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The Ensemble (2018)

por Aja Gabel

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Jana. Brit. Daniel. Henry. They would never have been friends if they hadn't needed each other. They would never have found each other except for the art which drew them together. They would never have become family without their love for the music, for each other. Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry, a prodigy who's always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest and an angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness Quartet. After the group's youthful, rocky start, they experience devastating failure and wild success, heartbreak and marriage, triumph and loss, betrayal and enduring loyalty. They are always tied to each other - by career, by the intensity of their art, by the secrets they carry, by choosing each other over and over again. Following these four unforgettable characters, Aja Gabel's debut novel gives a riveting look into the high-stakes, cutthroat world of musicians, and of lives made in concert. The story of Brit and Henry and Daniel and Jana, The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition, friendship, and the tenderness of youth.… (mais)
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This book just didn't grab me as much as I was hoping. I ended up needing three tries to make my way through. I acknowledge that this was a story focused around highly talented people but truthfully they struck me as a bunch of selfish brats.

I may be influenced by the memory of J who I went to high school with. Their parent's did everything to support them to become a musician, the whole family seemed to circle her like she was their sun. Then at 18 she decided she didn't 'feel' like doing it any longer and to the best of my knowledge has not played a note since. Maybe it shows that she didn't have the fortitude needed for such a career.

And I must confess that each of the protagonists did have the oomph to carry through (unless their bodies betrayed them) but it just seemed as though the secondary characters were a bit 'thin', perhaps this was a purpose to focus the spotlight on the members of the quartet but it was one of the reasons this book went into an extended hiatus.

Did I enjoy reading it? I suppose so.

Would I read it again? Very unlikely

Will I gift it to my mother regardless? Yep. ( )
  Damiella | Dec 16, 2023 |
I stopped reading about 20% in.

As a cellist who loved playing in string quartets, I enjoyed the detailed discussion of music in the book, but that was all I enjoyed. The characters weren't at all likeable or even very relatable. The book is mostly just descriptions of what the characters think as they navigate relationships and potential careers, and I found it tedious and uninteresting. Clearly this book is not for everyone. ( )
  Gwendydd | Dec 31, 2021 |
I didn’t like or connect with any of the characters: a kiss of death in a book meant to be driven by the internal lives of its characters. Henry was cluelessly privileged, Brit too mewling, Jana a stereotype of ambition gone wrong in a woman, and Daniel an insufferable grump who couldn’t get rid of that chip on his shoulder. I didn’t really care about their lives but read on because I was trapped on a 13 hour flight. The writing style was also so reminiscent of Yanagihara’s that I experienced A Little Life PTSD. ( )
  jiyoungh | May 3, 2021 |
I was surprised to see the average rating on this book, but I suppose it just shows that not every book is right for every person. This book was perfect for me at this moment. This isn't a book full of drama. It's more a quiet study of four quite different people whose lives intersect when they form a string quartet. As we check in with them at different points in their lives together and apart, they change and grow in the way that people do. I felt for each of them. They felt real to me, with faults and flaws and strengths as well. ( )
  duchessjlh | Oct 14, 2020 |
„Obwohl sie tief im Alltag der anderen verwurzelt waren (das Quartett war eine Art Lebenspartnerschaft) und manchmal nicht umhinkamen, sich einzumischen, drehten sich ihre Gespräche eher um Einsätze, Crescendos und Karrieren als um Liebesdinge.“ (Zitat Pos. 1057)

Inhalt
Schon während der Ausbildung haben sie sich gefunden und das Van-Ness-Quartett gegründet. Jana, Erste Violine, die meistens, und nicht nur in der Musik, den Ton und das Tempo vorgibt, Brit, die Zweite Violine, leise, im Leben manchmal pianissimo, doch wenn es im Ensemble darauf ankommt, ist sie präsent. Henry, Bratsche, das hochbegabte, jüngste Mitglied, denkt manchmal über eine Solokarriere nach und Daniel, Cello, der älteste der Gruppe, ist beinahe zwanghaft perfekt, ein großartiger Musiker, aber als Mensch anstrengend. Nach dem Abschlusskonzert am Konservatorium nehmen sie am Esterhazy-Quartett-Wettbewerb in Kanada teil, ein guter Platz wäre ein perfekter Start in eine erfolgreiche Zukunft. Doch persönliche Konflikte könnten sie auch musikalisch aus dem Takt zu bringen.

Thema und Genre
In diesem Roman geht es um Musik, um Erfolg als Künstler und die Frage, ob ein intensives Leben als Musiker noch Platz lässt für Beziehungen. Ein wichtiges Thema sind die völlig unterschiedlichen Charaktere der einzelnen Mitglieder des Quartetts, sich daraus ergebende heftigen Diskussionen um musikalische Auslegungen und gleichzeitig die Liebe zur Musik als starkes Band, das sie zusammenhält und auch ihr Privatleben bestimmt.

Charaktere
Jana, Brit, Henry und Daniel sind sehr unterschiedlich in ihrem Herangehen an die Musik. Dennoch sind sie dann erfolgreich, wenn sie sich von der gemeinsamen Liebe zur Musik leiten lassen und so auch zu einem musikalischen Gleichklang finden. Die einzelnen Charaktere sind einfühlsam mit Liebe zum Detail geschildert und immer glaubhaft und stimmig. Die hohen persönlichen Anforderungen des Lebens als Musiker werden sehr realistisch, klar und keinesfalls idealisiert dargestellt, hier verstärkt durch die Zugehörigkeit zu einem Ensemble.

Handlung und Schreibstil
Der Roman folgt dem Ensemble chronologisch über mehr als fünfzehn Jahre lang, ist in vier Teile eingeteilt, wobei es in jedem Teil auch um bestimmte Musikstücke geht. Die personale Erzählform stellt in den einzelnen Kapiteln jeweils ein Mitglied des Ensembles in den Mittelpunkt, in Teil 1 und Teil 3 ist es abwechselnd Jana oder Brit, in Teil 2 und Teil 4 Henry oder Daniel. Dadurch ergeben sich für den Leser unterschiedliche Sichtweisen auf bestimmte Ereignisse, wodurch die Handlung intensiv erlebt wird. Musik und Leben im Alltag von Partnerschaften und Familie werden so zu einem facettenreichen Gesamtbild, auch in der Sprache untermalt von Musik.

Fazit
Ein leiser, manchmal nachdenklicher Roman, Musik, die konstant durch alle Entscheidungen der Mitglieder eines Ensembles von Streichinstrumenten schwingt, um dann in einer Konfliktsituation zum Fortissimo aufzubrausen. Die Frage, ob ein intensives Musikerleben, der Wunsch nach Anerkennung und Erfolg, für ein erfülltes Leben ausreichen, ob ein Ensemble die Familie ersetzt, oder ob ein privates Parallelleben möglich ist, gibt in diesem Roman gleich einem Notenschlüssel den Ton an. Diese ungewöhnliche Idee, gekonnt umgesetzt, garantiert Lesevergnügen, nicht nur für Musikfreunde. ( )
  Circlestonesbooks | Mar 13, 2020 |
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Jana. Brit. Daniel. Henry. They would never have been friends if they hadn't needed each other. They would never have found each other except for the art which drew them together. They would never have become family without their love for the music, for each other. Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry, a prodigy who's always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest and an angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness Quartet. After the group's youthful, rocky start, they experience devastating failure and wild success, heartbreak and marriage, triumph and loss, betrayal and enduring loyalty. They are always tied to each other - by career, by the intensity of their art, by the secrets they carry, by choosing each other over and over again. Following these four unforgettable characters, Aja Gabel's debut novel gives a riveting look into the high-stakes, cutthroat world of musicians, and of lives made in concert. The story of Brit and Henry and Daniel and Jana, The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition, friendship, and the tenderness of youth.

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