Kaat Schraepen, altviool & David Voncken, piano

2026-04-26/Kapel Opveld Maastricht/2.30 pm

Kaat Schraepen, viola

David Voncken, piano

‘The heat o’ the Sun’

Roger Quilter                                      Fear no more the heat o’ the sun

York Bowen                                         Sonata opus 18 no. 1

Claude Debussy                                   Le Plus Que Lente

Rebecca Clarke                                    Sonata

Johannes Brahms                                 Sonata opus 120 no. 1

Johannes Brahms                                 Nachtigall opus 97

A poet and his muse travel between the beauty and pain of mortality throughout this programme. British composers and altists York Bowen and Rebecca Clarke made their mark on music through their individualistic choices throughout the stylistic chaos of the early 20th century. Finding their muse in the symbol of late Romanticism, Johannes Brahms, as well as in dreamy Impressionism.

Viola player Kaat Schraepen is praised for her sincere interpretations as a true storyteller, her rich palette of timbres and her great expressiveness. Awarded prizes in several national and international competitions, Kaat Schraepen is known as one of the most outstanding viola players of her generation. Among others, Kaat won first prize in the European Competition for Young Soloists in Luxembourg, second prize in the Concorso Internazionale di Esecuzione Musicale Giovani Musicisti Treviso in Italy, first prize in the International Competition “Salzburg” Grand Prize Virtuoso, third prize in the MiN International Music Competition for Strings in Norway and a silver medal in the Vienna International Music Competition. As a chamber musician, she has shared the stage with musicians such as Stephan Picard, Eszter Haffner, Claudio Bohorquez, Ilya Grubert, Cuarteto Casals, Daniel Rowland, Maja Bogdanovic and Nino Gvetadze.

David Voncken played with several orchestras under conductors such as Dirk de Caluwe and Matty Cilissen. He won first prizes at the Prinses Christina Concours in Maastricht and the Belfius Classics in Brussels and was also prize winner of the Walter Gieseking Concours In Saarbrücken. He gave concerts at venues such as La Monnaie in Brussels and Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht. With pianist Peter Caelen, he played concerts in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Hungary. In 2022, they toured Indonesia with concerts and master classes in Jakarta, Medan and Semarang.

Kaat Schraepen and David Voncken form a permanent duo and performed frequently at home and abroad.

Tickets             € 29,-/till age 27 € 19,-