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Nikola Meeuwsen © Foppe Schut
Nikola Meeuwsen © Foppe Schut

Late Romanticism from Paris

Nikola Meeuwsen, SongHa Choi + Barbican Quartet
Sat 3 Apr 2027 20:15 - 22:00
Sat 3 Apr 2027
20:15 - 22:00
  • Sat 3 Apr 2027
    20:15 - 22:00
    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 31 Mar 2026 12:00

Program

Ernest Chausson Concert for violin, piano and string quartet  
César Franck Piano Quintet 

Credits

Nikola Meeuwsen piano 
SongHa Choi violin 
 
Barbican Quartet 
Amarins Wierdsma violin 
Kate Maloney violin 
Christoph Slenczka viola 
Yoanna Prodanova cello 

Refined fin de siècle and an opera without words 

In the summer of 2025, Dutch pianist Nikola Meeuwsen became the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. A year earlier, German-Korean violinist SongHa Choi won the same competition. Together with the equally young and acclaimed London-based Barbican Quartet, they perform Ernest Chausson’s Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet. Music in which gently perfumed French refinement, Wagnerian chromaticism and sophisticated fin-de-siècle Romanticism merge into a masterpiece.  
  
In addition to Chausson’s Concerto, the Piano Quintet by his teacher César Franck will also be performed. Ultra-expressive late-Romanticism with the dramatic impact of an opera without words. Franck’s Quintet allows Nikola Meeuwsen to demonstrate why he is renowned not only as a soloist but also as a profound chamber musician. ‘Meeuwsen shows a depth that is absurd for a 23-year-old’, wrote De Volkskrant after Meeuwsen’s performance with Janine Janssen in her chamber music festival in 2025. 

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SongHa Choi © Sylvain Barrès
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