crowned by obtaining the First Grand Prize in the Bordeaux String Quartet International Competition (ex-Evian), as well as the unanimously-awarded International Press Prize, the Serge Den Arend Prize for the best Mozart performance, the Maurice Ohana Prize and the Mécénat Musical Société Générale Prize for a disc recording.

These victories have shot the Psophos onto the greatest stages and international festivals: Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall in London, Musée d’Orsay, Auditorium du Louvre, Les Folles Journées in Nantes, Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Périgord Noir, Orlando Festival, Salzbourg, Saint-Jean-de-Luz Ravel Festival, Les Musicades de Lyon, Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Les Arcs Festival, Luberon Festival, Abbaye de l’Epau Festival, l’Orangerie de Sceaux, Flâneries de Reims, Festival de Divonne, Septembre Musical de l’Orne, Printemps des Arts de Monaco…

It has also performed on tour in West and North Africa, Italy, Syria, Iran and Japan..