ADAM Quartet (NL)

With fresh eyes, the ADAM Quartet is looking for ways to shine its own light on the string quartet while staying true to the essence of the genre.

In recent years, the quartet has performed at major Dutch venues and festivals, including Het Concertgebouw, Tivoli Vredenburg, String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam, Birds of Paradise Festival, Stift Festival, Klassifest, Down the Rabbit Hole, Schiermonnikoog Festival and the Storioni Festival. Next season, the ADAM Quartet will perform in the United States, Ireland, England, Poland and the Netherlands.

Besides playing the traditional string quartet repertoire, the quartet enjoys collaborating with contemporary composers and in this way premieres many new works. Among others, Kika Sprangers, Camiel Jansen and Vinthya Perinpanathan composed music for the quartet. The ADAM Quartet's contemporary perspective also allows for collaborations with other musical styles and disciplines. For instance, they collaborated with Icelandic pop singer Laufey and dance collective ISH.

The ADAM Quartet received master classes from members of Quatuor Danel, Quatuor Ébène, Ysaÿe Quartet and Quartetto di Cremona, among others. In 2021, the quartet received the String Quartet Stipendium from the Kersjes Fund and in 2024 the quartet received third prize at the Triomphe de l'Art competition in Brussels. The quartet is also part of the Netherlands String Quartet Academy (NSKA), where they have been taking postgraduate courses since 2022. In 2023, the quartet was selected to be part of the Music Cultural Heritage Talent Platform (MERITA), and in 2024 they are Quartet in Residence During the Zeister Music Days.