
Chaotic Pulse – Pulsating Chaos
Music by Pieter Schuermans
Artists: Ataneres Ensmeble – Kugoni Trio – Kurt Bertels – Bert Koch – Sébastien Walnier
violinist
“Nicolas is not only a great violinist with a very strong technique, he is a great musician. His playing is very sincere, with a great variety of colours and emotions…”Bruno Delepelaire, 1st solo cellist Berliner Philharmoniker
“Nicolas is an extremely gifted young man endowed with wonderful musicality and absolute dedication to his craft…If I would have to vouch for a few young artists that deserve to be heard Nicolas is absolutely one of them.” Itamar Golan, concert pianist
“It seemed as if this piece had been written for him… Nicolas Dupont was one with the music." (on the F. Poulenc sonata, Robert Williams, Klassiek Centraal, February 2017)
"Was sparkling with virtuosity and perfection of interaction"on the C. Franck sonata, Robert Williams, Klassiek Centraal, February 2017
“The icing on the cake was undoubtedly the perfect rendition of the César Franck sonata. They built this musical monument with convincing authority and mutual understanding."Klassiek Centraal, December 2016
“The players did not make one slip in these very demanding passages which they delivered with real verve.” On Beethovens 'Razumovsky' String Quartet Op. 59 N°3, Charles Stokes - Edinburgh49, January 2017
“I was particularly blown away by the astonishingly fine playing of Nicolas Dupont…here was high speed scampering playing delivered with astonishing accuracy.” On Beethovens 'Razumovsky' String Quartet Op. 59 N°3, Alan Cooper – Independent, January 2017
“The violinist was convincing in every aspect...Duponts playing was powerful, virtuoso, flawless and decisive” On Wilfried Westerlinck's 'three capriccios', Klassiek Centraal, September 2015
"The two musicians have shown exceptional talent with this eclectic repertoire, highlighting this beautiful combination of instruments with subtle variations.”on the duo Andaluza, Midi libre, August 2014
"We have to admit that this young violinist Nicolas Dupont and the pianist Olga Kirpicheva play this sonata by Debussy with stunning ardour and control.” Cristian Ciocca, Radio Télévision Suisse, July 2013
“With over 90 concerts a year, Nicolas Dupont (°1992) is one of the most active Belgian chamber musicians of his generation.” (El Diario Montanes)
As a member of the Kugoni Trio, the Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble and the Duo Andaluza, amongst others, he has performed in venues such as Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, King’s Place, Colston Hall (UK), BOZAR, Flagey, AMUZ, deSingel (BE).
Based in Brussels since 2017, Nicolas frequently travels as a soloist or with his colleagues across Europe and Asia. Amongst the concert halls that have shaped his career, are Wigmore Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Queen’s Hall (VK), BOZAR, Flagey, deBijloke, AMUZ, deSingel, Concertgebouw Brugge (BE), la Seine Musicale (FR),…
“If I would have to vouch for a few young artists that deserve to be heard Nicolas is absolutely one of them.” (Itamar Golan)
Nicolas draws much inspiration from new musical collaborartions and performed alongside Yuzuko Horigome, Justus Grimm, Máté Szűcs, Mihaela Martin, Pascal Moragues, Frans Helmerson, Rohan De Silva, Michel Arrignon, Tatiana Samouil, Bruno Philippe, Bruno Delepelaire, Gaby Van Riet, Máté Szücs, Michel Béroff, Gérard Caussé and Vineta Sareika.
Although he has consciously avoided taking part in violin competitions, he was the recipient of a number of distinctions in recent years; the Kugoni Trio won first prizes at the Supernova (2013) and Forte Limburg (2015) competitions and was awarded the Fuga Trophy (2018) for the promotion of Belgian music. In April 2015, he was given the ‘Kolonel en Mevrouw Bisschop-Matthijssen’ prize by the Brussels Conservatoire for outstanding students and in London he was a laureate of the ‘Royal Academy of Music Club Award’ (2016), the ‘Sir Karl Jenkins Music Award’ (2016), and the ‘Concordia Foundation Artists’ Fund’ (2017). With the Urban Piano Quartet, he won the Supernova competition a second time (2019), and became a finalist at the Nordic Strings Competition (DK, 2019) and the Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin (CN, 2020).
Nicolas is a 2020 laureate of the ‘VOCATIO’ foundation (BE). Thanks to the National Lottery and it’s players, he has launched the composition competition “PRE LUDE” and will initiate a new concert series in close collaboration with composers, aiming to engage more musicians to give a place to new music in concert programming.
Nicolas Dupont has made several recordings for the BBC3, the Belgian radios Musiq3, Klara, the Swiss Radio Suisse–Romande, the Dutch Radio 4, the Italian RAI3 and Radio Vaticana and has appeared on Belgian national television (Stingray Brava and Canvas).
Despite his young age, Nicolas’ discography includes over fifteen CD’s with music by Brahms, Franck, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Vasks, Piazzolla, Janáček, Poulenc as well as many Belgian composers.
“His great violinistic talent and exceptional musical personality deserve to be recognized by everyone.” (Michel Arrignon)
Nicolas is currently the leader of the Ataneres Ensemble and has worked as guest concertmaster with Orchestre National de Lille, Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Santander Festival Orchestra,… He gained experience during several years as member of the English Chamber Orchestra and the Brussels Chamber Orchestra and received great advice from his teacher Rodney Friend (ex. Concertmaster Londen and New York Philharmonic Orchestras).
Nicolas Dupont started studying violin with Dejan Mijajev at the age of four. After having gained solid technical bases, and the love of music and the violin from this great pedagogue, Nicolas continued his education with Yuzuko Horigome at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels and with Rodney Friend at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He obtained both Master degrees with the highest honours for violin. Both professors deeply inspired Nicolas, helped him to develop his technique and musicality, and shaped the musician he is today.
In the meantime, he specialised in chamber music at the CNSM of Paris in the class of concert pianist Itamar Golan, who strongly influenced his musical view and approach to music. As a duo with pianist Olga Kirpicheva, he graduated from this school with ‘mention très bien à l’unanimité’.
Throughout his studies, Nicolas has worked on several occasions with Zakhar Bron and Mihaela Martin and he has participated in Master classes with Maxim Vengerov, Pierre Amoyal, Ana Chumachenko,… and for chamber music with A.R. El Bacha, Paul Badura-Skoda, Rudolf Buchbinder, Bruno Canino, Ralph Kirshbaum, Walter Boeykens,…and with quartets such as Talich, Chilingirian, Prazak, Enesco, Fine Arts, Ebène, Alban Berg etc.
“Nicolas Dupont plays with an unprecedented flexibility and musicality.” (Radio Klara)
Nicolas is very grateful for the support that was given to him during his studies abroad. Apart from his family’s and friends’ support, his musical development was generously made possible by the RotaryClub of Antwerp, Delen Private Bank, the Robus, Inspiratum, SWUK and Jovaro foundations and in the UK the Sir Richard Stapley Trust, the Stephen Bell Trust , the Drake Calleja Trust and the Albert Cooper Music Charitable Trust.
Passionate about teaching, Nicolas taught the violin for two years at King’s College London and at the Royal Conservatoire (Koninklijk Conservatorium) of Brussels as the assistant to Mrs Yuzuko Horigome.
He is now a violin Professor at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles (CRB).
Nicolas Dupont plays on a Giuseppe Pedrazzini violin, generously on loan by a sponsor.
Music by Pieter Schuermans
Artists: Ataneres Ensmeble – Kugoni Trio – Kurt Bertels – Bert Koch – Sébastien Walnier
A NEW TAKE ON THE VIOLIN SONATAS BY DEBUSSY, POULENC AND FRANCK
Preludes by Chiara Vaneigem, Antoine Brun & Noé Gillerot
Nicolas Dupont – Violin
Olga Kirpicheva – Piano
Kugoni Trio’s third and very festive album!
Piano Quartets by Johannes Brahms & Peteris Vasks
Music for violin and guitar by Manuel de Falla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla, August De Boeck, Wilfried Westerlinck, Laurent Boutros and Pablo de Sarasate.
Piet J. Swert’s le Bestiaire & his transcription of Saint-Saëns’ Carnaval des Animaux
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Newly composed and commissioned works by Wim Henderickx, Piet Swerts, Pieter Schuermans, Mathias Coppens & Jeroen D’hoe.
works for piano and strings by Emil Hartmann feat. Daniel Blumenthal (piano), Elisabeth Zeuthen-Schneider & Nicolas Dupont (violins), Tony Nys (viola), Justus Grimm (violoncello)
Works by Wim Henderickx, Johan Sluys, Paul Steegman, Koen Dejonghe, Marleen Dupont, Bart Verstraeten, Benjamien Lyce, Jasper Vanpaemel, Eddy Flecijn, Ward de Vleeschhouwer
Nicolas Dupont (violin) & Giulio Potenza (piano) record a selection of music by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček.
As the first violinist of the Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble since October 2020, Nicolas explores the rich repertoire for clarinet, piano and strings together with his colleagues Roeland Hendrikx, Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort, Camille Joubert, Sander Geerts and Sevak Avanesyan.
The Kugoni Trio, Nicolas Dupont (violin), Kurt Bertels (saxophone) and Bert Koch (piano) have been highly respected guests in concert halls both in Belgium and abroad since their founding in 2010; they owe this not only to the unique blend of these instruments, but also to their energetic performances and their passionate search for new repertoire.
Leader of this Leuven-based chamber orchestra.
https://www.ataneres.com/
Stijn Konings (guitar) & Nicolas Dupont (violin) decided to create the ‘Duo Andaluza’ in 2013, to explore the fascinating repertoire for this intimate and virtuoso combination of instruments and to share it with their audience trough passion and enthousiasm.
Pocket orchestra – Flexible chamber music ensemble conducted by Simone Menezes.
Upcoming
2023
Date/Time | Place | Programme | Tickets |
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21. August | Wissembourg (FR) | Trio concert with Julien Gernay & Sebastien Walnier - Mendelssohn c minor & Schubert Es major | |
31. August | Brussels (BE) | Musicorum Festival - Beethoven & Chopin piano concertos - Leading Ataneres Ensemble | |
19.-24. September | Edinburgh (SCOT) | leading the Edinburgh Quartet | |
24. September | Wittem (NL) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble | |
4. October | Vienna (AUS) | Chamber music concert with Mara Dobresco & Clément Holvoet | |
5. October | Banja Luka (B&H) | Kugoni Trio | |
13. October | Lommel (BE) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble - Orient Express | |
14. October, 8 PM | Borgloon (BE) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble - Glow | |
15. October | Jodoigne (BE) | Chamber music concert with Johannes Burghoff e.a. - Franck Piano Quintet,... | |
18. October | Aalst (BE) | CD recording with Hartwin D'Hoore | |
19. October | Wijnegem (BE) | Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Messiaen & Harold Noben with Roeland Hendrikx, Julien Gernay, Sébastien Walnier | |
22. October | Gelderland (NL) | Kugoni Trio | |
24.-27. October | Edinburgh (SCOT) | Leading the Edinburgh Quartet | |
29. October | Conway Hall, London (UK) | Leading the Edinburgh Quartet - Haydn, Kodaly, Ravel | |
5. November | Jette (BE) | Kugoni Trio | |
7. November | Langholm (SCOT) | Leading the Edinburgh Quartet - Haydn, Kodaly, Ravel | |
8. November | Maasmechelen (BE) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble - Orient Express | |
9.-10. November | Paris (FR) | leading Ensemble K - CD recording Korsakov/Say | |
11.-14. November | Abu Dhabi (UAE) | leading Ensemble K - Korsakov/Say | |
23. November | Leuven (BE) | Solo concert - Richter's Seasons Revisited with Ataneres Ensemble | |
24. November | Bornem (BE) | Solo concert - Richter's Seasons Revisited with Ataneres Ensemble | |
25. November | Roeselare (BE) | Solo concert - Richter's Seasons Revisited with Ataneres Ensemble | |
2. December | Tongeren (BE) | Solo concert - Richter's Seasons Revisited with Ataneres Ensemble | |
6. December | Groningen (NL) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble - Glow | |
14. December | Zoutleeuw (BE) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble - Glow | |
16. December | Diksmuide (BE) | Solo concert - Richter's Seasons Revisited with Ataneres Ensemble | |
20. December | Hamont (BE) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble - Glow |
2024
Date/Time | Place | Programme | Tickets |
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14. January, 2 PM | Bree (BE) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble | |
21. January | Eindhoven (NL) | Kugoni Trio | |
28. January | Zele (BE) | Duo Andaluza | |
4.-7. February | Paris (FR) | leading Ensemble K & Fazil Say | |
10. February | Knokke (BE) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble | |
16. February | Veurne (BE) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble | |
23. February | Sint-Lievens-Houtem (BE) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble - GLOW | |
24. February | Knokke (BE) | Leading Ataneres Ensemble - Chordofoon with Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort | |
25. February | Maene Ruiselede (BE) | CD recording - Leading Ataneres Ensemble - Chordofoon with Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort | |
2. March | Antwerp (BE) | Leading Ataneres Ensemble - Chordofoon with Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort | |
16. March | tbc | De Kleine Prins - leading Ataneres Ensemble | |
24. March | Pelt (BE) | De Kleine Prins - leading Ataneres Ensemble | |
30. March | Dilbeek (BE) | De Kleine Prins - leading Ataneres Ensemble | |
18. April | tbc | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble | |
19. April | KVAB, Brussel (BE) | Kugoni Trio |
Past – Highlights
Year | Month | Place | Programme/Performers | ||
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2023 | January | Nijmegen (NL) | Carousel Ensemble - Rêverie | ||
2023 | January | (SCOT) | Leading the Edinburgh Quartet | ||
2023 | February | la Grande Synthe (FR) | "Accents" - K Simone Menezes | ||
2023 | February | Westrand Dilbeek (BE) | Leading Ataneres Ensemble - Full House with Four Aces Guitar Quartet | ||
2023 | March | Ieper (BE) | Violin Masterclass | ||
2023 | March | Merksem (BE) | Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble - Rule Brittania | ||
2023 | March | MIM, Brussels (BE) | CPE festival - Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble | ||
2023 | April | Haddington - Edinburgh - Glasgow (SCOT) | Leading the Edinburgh Quartet - Haydn's seven last words | ||
2023 | April | CC Kortrijk (BE) | Wilde Westen - Histoire du Soldat - full version - Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble & friends | ||
2023 | April | Schouwburg 30CC, Leuven (BE) | Kugoni Trio & Ataneres Ensemble - Concerto Grosso | ||
2023 | April | Maasmechelen (BE) | CD recording - Kugoni Trio & Ataneres Ensemble - Concerto Grosso | ||
2023 | May | Hellens, Herefordshire (UK) | Hellensmusic Festival with Máté Szücs, Maya Iwabuchi, Christian Blackshaw, Vicky Powell & Bruno Delepelaire,... | ||
2023 | May | Arsonic, Mons (BE) | Urban Piano Quartet - Vasks, Mahler, Turina, Brahms | ||
2023 | May | Piano's Maene, Ruiselede (BE) | Leading Ataneres Ensemble - Chordofoon with Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort | ||
2023 | June | Eindhoven (NL) | CD recording - Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble | ||
2023 | June | Croix (FR) | K Simone Menezes - Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade for flex ensemble | ||
2023 | July | Brussels (BE) | Masterclass - David Makhmudov's studio | ||
2023 | July | Ullapool (SCOT) | Edinburgh Quartet Masterclasses & Concerts @ Variations Scotland | ||
2023 | August | Knokke (BE) | Klassiek Leeft Meesterlijk - Schubert trio & Beethoven septet with Marceau Lefèvre, Maura Marinucci, Manuel Escauriaza, Elaine NG, Caroline Sypniewski & David Desimpelaere | ||
2023 | August | Görlitz (DE) | CD recording with Mathis Rochat, Abi Kralik, Ari Evan & Daniel Roy |
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