Founded in 2012 in Paris, the Van Kuijk Quartet recently won the 2015 Wigmore Hall String Quartet Competition, along with the associated Best Beethoven and Best Haydn prizes. In the few years since the quartet first formed, they have found success throughout Europe: as well as triumphing at the Wigmore Hall, the quartet won the 1st Prize and Audience Award at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, in Norway, and are also laureates of the Aix-en-Provence Festival Academy and the FNAPEC Ensembles Music Competition, both in France.
The Van Kuijk Quartet are:
- Nicolas Van Kuijk, violin I
- Sylvain Favre-Bulle, violin II
- Emmanuel François, viola
- Anthony Kondo, cello
The program includes:
- Felix Mendelsshon, Quartet No. 6 in F minor op. 80 (MWV R 37)
- Edward Grieg, Quartet No. 1 op. 27
Website: www.teatrolafenice.it
Location: Sale Apollinee, La Fenice Opera House, Venice
Schedule: Sept. 11 – 12, 2021
