“Weithaas plays with vigour and power, als well as a willingness to stop and smell the flowers along the way. Her playing is lush and sweet-toned.”

Antje Weithaas

 

"Simply Quartet is one of the brightest quartets of its generation. Full dedication, high quality performances and great musicality - all features of this wonderful ensemble." - Vladimir Balshin (Borodin Quartet)

Simply Quartet

 

"The finest chamber music performance I have heard anywhere"

Notos Quartett

 

"Any more compellingly idiomatic or richly seasoned cello playing than this would be hard to contemplate" - International Record Review

Raphael Wallfisch

 

" ...The young Italian conductor, Gioele Muglialdo, was precise to the second, the millimeter! Such perfection would deserve the creation of a special award, the "Honorary Metropolis"

Gioele Muglialdo

 

“Keigo Mukawa, a whirlwind of hallucinatory poetry”

Keigo Mukawa

 

"It is absolutely evident just how much joy these musicians of 4.1 experience when they perform. The ensemble 4.1 not only plays in total harmony together, but their dedication to the music and the performance is shining through every note."

Ensemble 4.1

 

"The finest Brahms playing one could hope to hear" - "These four instruments are like a breath of fresh air on the chamber music scene.

Leipziger Streichquartett

 

“in Dvorak’s G major Quartet, Opus 106……It was a joy to witness the visual communication the quartet displayed with each other……if I had to single out one movement for praise, it would be the slow Adagio, in which the quartet’s glowing tone filled the entire gallery. The exciting finale was delivered with great panache. What a great start to the season.”

Piatti Quartet

 

"The sound quality of this disc is simply stunning: crisp, clear, almost razor-sharp in its realistic presentation of the string sound, and the equally crisp playing of Quartetto di Venezia makes it a pleasure to hear."

Quartetto di Venezia

 

"The Martha Müller Concert Hall in state of emergency: with the American violinist and composer Mark O’Connor, Camerata Bern celebrated a dazzling closing of its 49th season...Camerata-concertmistress Antje Weithaas has sat down with the cellist and seems to wonder, when the last time was that Bern had applauded four encores."

Camerata Bern

 

"A very vivid, distinctive and already legendary pianist"

Nick van Bloss

 

"A splendid performance guaranteed with the Berlinskaya-Ancelle duo which, by the virtue of their unified playing, is reflected by an irresistible interpretation marked by a wonderful sense of freshness and relief."

Berlinskaya - Ancelle duo

 

“These four musicians form a brilliant unit. They work together like a well-oiled machine, making music with a single, big beating heart.”

Rusquartet

 

Squire Artists launches a new series of concerts

Het Concertgebouw

We are happy to announce that Squire Artists will once again be organising a number of concerts under its own management. In addition to our contribution to the annually recurring Februari Festival in The Hague, we believe that - considering all the turbulent events of the past six months - there is no better time than the present for us to develop an initiative of our own.

The first two concerts will be held at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Recital Hall on Sunday, 1 November 2020. Soprano Aylin Sezer & conductor/pianist Ed Spanjaard and the Malevich Piano Quartet (in collaboration with the Orlando Festival) will both be presenting their programme twice on this date. All the necessary information about concert times, programmes and tickets can be found on the Concertgebouw website.

Raphael Wallfisch - Cello Concertos by Mieczysław Weinberg

Raphael_Wallfisch Weinberg CD

"Wallfisch shows what a fine cellist he is here. His playing is stunning, his sound warm, and his technique is assured."

"I would recommend this disc to everyone unreservedly, as the performances by all are of the first order, and the soloist is one of the great cellists of his generation."

Geoff Pearce, CD Spotlight

Februari Festival - Beethoven 250

Februari Festival 2020

The third edition of the Februari Festival will be launched in The Hague’s Nieuwe Kerk on Wednesday, 12 February 2020. The very successful 2018 and 2019 editions focused on Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms. The 2020 festival will shine a spotlight on Ludwig van Beethoven, a 'free-thinking, unconventional and groundbreaking visionary'.

Glorious victory for the Simply Quartet in Copenhagen!

SImply Quartet

Once again, the Simply Quartet is able to add another First Prize to its list of trophies. This time, the quartet emerged the victor at the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition 2019 with impassioned renditions of works by Nielsen, Mendelssohn and Schubert.

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