I am volunteering as a CIMF driver and this was a driving gig. I collected the string quartet Quatuor van Kuijk and off we went up Sutton Road to Contentious Character winery. Lovely view. The quartet is French and were entertaining with a few French string quartet numbers, by Debussy and Faure. They did them proud. Nothing that I hadn't expected given they are on tour and were booked to play the Utson Room at the Opera House and the Melbourne Recital Centre and had a string of album releases to go with a string on awards. Amusingly, they played as they came, invited to play in jeans. Nice. It was more intimate, like mates or a rehearsal session but serious and no stopping. This was lovely, nice communication, accented intros, clear and complimentary exchanges of lines and a good chat on the way there and back. Sadly, I was driving so I missed out on the offer of a wine tasting, but they got it. As it should be.
Quatuor van Kuijk performed at Contentious Character winery in Wamboin. QvK comprise Nicolas Van Kuijk and Sylvain Favre-Bulle (violons), Emmanuel François (viola) and Anthony Kondo (cello).
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