Zeist Music Days - Chamber Music Festival & Masterclasses

22/05/2026

Ticket sales for the 2026 Zeister Muziekdagen have officially begun 🎻

We are delighted to present the programme for this 37th edition, taking place from 18 to 29 August in and around Zeist.

🎵 Experience outstanding ensembles such as the 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗲𝗮 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁, 𝗜𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁, 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗼𝗿𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁, the 𝗥𝘂𝘆𝘀𝗱𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁 and many more!

➡️ Tickets are now available via the website: zeistermuziekdagen.nl

08/05/2026

The Summer Festival is just around the corner, and we can’t wait! 🎻

From 18 to 29 August, Zeist will be devoted to the string quartet, featuring world-renowned ensembles such as the Belcea Quartet and Schumann Quartett, alongside Dutch favourites including the Ruysdael Kwartet and bandoneon player Carel Kraayenhof!

➡️ Ticket sales will begin soon, so keep a close eye on our channels 👀

25/04/2026

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15/04/2026

The Musethica sessions leading up to the Lenteconcert on April 18 are in full swing! While preparing for the final concert, Quatuor Citadelle and cellist Louis Rodde are performing at various social institutions this week, including De Hoogstraat Revalidatie 🎻

📸 Joost Koedam

30/03/2026

Meet the masterclass teachers for Zeist Music Days 2026!

Alexander Pavlovsky is co-founder and first violinist of the world-renowned Jerusalem Quartet, as well as a versatile and internationally sought-after chamber musician, soloist and educator. He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and completed his education at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. With the Jerusalem Quartet he celebrated triumphs in such concert halls as the Tonhalle Zurich, the Münchner Herkulessaal, Wigmore Hall in London, the Salle Pleyel in Paris and the Berliner Konzerthaus.

As a soloist and chamber musician, he has been a guest at international festivals in Verbier, Schleswig-Holstein, Gstaad, Rheingau, Salzburg and Amsterdam, as well as at the Schubertiade in Austria, among others. Alexander Pavlovsky has collaborated with such renowned musicians as Sir András Schiff, Daniel Barenboim, Mitsuko Uchida, Jessye Norman, Alexander Melnikov, Denis Kozhukhin, Menahem Pressler, Natalia Gutman and Joshua Bell.

His many CD recordings with the Jerusalem Quartet have accounted for three BBC Music Magazine Awards and several Diapasons D’Or. Since 2022 Alexander Pavlovsky holds a professorship in the field of chamber music for strings at the University of Graz, and since 2009 he has been artistic director of the Zeist Music Days & Masterclasses, where he
passionately imparts his knowledge to talented young musicians.

➡️ for more information go to: www.zeistmusicdays.nl/coaching-staff/

25/03/2026

Meet the masterclass teachers for Zeist Music Days 2026!

The Schumann Quartet has reached a stage where anything is possible, because it has let go of certainties that includes the audience, which from one concert to the next have to be prepared for all eventualities: “A work really develops only in a live performance,” the quartet says. “That is ‘the real thing’, because we ourselves never know what will happen. On the stage, all imitation disappears, and you automatically become honest with yourself. Then you can create a bond with the audience – communicate with it in music.”

Highlights of the 2025/2026 season include performances in prestigious venues such as the Musikverein Vienna, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, the Cologne Philharmonie, and the Konzerthaus Dortmund. The quartet will also appear at renowned festivals including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Mozartfest Bath, and the String Quartet Festival of the Heidelberger Frühling – to name just a few.

➡️ for more information go to: www.zeistmusicdays.nl/coaching-staff/

19/03/2026

Meet the masterclass teachers for Zeist Music Days 2026!

The Ruysdael Kwartet was formed in 1996, when all members were studying at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. In addition to their regular teachers they had lessons with the Amadeus Quartet, the Hagen Quartet and the Quatuor Mosaïques. Over a two-year period, they studied with the Alban Berg Quartet at the “Hochschule für Musik” in Cologne. Within a few years the Ruysdael Quartet established its name both in the Netherlands and abroad, and has ever since been regularly invited to take part in festivals and masterclasses, resulting in performances not only in Europe but also in Australia and the USA.

The quartet were winners of the ‘Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition 2000’ in the Netherlands and were awarded the ‘Prix de la SACEM’ at the International String Quartet Competition 2001 in Bordeaux. In March 2002 they received the Press Prize and the AVRO Prize in the ‘Vriendenkrans’ competition in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. More recently they were recipients of the prestigious “Kersjes van de Groenekan” Prize, a major musical award in the Netherlands.

➡️ for more information go to: www.zeistmusicdays.nl/coaching-staff/

12/03/2026

APPLY NOW!

Calling all string quartets! Looking for the perfect summer course? Zeist Music Days 2026 is now open for applications! 🌟

Join us for an inspiring program with daily masterclasses from world-class musicians, including:

🎵 members of Schumann Quartett
🎵 members of Ruysdael Kwartet
🎵 violinist Alexander Pavlovsky (Jerusalem Quartet).

📅 When? 18-28 August
📍 Where? Zeist, The Netherlands
💰 Fee? 750€ per person
🎻 For who? String quartets & string quartet-related ensembles

🔗 Learn more and apply: zeistmusicdays.nl

13/02/2026

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Op zaterdag 18 april vindt het Lenteconcert van de Zeister Muziekdagen plaats, met een optreden van Quatuor Citadelle & Louis Rodde! 🎻

Het Quatuor Citadelle is een Frans-Japans strijkkwartet dat in 2024 werd opgericht. Het ensemble studeert bij Miguel Da Silva in de ‘cycle concertiste’ van het Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris, aan de Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel en aan het Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) in de klassen van François Salque en Jean Sulem. Sinds september 2025 is Quatuor Citadelle junior resident ensemble bij ProQuartet – Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre.

Het kwartet bestaat uit Raphaël Garac en Meiko Nakahira (viool), Paolo Schena (altviool) en Pauline Boudon (cello).

In de Musethica-week voorafgaand aan het concert wordt het Quatuor Citadelle gecoacht door de Franse cellist Louis Rodde. Samen geven zij een week lang besloten concerten in sociale instellingen in Zeist en omgeving. De week wordt afgesloten met een gezamenlijk optreden tijdens het Lenteconcert.

➡️ Ga voor meer informatie & tickets naar: zeistermuziekdagen.nl

24/12/2025

Happy Holidays! 🎄✨

Namens de organisatie van de Zeister Muziekdagen wensen wij u hele fijne feestdagen en een schitterend nieuw jaar! ✨🎄

📸: Foppe Schut