Van Kuijk Quartet and harpist Parker Ramsay join forces in a sublime Bougie Hall concert LiveEvents February 25, 2025 85 Bourgie Hall presents Van Kuijk Quartet & Harpist Parker Ramsay The Van Kuijk Quartet and Parker Ramsay invite us to savour the harp’s ethereal tones, combined with the intimate colour of the string quartet. An exploration of several great classics of the repertoire, punctuated by exciting discoveries. Artists Parker Ramsay, harp Parker Ramsay has forged a career defying easy categorization. Equally at home on modern and period harps, he pursues his passions in tackling new and underperformed works and bringing his instrument to new audiences. Recent and upcoming performances include solo performances at Alice Tully Hall, the Miller Theatre at Columbia University, the Phillips Collection, Cal Performances, Shriver Hall, IRCAM, King’s College, Cambridge, the Spoleto Festival USA, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA. He has collaborated with ensembles such Mark Morris Dance Group, Latitude 49, Apollo’s Fire, the Van Kuijk Quartet and has undertaken residencies at the University of California, San Diego, Princeton University and IRCAM. Van Kuijk Quartet “Style, energy and a sense of risk. These four young Frenchman made the music smile” – The Guardian The Van Kuijk Quartet’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 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. Upcoming tours will see the Quartet make highly anticipated debuts at the Carnegie Hall in New York City, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Recital Centre and UKARIA in Australia, and Shanghai Symphony Hall. Nicolas Van Kuijk, violin Sylvain Favre-Bulle, violin Emmanuel François, viola Anthony Kondo, cello Program Felix MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 DEBUSSY La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the flaxen hair), L 125 Deux danses for harp and string quartet, L 113 FAURÉ Songs (arr. Gildas Guillon) TOURNIER Sonatine for harp, Op. 30 CAPLET Conte fantastique (after Edgar Allan Poe) Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 7:30pm To purchase your tickets, visit: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/bourgie-hall/
