Bowmore Quartet
Bow More, Bow More!
‘Bowmore’ – some know the word as a brand of excellent single-malt whisky, others as a piece of music (inspired by the whisky) by Flemish composer Luc Brewaeys.
Recently, Bowmore has also become the name of an adventurous new Belgian string quartet. Pieter Jansen, Veronique De Raedemaeker, Tony Nys and Francis Mourey, all talented, devoted and passionate musicians, have formed a group whose purpose is to explore the incredibly rich string-quartet repertoire written after 1950.
At Festival 20·21, they’ll play the all-Belgian programme with which they made their debut. And a Bowmore concert wouldn’t be a Bowmore concert without Luc Brewaeys’ Bowmore or Annelies Van Parys’s tribute on the death of her mentor, written ten years ago. The quartet will also play the little-known but singularly beautiful Summer Dreams by musical wizard Philippe Boesmans.
For everyone with a soft spot for the future of contemporary music: rendez-vous in Leuven!
Programme
INTRO
Maarten Beirens
CONCERT
Brewaeys: Strijkkwartet nr. 2 ‘Bowmore’
Van Parys: Come Fiume Incessante
Boesmans: Summer Dreams
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SLAC, Boho Strings Antwerp o.l.v. David Ramael, Tony Nys
Debut concert (!) by the brand-new Belgian string quartet Bowmore, whose purpose is to explore the incredibly rich string-quartet repertoire written after 1950.
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Bowmore Quartet
The Bowmore Quartet was formed in 2025 out of a shared passion for the string quartet repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries. The quartet takes its name from Luc Brewaeys’ second string quartet, Bowmore. Musicians Pieter Jansen, Veronique De Raedemaeker, Tony Nys and Francis Mourey – each with their own rich and diverse musical backgrounds – will work closely with the composers who shape today’s musical landscape, thereby dedicating themselves to the music of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
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€ 25