Rubens Prize 2012

The 2012 winner of the Rubens Prize of the Prinses Christina Concours is 12-year-old recorder player Lucie Horsch, our youngest ever guest artist!  Lucie will join us in November for four free lunch concerts throughout the Netherlands, in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Utrecht ( Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh), Eindhoven (Muziekcentrum Frits Philips) and Den Haag (Nieuwe Kerk). Click here for more information on these concerts.

Bringing Chamber Music to Children

The Rubens Quartet feels strongly that every child in the Netherlands (or in the world for that matter) should have access to chamber music.  Therefore we have developed a unique new program in which high school students can get to know the genre by actively participating in it themselves.  The program includes attending concerts, chamber music lesson and “A look in the kitchen”, and is intended to cater to all types of musicians, even those who have never picked up an instrument before!  The project will be launched during the 2012-13 school year at the Barlaeus Gymnasium in Amsterdam.  In the future we plan to bring the program to schools all over the Netherlands.  Please contact us for more information!