Van Kuijk Quartet ready for town performance
AN international award-winning quartet who have performed across the world in some of the most renowned venues, will be heading to Loughborough later this month.
The Van Kuijk Quartet, current BBC New Generation Artists, have become rising stars since forming as a group in 2012.
They have taken to the stage at Auditorium du Louvre in Paris and Musikverein in Vienna, in addition to a number of other international festivals.
This season saw the group make their debut in Hong Kong, Australia and Taiwan and they are to head to North America this autumn for appearances in New York, Washington DC, and Montreal.
But, before jetting off, the quartet will perform at Loughborough University’s Martin Hall on Saturday, October 21.
The musicians were awarded with Best Beethoven and Best Haydn Prizes at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in 2015, as well as becoming part of the ECHO Ris- ing Stars for the 2017/2018 season.
The Van Kuijk Quartet is currently in residence at Proquartet, Paris, where they study with members of the Alban Berg, Artemis and Hagen quartets.
They have also worked with such renowned artists as Günter Pichler at the Escuela Superior de Mùsica Reina Sofia in Madrid.
The musicians making up this very special quartet are Nicolas Van Kuijk and Sylvain Favre-Bulle (violin); Emmanuel François (viola) and François Robin (cello).
The pieces they have chosen to play in this Loughborough concert are the String Quartet in G minor (Opus 10) by Debussy, the String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” by Janacek and the Ravel String Quartet in F major.
The Loughborough concert will begin at 7.30pm. Tickets can be bought online at arts.lboro.ac.uk or from the LU Arts Box Office at Loughborough Town Hall on 01509 231914.
For more on The Van Kuijk Quartet, visit www.quatuorvankuijk.com