A pinch of South Africa, a teaspoon of France, a touch of Italy, a zest of Japan, all simmering in Strasbourg since 2016: these are the ingredients that make up the Quatuor Avena. Given their diverse and far-flung origins, it seems natural that the idea of proposing music illustrating travel and an assortment of world cultures germinated between Adam Campbell (South Africa), Nicolas Allard (France), Fabio Cesare (Italy) and Sumika Tsujimoto (Japan).