Van Kuijk Quartet – Parisiennes
Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre
Details
A fresh voice imbuing new energy to the master chamber works.
Quatuor Van Kuijk’s career erupted in 2015 with prize-winning performances at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition and the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition. Their rise continued with appearances at European festivals including Lockenhaus, Verbier and Edinburgh, and with five critically acclaimed albums on the Alpha Classics label.
They were BBC New Generation Artists from 2015-17, as well as ECHO Rising Stars for the 2017-18 season. Following such high success early in their career, the ensemble is an established international presence.
About the concert
The Quartet’s performance in the Primrose Potter Salon as part of the 2023 Chamber Now series celebrates the quartet’s ten-year anniversary with a program of Mozart, Debussy, Mendelssohn and the Australian premiere of Edith Canat de Chizy’s String Quartet No.5 Oh God, written specially for the quartet.
Quatuor Van Kuijk are a fresh voice imbuing new energy and interpretations to the master works of the chamber catalogue. Join them for an evening traversing classical refinement in Mozart, the early Romantic explorations of Mendelssohn, the new Impressionist sounds of Debussy, and the thrilling and unsettling textural explorations of a new Edith Canat de Chizy work.
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Artists & Program
Artists
Nicolas Van Kuijk violin
Sylvain Favre-Bulle violin
Emmanuel François viola
Anthony Kondo cello
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No.17 in B-flat, K.458 ‘The Hunt’
The Hunt
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Édith Canat de Chizy – Australian premiere
String Quartet No.5 ‘Oh God!’
Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet No.6 in F minor
About Chamber Now
Introducing Chamber Now, Melbourne Recital Centre’s new series which celebrates international chamber music today, performed by globally acclaimed champions of the form.
Historically, chamber music has often been described as the music of friends. Designed especially for small groups of instruments, over time chamber music performance has moved from the home to the 21st century concert hall and beyond.
The Chamber Now concert experience is intimate, inviting and enlivening, offering audiences the opportunity to connect with influential musical tradition in a contemporary setting and a line-up of outstanding chamber musicians who travel the world championing the form for all to enjoy.
Whether you’re a chamber music aficionado, or discovering it for the first time, Chamber Now is a portal into music of the past, revitalised for the present and shaping the future.
Series
This production is part of the following series:
Chamber Music
Venue
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