Quatuor Van Kuijk
Style, energy, the courage to take risks coupled with a fascinating wildness: anyone who can play with such breathtaking precision must be able to draw on boundless virtuosity and absolute sovereignty.
And it goes without saying that the high intensity of the playing of the Quatuor van Kuijk also allows for warmth and softness!
Members
Nicolas Van Kuijk | violin
Sylvain Favre-Bulle | violin
Emmanuel François | viola
Anthony Kondo | violoncello
New Releases
In ‘Ces Messieurs: Claude / Maurice / Francis / Gabriel / Erik’, French jazz pianist and composer Baptiste Trotignon reflects on works by Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Fauré and Satie. The CD was released by Alpha Classics in August 2024.
Podcasts with insights into the album are available from the ARD Audiothek, SWR Kultur and NDR Kultur.
Reviews
Impressions Parisiennes
The Quatuor Van Kuijk bring them to life with endless subtlety and unforced, conversational playing, beautifully captured in transparent, intimate sound. Make no mistake, there’s pleasure here all right, but of a very sophisticated order. They’re witty, gorgeously crafted little works, unmistakably Trotignon’s own but making elegant play with fragments from the masters: a hint of Gymnopédie here, an echo of Clair de lune there. It’s hard to imagine them played with more finesse than they receive here, and that goes for the whole of this really rather lovely disc.
Gramophone | CD Impressions Parisiennes | Richard Bratby | November 2024
Watch and Listen
Style, energy, the courage to take risks coupled with a fascinating wildness: anyone who can play with such breathtaking precision must be able to draw on boundless virtuosity and absolute sovereignty.
And it goes without saying that the high intensity of the playing of the Quatuor van Kuijk also allows for warmth and softness!
Members
Nicolas Van Kuijk | violin
Sylvain Favre-Bulle | violin
Emmanuel François | viola
Anthony Kondo | violoncello