GoYa Quartet, Rosa Meertens & Ruben Jacobs

The GoYa Quartet was founded in 2014 and is formed by Sylvia Huang, Mirelys Morgan Verdecia, Saeko Oguma and Honorine Schaeffer. These four musicians, from Belgium, Cuba, Japan and France, have found each other in the orchestra in which they play: the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. After years of dedicated collaboration, they are pleased to announce their debut CD, which they will record live this evening. Witness the highest musical level in the atmospheric ambiance of De Waalse Kerk.

Rosa Meertens is a student at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, where she mainly focuses on painting. In her work she explores themes such as transience, fleeting moments, existence and non-existence, and memories. In her spare time she often attends concerts, where music is her greatest source of inspiration.

Ruben Jacobs is a writer, teacher at the Utrecht School of the Arts, and is currently training to become a nature guide. His work mainly focuses on the relationship between people and nature. He was previously a journalist for VPRO, NTR and Brainwash, and wrote several books, including 'Everyone an artist' (2014), 'Artonauten' (2018), and 'The Century of Felix' (2022). He is currently working on a book about a historic vegetable garden in the woods of the Gooi, which currently serves as a therapeutic garden (expected in early 2025 from Thomas Rap publishers).

Program

Imogen Holst

Phantasy Quartet

Edward Grieg

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27

- Pause -

Toru Takemitsu

Autumn Leaves

Claude Debussy

String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10