The Dokwerk Saxophone Quartet is a young and energetic chamber music ensemble formed in 2019. Originally from four different corners of the world, the four members, Lisa Schreiber, Jen-Hong Wu, Ileana Termini and Pedro Silva, have found themselves together in the culturally vibrant Amsterdam , where they are currently studying at the Conservatory. They recently gave their debut as a quartet in Tivoli Vredenburg and can be heard regularly on national public broadcasting and television and during major national festivals such as the Grachtenfestival and the Schiermonnikoog Festival. The quartet is also part of the NSKA, the Dutch String Quartet Academy, where they have the opportunity to work with artistic leader Marc Danel and learn from their rich tradition.
Regularly found among the prize winners of various chamber music competitions such as the 2021 International Competition "Vítor Santos" in Portugal, the Dokwerk Saxophone Quartet has been offered the opportunity to record their debut CD in the summer of 2023. Recently awarded the shared first prize of the Italian Competition for contemporary music 'Reate', they were allowed to celebrate their Italian debut in Rome at the end of 2022. They also received the first as well as the podium prize during the Dutch 'Chamber Music Competition Gelre 2022'.
Combining their individual cultures and backgrounds, these four find an endless richness and variety of musical possibilities and choices. Open-minded and clear, they strive to establish a constant place for the classical saxophone, in the music of today and tomorrow!