Quatuor Van Kuijk
String Quartets Festival
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- Nicolas Van Kuijk Violin
- Sylvain Favre-Bulle Violin
- Emmanuel François Viola
- Anthony Kondo Cello
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Quatuor Van Kuijk
Nicolas Van Kuijk Violin
Sylvain Favre-Bulle Violin
Emmanuel François Viola
François Robin CelloThe Quatuor Van Kuijk’s international accolades boast First, Best Beethoven and Best Haydn Prizes at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet competition, First Prize and an Audience Award at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, as well as becoming laureates of the Aix-en-Provence Festival Academy. They were BBC New Generation Artists from 2015-2017 and joined the prestigious ECHO Rising Stars roster for the 2017/2018 season.
Following such high success early in their career, the ensemble is an established presence at major international venues, performing at the Wigmore Hall in London, Philharmonie de Paris, Auditorium du Louvre, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, and Salle Gaveau in Paris, Tonhalle in Zurich, Wiener Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Berliner Philharmonie, Kölner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Tivoli Concert Series in Denmark, Konserthuset Stockholm, and at festivals including the BBC Proms, Cheltenham, Heidelberg, Lockenhaus, Davos, Verbier, Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier/Radio France, Evian, Auvers-sur-Oise, Stavanger (Norway), Concentus Moraviae (Czech Republic), Haydn/Esterházy in Fertod (Hungary), and Eilat (Israel). Further afield, they tour each season to North America and will make their Carnegie Hall debut this season. May 2020 will see them return to Australia with debut appearances at the Sydney Opera House (Utzon Room), Melbourne Recital Centre, and UKARIA in Adelaide alongside a residency at the Canberra International Music Festival. Following a celebrated tour to China, Japan, and Taiwan last season they will return to each country in 2021.
The Quatuor Van Kuijk records exclusively for Alpha Classics. Their debut recording, Mozart, was released to outstanding critical acclaim - CHOC de Classica, DIAPASON D'OR DECOUVERTE - and followed by a CD of French music. Last season, they presented a highly anticipated disc of Schubert’s 10th and 14th Quartets, which is followed this autumn by two further Mozart discs, featuring the String Quartets K421 and K387, and Viola Quintets K515 and K516 with Adrien La Marca.
The Quatuor Van Kuijk was resident at Proquartet, Paris, where they studied with members of the Alban Berg, Artemis and Hagen quartets. Having taken their first steps as students of the Ysaye Quartet, the young musicians have worked with Günter Pichler at the Escuela Superior de Mùsica Reina Sofia in Madrid; supported generously by the International Institute of Chamber Music of Madrid.
The Quatuor Van Kuijk is supported by Pirastro and SPEDIDAM and is grateful to Mécénat Musical Société Générale for their sponsorship.
Impressions Parisiennes
A selection of French melodies, originally transcribed for String Quartet
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite, L.65
(arr. by Emmanuel François)
Baptiste Trotignon
Ces messieurs: Francis
Francis Poulenc
Les Chemins de l’amour
Fancy
Fêtes galantes
(arr. by Jean-Christophe Masson)
Baptiste Trotignon
Ces messieurs: Gabriel
Gabriel Fauré
Après un rêve, op. 7, n.º 1
Les berceaux, op. 23 n.º 1
Mandoline, op. 58 n.º 1
(arr. by Gildas Guillon)
Baptiste Trotignon
Ces messieurs: Maurice
Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Baptiste Trotignon
Ces messieurs: Erik
Erik Satie
Je te veux
Baptiste Trotignon
Ces messieurs: Claude
— Intermission 20 min —
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
String Quartet No. 6, in F minor, op. 80
Continuing the partnership with the prestigious Biennial of String Quartets of the Philharmonie de Paris, Gulbenkian Música presents, over two days, a selection of reference formations in the field of chamber music. They will perform a wide and exciting repertoire, ranging from great classical and romantic composers such as J. Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms, to fundamental creators of the 20th century such as Webern, Chostakotivch and Prokofiev.
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