About the Viride Quartet
Since their formation in 2017, the Viride Quartet has been praised for their harmonious ensemble playing and captivating energy. In 2026, they won the prestigious Kersjesprijs (€50,000); the jury wrote of them: “The Viride Quartet excels in its wonderful balance and sublime ensemble playing. With their intense, radiant performance, the quartet captivates the audience and effortlessly draws them into their musical narrative.”
The friendship between Salomé Bonnema, Nadia ten Kate, Sedna Heitzman and Jurre Koopmans began when they met as teenagers at the School for Young Talent in The Hague. The quartet enjoys performing a diverse repertoire and has a particular fondness for often-overlooked Dutch classical music. By regularly performing masterpieces by composers such as Willem Pijper, the quartet contributes to the preservation and promotion of the Netherlands’ rich musical traditions. Since 2026, the Viride Quartet has been following the postgraduate programme at the Dutch String Quartet Academy.
The Viride Quartet has been awarded several prizes; shortly after its formation, it won prizes at the Princess Christina Competition and, in 2019, received the prestigious string quartet stipend of €15,000 from ‘Het Kersjes Fonds’. In the 2023–2024 season, they were awarded the season’s audience prize by Theater de Leest for their performance in the ‘Kanjers in de Leest’ series, and the quartet was awarded an additional support grant during their participation in the Jeunesses Musicales International Chamber Music Campus.
The Viride Quartet has appeared regularly on national television and radio, and has performed in renowned venues such as the Royal Concertgebouw and the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ in Amsterdam, TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht and De Doelen in Rotterdam. The quartet has also collaborated with other acclaimed musicians and ensembles such as Cuarteto Quiroga, the Marmen Quartet, the Jerusalem Quartet, the baritone Benjamin Appl and the pianist Anna Fedorova. In 2021, they performed the premiere of the piece ‘TranscenDance’ by composer Kate Moore at the Unheard Music Festival, which received rave reviews in various national newspapers.
In addition to performances at national and international music festivals, such as the Oranjewoud Festival, Musethica and the Utrecht International Chamber Music Festival, the Viride Quartet has taken part in various string quartet residencies, including at the Zeister Muziekdagen (2019–2023) and the Amsterdam String Quartet Biennale (2023–2024). In 2023, the Viride Quartet was selected as one of 38 European string quartets to participate in the MERITA platform – where chamber music, heritage and talent come together. They have also been part of Le Dimore del Quartetto since 2024.