Alma Quartet & Nicolas van Poucke: Beethoven, Schumann

Name: Alma Quartet & Nicolas van Poucke: Beethoven, Schumann
Start: 2026-10-27T20:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-27T20:15:00+01:00
Location: De Oosterpoort

took place · 27 Oct 2026

De Oosterpoort, Groningen

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The Alma Quartet and pianist Nicolas van Poucke perform works by Beethoven and Schumann at De Oosterpoort in Groningen.

About: Alma Quartet

Four Concertgebouw Orchestra musicians who in 2014 decided to strike out as a chamber ensemble: that is the origin of the Alma Quartet. With a discography spanning Schulhoff and Korngold to electronic crossovers, and stages from the Elbphilharmonie to the Konzerthaus Berlin on their résumé, the quartet ranks among Europe's most versatile string ensembles.

Schulhoff album on the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik 'Bestenliste' (2017)

5★

Review by De Standaard for Korngold album (quartets no. 2 & 3)

Top 40

Best albums of 2021 according to De Volkskrant (Korngold quartets no. 2 & 3)

5★

Review by Ritmo (Spain) for The Late Quartets Vol. 1

What's new

2026-06
The Alma Quartet performed at the Blaricum Music Festival 2026, together with Marc Daniel van Biemen as primarius.
2025-10
The quartet performed on 23 October 2025 in the Oudhoornse Kerk in Alphen aan den Rijn and on 26 October 2025 in the Philharmonie Cologne.
2025-05
The Alma Quartet performed in May 2025 in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, with works by Beethoven, Janáček and a new string quartet by Samuel Adams.

Tour

AmsterdamAlphen aan den RijnBlaricumKölnHaarlemDen HaagRotterdamArnhemWageningenDelftTilburgHilversum

Tracks

Schulhoff: Complete String QuartetsDebut album (2016), declared a reference recording by The Gramophone

Korngold: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3Direct-to-disc recording (2021), in De Volkskrant's Top 40 best albums of 2021

Korngold: String Quartet No. 1 & Piano QuintetWith Severin von Eckardstein (2023), awarded the Diapason d'Or

CCMYKCrossover album with electronic music, collaboration with techno producer Henrik Schwarz

Mirrored in TimeCollaboration with trombonist Jörgen van Rijen (2023), released on BIS Records

About: Nicolas van Poucke

Nicolas van Poucke is a Dutch pianist specialising in chamber music and song accompaniment. He collaborates regularly with leading ensembles and singers, and is known for his sensitive playing across the classical and Romantic repertoire.

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