Concert 6 maart 2026 20:00 - 18 maart 2026
Concertstudio, Kortrijk
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Masterclass 13 maart 2026 09:00 - 15 maart 2026
From March 13 to 15, 2026, NSKA welcomes Gerhard Schulz (Alban Berg Quartet) and Simone Gramaglia (Quartetto di Cremona) for a unique masterclass with two grandmasters of the string quartet.
Gerhard Schulz was born in Linz and studied violin with Franz Samohyl at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, with Sándor Végh at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, and with Shmuel Ashkenasi in the United States. He was a co-founder of the Salzburg String Trio and the Schulz Ensemble, and was the first violinist of the Düsseldorf String Quartet.
Since 1980, he has been a professor of violin at the University of Music in Vienna and since 1993 a guest professor of chamber music at the University of Music and Dance in Cologne. For more than 30 years, he was a member of the renowned Alban Berg Quartet, with whom he performed in all major music centers worldwide. After the quartet's activities ended in 2008, he founded the Waldstein Ensemble, a piano quartet.
Simone Gramaglia first visited NSKA in November 2022 and is now returning. His arrival marks the continuation of the collaboration with Le Dimore del Quartetto, a concert organization based in Milan, active throughout Europe, where Gramaglia serves as artistic director.
As a violist and co-founder of the Quartetto di Cremona (founded in 2000), he dedicates himself with great passion to chamber music. He collaborates with leading musicians such as Antonio Meneses, Lawrence Dutton, Jamie Walton, Eckart Runge, Giovanni Sollima, David Orlowsky, the Pavel Haas String Quartet, and the Emerson String Quartet.
Gramaglia performs in the most prestigious concert halls worldwide, including Lincoln Center in New York, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Wigmore Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, NCPA in Beijing, Salle Gaveau in Paris, and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
Keizersgracht 241
1016 EA Amsterdam
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