上海 · 法国凡酷四重奏《大师杰作》音乐会

* Children under 1.2 meters are not admitted to this concert On October 16, 2026, the internationally award-winning French Quatuor Van Kuijk will perform at Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall, presenting the "Masterpieces" concert. Quatuor Van Kuijk was once selected as BBC New Generation Artists. In 2015, only three years after its founding, it won the "Best Beethoven Award" and "Best Haydn Award" at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, as well as the First Prize and Audience Choice Award at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition. They have earned a huge number of fans during their two previous tours in China. This time, meeting Shanghai audiences with the themed "Masterpieces" concert, they will use their highly recognizable French sensitivity and agility to trace the 300-year development of string quartet music in one single performance. For this Asian tour, Quatuor Van Kuijk specially invited violist Adrien Boisseau to join the lineup. The new part combination will bring a brand-new ensemble texture to these classic movements. Program List Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 "Dissonance" I. Adagio – Allegro Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 III. Quasi minuetto, moderato Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 II. Assez vif et bien rythmé Haydn – String Quartet Op. 76 No. 5 II. Molto adagio – Largo cantabile e mesto Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 I. Allegro vivace assai Intermission Smetana – String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life" I. Allegro vivo appassionato Bartók – String Quartet No. 4 IV. Allegretto pizzicato Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F Major "American", Op. 96 II. Lento Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 III. Allegro non troppo Beethoven – String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky" II. Molto adagio Schumann – String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1 IV. Finale * The program is subject to the actual performance on site Artists Quatuor Van Kuijk Violin: Nicolas Van Kuijk Violin: Sylvain Favre-Bulle Viola (Guest): Adrien Boisseau Cello: Anthony Kondo Quatuor Van Kuijk is one of the most active and most prominent string quartet ensembles on the current international music scene. They are frequently invited to perform at world-famous concert halls, including Wigmore Hall in London, UK, Sage Gateshead, Snape Maltings Concert Hall; Philharmonie de Paris, Louvre Auditorium, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Salle Gaveau in Paris, France; Tonhalle Zurich, Switzerland; Wiener Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Austria; Het Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Berliner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Kölner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in Germany; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Concert Hall in Portugal; Tivoli Concert Series in Denmark; Stockholm Concert Hall in Sweden, etc. In addition, they are regular guests at many world-renowned music festivals, including BBC Proms, Aldeburgh Festival, Edinburgh International Festival, Cheltenham Festival, Brighton Festival, Heidelberg Festival, Frederikssund Festival, Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, Davos Festival, Verbier Festival, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Montpellier / Radio France Festival, Évian Festival, Auvers-sur-Oise Festival in France, as well as Stavanger Festival and Trondheim Festival in Norway, West Wicklow Festival in Ireland, Concentus Moraviae Festival in Czech Republic, Haydn/Esterházy Festival in Hungary, and Eilat Festival in Israel, etc. Quatuor Van Kuijk launches large-scale international tours every season. In the 2023-2024 season, they returned to North America for a tour and made their debut at Carnegie Hall in New York; then they went to Asia again for performances, including important venues in Shanghai and Tokyo. In the 2024-2025 season, they launched another North American tour and toured extensively across European countries. The artists they have collaborated with include guitarist Sean Shibe, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, harpist Parker Ramsay, clarinetist Annelien Van Wauwe, Quatuor Danel, as well as composers Baptiste Trotignon and Benjamin Attahir. In the coming season, Quatuor Van Kuijk will appear at the Amsterdam Biennale and hold two concerts at Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam; at the same time, they will launch tours in Italy and Spain, and launch a brand new project "Classic Masterpieces", which selects representative movements from the string quartet repertoire and presents classic works in a brand new form. Quatuor Van Kuijk is an exclusive recording artist of French Alpha Classics record label. The ensemble's debut album "Mozart" received unanimous critical acclaim upon release, winning the "Shock Recommendation Award" from French *Classica* magazine and the "Diapason d'Or Découverte" award from *Diapason* magazine. Subsequent albums "Debussy & Ravel" and "Schubert" were also widely praised, and two more Mozart albums were released in 2020. Between 2022 and 2023, they completed the recording of the complete Mendelssohn string quartets, the second volume of which won the "Quarterly Critic's Choice Award" of the German Record Critics' Award. In 2025, the ensemble released the album "Impressions Parisiennes", which includes the specially commissioned work "Ces Messieurs" (a tribute to five of the most representative French composers) by Baptiste Trotignon, as well as arrangements of multiple classic French melodies. Quatuor Van Kuijk won the First Prize, Best Beethoven Performance Award and Best Haydn Performance Award at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition at one stroke; then they won the First Prize and Audience Award at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, and became an academy artist of the Aix-en-Provence Festival. From 2015 to 2017, the ensemble was selected for the BBC "New Generation Artists" program; in the 2017-2018 season, it became a member of the European Concert Hall Organisation "Rising Stars" program. Quatuor Van Kuijk was once in residence at ProQuartet - European Center for Chamber Music in Paris, studying with members of the Alban Berg Quartet, Artemis Quartet and Hagen Quartet. The ensemble originally studied with the Ysaÿe Quartet, then entered the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain, to further study under the famous violinist Günter Pichler, with strong support from the International Chamber Music Institute of Madrid. At present, Quatuor Van Kuijk is supported by German Pirastro strings company and SPEDIDAM (French Society for the Administration of Performers' Rights), and sponsored by the Centre National de la Musique and Mécénat Musical Société Générale. Quatuor Van Kuijk Quatuor Van Kuijk is an established international presence performing regularly at venues including the Wigmore Hall in London, Sage Gateshead, and Snape Maltings; Philharmonie de Paris, Auditorium du Louvre, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and Salle Gaveau in Paris; Tonhalle, Zurich; Wiener Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Vienna; Het Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam; Berliner Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; Kölner Philharmonie; Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg; Gulbenkian, Lisbon; Tivoli Concert Series, Denmark; Konserthuset Stockholm; and at festivals including the BBC Proms, Aldeburgh, Edinburgh International, Cheltenham, Brighton, Heidelberg, Fredriksvaerk, Lockenhaus, Davos, Verbier, Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier/Radio France, Evian, Auvers-sur-Oise, Stavanger and Trondheim (Norway), West Wicklow, Concentus Moraviae (Czech Republic), Haydn/Esterházy (Hungary), and Eilat (Israel). 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. These were followed in 2024/25 by a further tour to North America, and extensive touring across Europe. 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. Highlights of the forthcoming season include an appearance at the Amsterdam Biennale and two concerts at the Het Concertgebouw; tours to Italy and Spain; and the launch of “Masterworks” – a new project showcasing select movements from the string quartet repertoire. Recording exclusively for Alpha Classics, the ensemble’s debut recording, Mozart, was released to outstanding critical acclaim - CHOC de Classica, DIAPASON D’OR DECOUVERTE. Following celebrated discs of Debussy and Ravel, and Schubert, they continued their ongoing exploration of Mozart with two further releases across 2020. The complete cycle of Mendelssohn’s quartets was released across 2022 – 2023 (the second volume of which winning the ‘Quarterly Critic’s Choice’ Prize of the Deutschen Schallplattenkritik). 2025 saw the release of ‘Impressions Parisiennes’ – pairing Baptiste Trotignon’s specially commissioned ‘Ces Messieurs’ (a homage to five of France’s most prolific composers) with transcriptions of classic French melodies. Quatuor Van Kuijk’s international accolades boast First, Best Beethoven, and Best Haydn Prizes at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet competition; First Prize, and an Audience Award at the Trondheim’s International Chamber Music Competition; as well as becoming laureates of the Aix-en-Provence Festival Academy. They were BBC New Generation Artists from 2015-17, as well as ECHO Rising Stars for the 2017-18 season. The ensemble was resident at ProQuartet, Paris, where they studied with members of the Alban Berg, Artemis, and Hagen quartets. Originally students of the Ysaye Quartet, they went on to work with Günter Pichler at the Escuela Superior de Mùsica Reina Sofia in Madrid, supported generously by the International Institute of Chamber Music, Madrid. The Quartet is supported by Pirastro and SPEDIDAM and is grateful to the Centre National de La Musique and Mécénat Musical Société Générale for their sponsorship.