Dudok Quartet Amsterdam

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The "stylish, open-minded and adventurous" (The Guardian) DUDOK QUARTET AMSTERDAM continues our 61st season on Wednesday, February 3, 2027, at Libby Gardner Concert Hall on the University of Utah campus. Recipients of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award and winners of multiple international competitions, the Amsterdam-based quartet is celebrated for their distinctive approach to both historical and contemporary repertoire.

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Featured Performer: Dudok Quartet Amsterdam
Dudok Quartet Amsterdam has forged a reputation as one of the most creative and versatile quartets of its generation. With its ethos of "sharing the heart of music", the quartet believes that chamber music is an act of friendship and play to be shared directly with audiences, and is committed to crafting unique and eclectic programmes that engage listeners in imaginative ways.

The players perform music written pre-1900 with period-specific historic instrument set-ups, as well as playing and commissioning new music. Their repertoire ranges from Gesualdo and Josquin to Brahms, Shostakovich and Messiaen. They often collaborate with composers such as Joey Roukens, Bushra El-Turk, Celia Swart, Peter Vigh and Theo Loevendie, and worked closely with Kaija Saariaho, including on the world premiere of her opera Only the Sound Remains, which premiered in 2016 at the Dutch National Opera and was recorded on DVD for Warner Classics.

Recent highlights include John Adams’ Absolute Jest with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Vasily Petrenko at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and a new recording of the accompanying tape track for Steve Reich’s Different Trains. Their concert programmes typically range from Ligeti, Shostakovich and Weinberg to Mendelssohn, Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven, and they perform their own arrangements of pieces including Gesualdo, Josquin, Brahms and Shostakovich.

Committed to reaching new audiences, they set up a festival in Kampen, offering a wide range of music and events to around 3,000 locals and visitors; the third edition takes place in May 2026. For their Signature Sessions, they made string-quartet arrangements of well-known music, recording them for YouTube and sharing the scores online for free. They also work beyond the borders of music, for example in La Petite Poucette, a dance show based on Hans Christian Andersen stories staged at Luxembourg Philharmonie in 2021.

The quartet has performed at major venues and festivals across Europe and beyond, and in 2024 made their Australian debut at UKARIA and the Canberra International Festival. Since 2021 they have recorded for Rubicon Classics. The album What Remains, featuring works by Joey Roukens, Steve Reich and Messiaen, was praised by The Guardian, and their double album featuring Tchaikovsky’s String Quartets and their arrangements of The Seasons received significant acclaim, including Record of the Week on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review and 5-star reviews in BBC Music Magazine and The Strad.

Having first met as members of the Ricciotti Ensemble, the quartet takes its name from Dutch architect Willem Marinus Dudok. The group performs on violins by Francesco Goffriller and Vincenzo Panormo, a viola by Jean Baptiste Lefèbvre (all on loan from the Dutch Musical Instrument Foundation), and a cello by Hendrik Jacobs made in 1700.