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The largest string quartet festival in the world.
29.1.- 5.2.2028
Muziekgebouw & Bimhuis

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Third day of this wonderful @sqbamsterdam residency!
Delighted to be part of this with such amazing people and artists!

#stringquartetbiennale #cows #stringquartet #dutchcountryside

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Some pictures from the first few days of the @sqbamsterdam residency

With @quatuorvaren @otilkaquartet

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Kicking off the first week of residency of the @sqbamsterdam 🍀

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Just a handful of the incredible reviews our recent releases have received over the past couple of months 🎉✨

A huge thank you to everyone who has listened, reviewed and supported these albums.

Head over to our online shop to explore the releases and listen for yourself 💿 Link in bio!

#contemporarymusic #newmusic #reviews

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Summer on film, so far: Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Zeeland, Bantry (Ireland), Sauve & Montpellier (France)

a mix of film (incl one color roll turned beautifully surreal by airport scanner damage), all shot on Papa's Leica M2 and developed by the heroes at @cameralisatie

pictured: Deirdre and Francis Humphrys, @westcorkmusic brains and hearts, outside Bantry House

Mae at Maashaven

Maarten and Yasmin after taking me for a dip in the sea, Sheeps Head Peninsula, western Ireland

Manoj in Amsterdam

Laura van der Heijden and Elena Urioste sound-checking at Wonderfeel in the lens of Foppe Schut
@kaleidoscopecc

Steve in Sauve

Davy, Eric and Marine (Damask) in Bantry

Mari Theresa in Zeeland

Lady's mantle + lady, Bantry House, Ireland

Fountain + boy, Sauve

Water wheel + woman, Bantry

Montpellier: early morning quiet after France lost to Spain

Interval audience in Bantry

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17 years of Van Lennep. In pictures, and a some words. Something to toast at the very end 🥂 Swipe along →

Originally shared in our newsletter.
Link in bio.

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Bushra El-Turk’s Three Tributes, co-commissioned by West Cork Chamber Music Festival, String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam and Borletti-Buitoni Trust in 2024, has been recorded by NMC Recordings and the album is released today.

Dudok Quartet Amsterdam performed the Irish Premiere of Three Tributes in St Brendan’s Church in 2024.

Three Tributes is a set of three string quartet pieces that honour three female Levantine singers from the Nahda - the cultural renaissance of the Arabic-speaking world in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. The work blends Western string quartet writing with Eastern vocal traditions, archival recordings, improvisational elements, and musical fragments inspired by traditional Arabic genres. El-Turk’s aim is both to give voice to historically overlooked women and to let performers’ personalities come through in the music.

Bushra El-Turk's Three Tributes has been shortlisted for both the Ivor Novello Award and the RPS Award in the Chamber Music category.

For more details, go to https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/bushra-el-turk-three-tributes

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgwG_CVY1-s

Images of Dudok Quartet and Bushra El-Turk at the 2024 WCCMF: @karlisdphoto

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🎶 OUT NOW - Bushra El-Turk: Three Tributes 🎶

We are so excited to announce this new release as part of
NMC Recordings’ digital series ‘Extended Play - Jerwood
Series’. 🎻

Performed by Dudok Quartet Amsterdam and paired with a striking artistic film by Bowie Verschuuren featuring actor Nadia Amin, this project brings the music vividly to life on screen. ✨

🔗 Link in bio to listen!
📺 Video live on YouTube

With thanks to: @jerwood_foundation @vwfndn_The Fenton Arts Trust, @borlettibuitonitrust @sqbamsterdam @westcorkmusic

Bushra El-Turk’s ‘Three Tributes’ was shortlisted for both the Ivor Novello Award and the RPS Award in the Chamber Music Category.

#bushraelturk #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #stringquartet #levant

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It’s release week for Bushra El-Turk’s ‘Three Tributes’!

Out 24 April as part of NMC Recordings’ ‘Extended Play - Jerwood Series. Here is a clip from Tribute III (Rasmiya Jumaa).

Performed by Dudok Quartet Amsterdam and paired with a striking artistic film by Bowie Verschuuren featuring actor Nadia Amin, this project brings the music vividly to life on screen.

🔗 Link in bio to pre-save!
📺 Video will be released on YouTube on 24 April

With thanks to: @jerwood_foundation @vwfndn_The Fenton Arts Trust, @borlettibuitonitrust @sqbamsterdam @westcorkmusic

Bushra El-Turk’s ‘Three Tributes’ was shortlisted for both the Ivor Novello Award and the RPS Award in the Chamber Music Category.

#bushraelturk #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #stringquartet #levant

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'With such an abundance of ensembles – at different stages of their careers and from widely differing musical cultures – emotional connection was at the core of this year’s festival'

Clare Varney reports from the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam, where an array of star performers and repertoire old and new proved that the genre is alive and well. Link in bio 🎻

📷 Juri Hiensch

@sqbamsterdam @quatuor.arod @adam_quartet @klausmakelaofficial

@robvandamphotography

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It’s release week for Bushra El-Turk’s ‘Three Tributes’!
Out 24 April as part of NMC Recordings’ ‘Extended Play - Jerwood Series’. Here is a clip from Tribute II (Haseeba Mowshe).

Performed by Dudok Quartet Amsterdam and paired with a striking artistic film by Bowie Verschuuren featuring actor Nadia Amin, this project brings the music vividly to life on screen.

🔗 Link in bio to pre-save!
📺 Video will be released on YouTube on 24 April

Composer: @bushraelturk
String Quartet: @dudokquartetamsterdam
Label: @nmcrecordings
Producer: @james.d.unwin
Recording Engineer: @jacob_zinzan
Videographer: Bowie Verschuuren
Actor: Nadia Amin
Shot at: La Vie de Pastorie, Diemen

With thanks to: @jerwood_foundation @vwfndn_The Fenton Arts Trust, @borlettibuitonitrust @sqbamsterdam @westcorkmusic

Bushra El-Turk’s ‘Three Tributes’ was shortlisted for both the Ivor Novello Award and the RPS Award in the Chamber Music Category.

#bushraelturk #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #stringquartet #levant

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We are so excited to announce ‘Three Tributes’ - Bushra El-Turk’s new release, out 24 April as part of NMC Recordings’ digital series ‘Extended Play - Jerwood Series’. 🎻

Performed by Dudok Quartet Amsterdam and paired with a striking artistic film by Bowie Verschuuren featuring actor Nadia Amin, this project brings the music vividly to life on screen.

🔗 Link in bio to pre-save!
📺 Video will be released on YouTube on 24 April

Composer: @bushraelturk
String Quartet: @dudokquartetamsterdam
Label: @nmcrecordings
Producer: @james.d.unwin
Recording Engineer: @jacob_zinzan
Videographer: Bowie Verschuuren
Actor: Nadia Amin
Shot at: La Vie de Pastorie, Diemen

With thanks to: @jerwood_foundation @vwfndn_ The Fenton Arts Trust, @borlettibuitonitrust @sqbamsterdam @westcorkmusic

Bushra El-Turk’s ‘Three Tributes’ was shortlisted for both the Ivor Novello Award and the RPS Award in the Chamber Music Category.

#bushraelturk #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #stringquartet #levant

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