The Dutch String Quartet plays… everything!
Are you looking for the right music for the prelude, processional, and your ceremony? For the cocktail hour? Maybe you would like some advice: I lwould like to give feedback and can come up with suggestions if needed. We know what works well and we have lots of nice points of attention, details that we think are important, to think about.
The videos you see on this site and YouTube are recorded during bookings (with the client’s permission) or on location in silence in my studio in Amsterdam. You hear and see us as it really sounds.
Watch videos of:
Pop music, Bridgerton vibe…
Viva la vida
Coldplay
Sway
Michael Bublé
I’m yours
Jason Mraz
Pop classics
Fat bottomed girls
Queen
God only knows
The Beach Boys
Your song
Elton John
Bridgerton
Girls like you
Maroon 5
Material Girl
Madonna
Thank you, next
Ariane Grande
Disney
He’s a Pirate, Renze, RTL4
Pirates of the Caribean
Let it go, Jinek, RTL4
Frozen
A whole new world, Jinek, RTL4
Aladdin
Entrance of the bride
By your side
Sadé
Canon in D
J. Pachelbel
Isn’t she lovely
Stevie Wonder door Piano trio
Popular classic pieces
Canon in D
J. Pachelbel
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
G.F. Haendel
Air
J.S. Bach
Who are we? Who is The Dutch String Quartet?
I am Scarlett Arts, cellist of The Dutch String Quartet and since 1995 I have been working as a professional cellist in various other ensembles and orchestras. I founded The Dutch String Quartet in this form around 2008. Never had I dared to dream that it would be so busy during the wedding season: fantastic! Exactly what we find challenging and great to do. Because there is a lot of precision and timing involved, although you might not say so ;-). To ‘nail’ the entrance, exit and other ceremony moments is a big challenge every wedding again. After the exit song, we can relax a bit more and create the best vibe possible, based on your favorites from out PDF lists.
We are a modern string quartet and work from digital tablets and can therefore take around a thousand titles with us. Every wedding and party is different, we choose with you what suits your big day. So there is never a shortage of music, no lack of light to read the sheet music and never too much wind that blows away stands and the sheet music; we are ready for it! We play a lot in the Randstad but are happy to travel to all the provinces of The Netherlands. We also started up a Belgian team because there were so many requests from Belgium. Since I was a casual player in Antwerp, I know lots of musicians over there; with these fine lady colleaugues I now also play on weddings all over lovely Belgium.
The String Quartet or ensemble with pianist also gives concerts. For example, we played ‘The Four Seasons‘ at The Concertgebouw with Rosanne Philippens as soloist, in a sold-out hall. On 10 June 2022, the hall was once again full at our wonderful concert where my colleagues from The String Quartet were rightly in the spotlight as soloists.
In the winter of ’24/ ’25 we also will give Candlelight Concerts with over thousands of candles. Please check our Instagram account @het_strijkkwartet to stay up to date!