Biography
Ensemble
Margot Kolodziej
Margot Kolodziej (born 1993) received her master's degree from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in June 2018. She is a versatile musician. Besides her role as first violinist of the ADAM quartet, she is active as a soloist and chamber musician and regularly substitutes with various chamber and symphony orchestras.
Margot Kolodziej (Leiden, 1993) started playing the violin at the age of seven. In 2011, she was admitted to the School for Young Talent, part of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, where she took lessons with Koosje van Haeringen. In 2012, Margot started the Bachelor programme at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. There she studied with Kees Koelmans. After obtaining her Bachelor's degree in 2016, she was admitted to the Master's where she studied with Ilya Grubert.
Margot gave several solo performances with the Groene Hart Orchestra, Symfonieorkest Rijnstreek and members of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, among others. She was concertmaster of the Nationaal Jeugdorkest, deputy leader second violins of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and academist with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. Besides her performances with the ADAM quartet, she is part of rebel collective Pynarello, chamber music ensemble Project 5 and is active as a remplaçant with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Asko|Schönberg Ensemble, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Phion.
Margot has been invited to masterclasses and festivals, such as the BMI Performance Artist Masterclasses in Berlin (2019), the International Masterclasses Apeldoorn (2017), Suonarte Masterclasses (2016), Branimir Slokar Academy (2017), Festival Jong Talent Schiermonnikoog (2022) Grachtenfestival (2021), Storioni Festival (2021), Stift Musical Encounters (2021), where she received masterclasses from Ivry Gitlis, Liviu Prunaru, Ilya Grubert, Philippe Graffin, Emmy Verheij, Dmitri Ferschtman, Marc Danel and Vera Beths, among others.
Margot plays on a violin built by Ettori Soffriti in 1927. This violin was offered to her by the National Musical Instruments Fund.
Hannelore De Vuyst
Hannelore De Vuyst (1995) will graduate from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in May 2019. As second violinist of the ADAM Quartet, she is able to deepen and fulfil her passion for chamber music. Hannelore likes to approach the music spectrum as broadly as possible; this ranges from baroque violin to contemporary and experimental studio work. In doing so, a great inspiration is to create bridges between different (secular) socio-cultural interactions and art forms.
Hannelore De Vuyst (Wetteren, Belgium 1995) began her studies in 2012 at School of Arts, Conservatory of Ghent with teacher Alessandro Moccia. During her undergraduate studies, she went on an Erasmus exchange to the F. Liszt Academy in Budapest in 2015, where she was taught by Katalin Kokas and Barnabás Kelemen. She then continued her journey and was admitted to the master's programme at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the class of Johannes Leertouwer. Here she obtained her degree in May 2019. As a continuation of her studies, Hannelore was accepted as an academician with the Sinfonieorchester Aachen. She also studied baroque violin at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with teacher Antoinette Lohmann. She is part of several theatre productions, including Klassiek to Go, and plays with orchestras such as Pynarello, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. She also enjoys dedicating herself to teaching (young) children.
Hannelore became second violinist with the ADAM Quartet during her master's degree in 2018, the ensemble with which she fully lives up to her passion for chamber music. In addition, Hannelore likes to approach the music spectrum as broadly as possible, from baroque violin to contemporary studio work. In doing so, a great inspiration is to create bridges between different (secular) socio-cultural interactions and art forms.
Hannelore plays with a bow made by F. Lotte that was funded with the support of the Own Musical Instrument Foundation (SEM).
José Nunes
José Nunes (born 1996) completed his master's degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2020, and in 2022 José was appointed "Artist in Residence" at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. Besides his love of chamber music, he regularly substitutes with renowned (inter)national orchestras.
Viola player José Nunes (Porto, Portugal 1996) studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music with Nobuko Imai and Francien Schatborn. In 2020, he completed his master studies with distinction. During his studies, José was also academician with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Dutch Chamber Orchestra and was supported by a grant from the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon.
During his musical career, José won several awards such as the 'performance prize' at the Moritzburg Festival in 2019. In addition to this festival José also already participated in other festivals such as Accademia Isola Classica 2020 and 2021 in Italy, Davos Festival 2021 in Switzerland, Santander Festival in 2017 in Spain, Amsterdam Viola Festival (2015, 2017, 2019), Lac Léman Music Masterclasses in Switzerland (2015 and 2016), International Festival of Marvão, and Verão-Clássico Summer Academy 2017 in Portugal.
José took master classes with numerous teachers and soloists such as Antoine Tamestit, Tatjana Masurenko, Ettore Causa, Isabel Charisius, Wenting Kang and Veit Hertenstein. Among José's chamber music partners and coaches features many musicians such as the Michelangelo Quartet, the Juilliard Quartet, Plamena Mangova, Isabel Charisius, Kai Vogler, Jan Vogler, Mira Wang and Christian Poltéra. Together with his duo partner Pieter Bogaert, José is coached by Robert Kulek at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. Since 2022, José has been a member of the ADAM Quartet, participating in the Dutch String Quartet Academy.
José is a frequent guest of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. He is also a member of Orquestra XXI (as leader and co-leader) and the Rotterdam Chamber Music Society, where he played with Gordon Nikolic and others. In 2017 José was part of the European Union Youth Orchestra with which he toured Europe.
José plays a bow by Charles Bazin on loan from the NMF.
Renée Timmer
Renee Timmer (b. 1994) graduated from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in June 2019. During her studies, she developed as a cellist as versatile as possible. Thus, she enjoys playing modern and contemporary music, remplacing in various professional orchestras, being part of projects collaborating with other art forms and playing in different styles in order to explore the boundaries of (classical) music.
Renée Timmer (Groningen, 1994) started cello lessons at the age of four, which she received from Alexandra Vierkant in Groningen. In 2012, she began her studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Maarten Mostert. She then completed her master's with Mick Stirling in 2019. She was leader of the cello section in the Nationaal Jeugd Orkest and, as a soloist, took master classes with Dimitri Ferschtman, Frans Helmerson, Torleif Thedéen, Jakob Koranyi and Reinhard Latzko, among others. Even during her studies, she wanted to develop as a cellist who is as versatile as possible. Thus, she enjoys playing modern and contemporary music, substituting with various professional orchestras, collaborating with other art forms and playing in different styles in order to explore the boundaries of (classical) music. Besides the ADAM Quartet, she enjoys playing in several ensembles and orchestras. For instance, she is part of the chamber music ensemble Project 5 and does projects with Cello octet Amsterdam and Pynarello. As a substitute, she plays in the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Noord Nederlands Orkest and Phion.
Renée plays on a cello built by Hein Woldring, funded with support from the Own Musical Instrument Foundation. Her bow was loaned to her by the National Musical Instruments Fund.
Portraits Margot, Hannelore and Renée: Foppe Schut - Portrait José: Juri Hiensch
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