Amstel Quartet

Dutch Saxophone Ensemble

Remco Jak - soprano saxophone
Olivier Sliepen - alto saxophone
Bas Apswoude - tenor saxophone
Ties Mellema - baritone saxophone
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Latest News

This Saturday May 11th 'Wet Notes' in Felix Meritis, Amsterdam

May 9

Sander Germanus explains his revolutionary quarter tone composition technique to Ties:

 

Reserve your tickets now at info@amstelquartet.nl New works by Houtkamp, Germanus, Dijkstra, de Kruyf and Sysouv. Afterwar the concert Christiaan Kuyvenhoven will host a forum about the future of new music for the Amstel Quartet

Review of the latest Amstel Records release 'Princepiration' (Dutch only)

Apr 24

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"...gaat mee de diepte in en beseft dat hier sprake is van een bijzonder project."

Michael Torke's about the Amstel Quartet

Mar 25

Michael Torke is one of the members of the Committee of Recommendation of the Amstel Quartet. This is what he thinks of Amstel:

"A kick-ass group, the Amstel Quartet plays my music like no other quartet in the

world. They have a fluidity, especially performing without music, that brings out

phrasing I didn't know existed."

Eugene Drucker joins the Committee of Recommendation!

Feb 17

Eugene Drucker, Primarius of the Emerson String Quartet, joins our Committee of Recommendation!

 

"I very much enjoyed coaching the Amstel Quartet; during our sessions I became familiar with music that I would not have heard otherwise, and also learned the expressive potential of four saxophones when played by virtuosos such as these"

Eugene Drucker

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