Quatuor Van Kuijk
The prizewinning Quatuor Van Kuijk prefaces Ravel’s entrancingly tuneful quartet – honouring his 150th anniversary – with string transcriptions of songs by Poulenc and Fauré setting poets including Aragon, Anouilh and Verlaine.
Poulenc Fetes Galantes, les chemins de l'amour
Fauré Les berceaux, Mandoline
Ravel String Quartet in F Major Op.35
Nicolas Van Kuijk, Sylvain Favre-Bulle – violin
Emmanuel François – viola
Anthony Kondo - cello
Quatuor Van Kuijk is an established presence performing regularly at international venues venues. The quartet embarks on substantial international tours each season. 2023-24 saw them return to North America, for a tour which included their Carnegie Hall debut, as well as to Asia, where highlights included concerts at Shanghai’s Symphony Hall and Tokyo’s Hamarikyu Asahi Hall. Upcoming tours include a return to Belgium in December, as well as another visit to North America in Spring 2025 alongside harpist Parker Ramsay.Collaborators include guitarist Sean Shibe, mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, harpist Parker Ramsay, clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe, Quatuor Danel, and composers Baptiste Trotignon and Benjamin Attahir.
