| Saturday 03 April 2027 | 20:15 |
| Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899) | Concert in D major for violin, piano and string quartet, Op.21 | |
| Franck, César (1822-1890) | Piano Quintet in F minor |
| Nikola Meeuwsen | Piano |
| Songha Choi | Violin |
| Barbican Quartet | |
| Amarins Wierdsma | Violin |
| Kate Maloney | Violin |
| Christoph Slenczka | Viola |
| Yoanna Prodanova | Cello |
In the summer of 2025, Dutch pianist Nikola Meeuwsen became the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. A year earlier, German-Korean violinist SongHa Choi won the same competition. Together with the equally young and acclaimed London-based Barbican Quartet, they perform Ernest Chausson’s Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet. Music in which gently perfumed French refinement, Wagnerian chromaticism and sophisticated fin-de-siècle Romanticism merge into a masterpiece.
In addition to Chausson’s Concerto, the Piano Quintet by his teacher César Franck will also be performed. Ultra-expressive late-Romanticism with the dramatic impact of an opera without words. Franck’s Quintet allows Nikola Meeuwsen to demonstrate why he is renowned not only as a soloist but also as a profound chamber musician. ‘Meeuwsen shows a depth that is absurd for a 23-year-old’, wrote De Volkskrant after Meeuwsen’s performance with Janine Janssen in her chamber music festival in 2025.
Tickets: € 12,50 – € 43,00
