The Amsterdam String Quartet was founded in 2000 by 4 international, specialist period instrument string players: Alida Schat and John Wilson Meyer (violin),
Simon Murphy (viola), and Thomas Pitt (cello).
The quartet performs works by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, and their lesser known contemporaries.
The quartet has its own series in Amsterdam's Het Concertgebouw and has toured extensively.
The quartet has recorded several discs for
Channel Classics
Channel Classics Records is a record label from the Netherlands, specializing in classical music. The managing director and producer is C. Jared Sacks, who grew up in Boston. Sacks was schooled as a professional horn player at the Oberlin Conserva ...
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Musical groups from Amsterdam
String quartets
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