Karski Quartet & Brecht Valckenaers
Polish(ed) Power
Although the recently founded Karski Quartet is based in Belgium, it’s three-quarters Polish. This ensemble’s great dream is to promote the music of their great idol Grażyna Bacewicz in Belgium and abroad. And justly so, because Bacewicz is an incredibly gifted composer who can amaze, move and overwhelm.
Earlier this year, the Karskis went all out and recorded a wonderful CD, which was internationally acclaimed. Now you have an opportunity to hear them live in Leuven, and to be transported by Bacewicz’s multi-faceted style. Besides her fourth string quartet, her two piano quintets, both lovely and very different from each other, are on the programme.
Festival artist in residence Brecht Valckenaers will join the Karskis for the quintets.
Programme
INTRO
Lize Verhille
CONCERT
Bacewicz: Pianokwintet nr. 1
Bacewicz: Strijkkwartet nr. 4
Bacewicz: Pianokwintet nr. 2
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Grażyna Bacewicz is an incredibly gifted composer who can amaze, move and overwhelm.
Performers
Karski Quartet
Karski Quartet is a dynamic ensemble that blends passion, courage, and deep artistic sensitivity. Formed in 2018 in Brussels, the quartet’s members met while studying at the Royal Conservatory. Karski Quartet takes its name from Jan Karski, the legendary Polish WW2 resistance fighter. In a world full of challenges, Karski Quartet stands for connection, authenticity, and fearless musical storytelling, bridging tradition and modernity, music and emotion, artists and audiences across the globe.
Brecht Valckenaers
Brecht Valckenaers (b. 2000, Leuven) is a versatile pianist and composer who combines his love for classical and contemporary repertoire with his own compositions and improvisations. He studied for at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp and is continuing his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Basel and the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. Driven by a desire to keep exploring and pushing his musical boundaries, Valckenaers approaches music as a language to be experienced in all its forms. In 2026 his Festival 20·21-project Ex Nihilo was released as an album on Antarctica Records.
Tickets
€ 25