Calefax & Quirine Viersen

Name: Calefax & Quirine Viersen
Start: 2026-12-14
End: 2026-12-15
Location: Concertgebouw De Vereeniging

Mon, 14 Dec 2026 · — Tue, 15 Dec

Concertgebouw De Vereeniging, Nijmegen

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Concertgebouw De Vereeniging in Nijmegen hosts a performance by Calefax, with saxophonist Quirine Viersen as guest.

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About: Calefax

Amsterdam's Calefax invented the reed quintet genre back in 1985 and has been filling concert halls from Tokyo to New York ever since. More than 70 ensembles worldwide have taken up the format; Calefax itself keeps pushing forward with new commissions and unexpected collaborations.

70+

reed quintets worldwide inspired by Calefax

200+

commissioned works for reed quintet

reed quintets that performed the anniversary work Link

What's new

2025-11
Calefax received the Amstel Music Award from composer Johan de Meij on 22 November 2025, in recognition of forty years of pioneering work as the founder of the reed quintet.
2025-11
From 20 to 23 November 2025, Calefax celebrated its 40th anniversary with the first Calefax Reed Festival at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam, featuring concerts, workshops and international guests.
2025-10
For the occasion of the anniversary, composer Michel van der Aa wrote the work Link, which was performed by 40 reed quintets worldwide over 40 days and could be followed via the new platform reedquintet.net.

Tour

AmsterdamUtrechtEindhovenDen HaagLeidenCuraçaoBonaireArubaSingapore

Tracks

Die Kunst der Fuge (Bach, arr. Calefax)Iconic album from 2000, Bach's contrapuntal masterpiece arranged for reed quintet

Goldbergvariaties (Bach, arr. Raaf Hekkema)Acclaimed CD recording with DVD, arrangement by Calefax saxophonist Raaf Hekkema

Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin, arr. Calefax)Permanent part of the repertoire, also frequently performed live

Link (Michel van der Aa, 2025)Anniversary work written for Calefax' 40th anniversary, performed by 40 reed quintets worldwide

Nouvelles suites (Rameau, arr. Calefax)Album from 2006, Baroque music by Rameau in an original reed quintet arrangement

Recent shows

Jun 14, 2019 Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

About: Quirine Viersen

This leading Dutch cellist, daughter of Concertgebouw cellist Yke Viersen, won international competitions such as the Tchaikovsky Competition early in her career and now performs with the country's major orchestras. For this concert she joins reed quintet Calefax as a guest.

1994

first Dutch musician to win a prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow

1715

year of manufacture of her Guarneri cello, once played by André Navarra

2000

year of the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, with performance at the Wiener Philharmoniker under Zubin Mehta

What's new

2025-11
On 30 November 2025, Viersen performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the Groot Omroepkoor in the programme 'Heavenly Voices', with works by Bach, Pärt and Arenski.
2025-2026
In the 2025-26 season, she performs in a new string trio with violinist Maria Milstein and violist Elisa-Karen Tavenier and is again a guest at the Musiktage Mondsee in Austria.
2026
During the Cello Biënnale 2026, Viersen performs the cello concerto by Robin de Raaff with orchestra Phion.

Tracks

J.S. Bach - Cellosuitesrecording from 2011 on label Globe, also subject of a Dutch concert tour

Benjamin Britten - Cellosuitessecond major solo album, dedicated to her deceased producer Paul Janse

Frank Martin - Celloconcert & BalladeCD praised by BBC Music Magazine

Robin de Raaff - Celloconcertperformance with orchestra Phion during the Cello Biënnale 2026

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