The Belgian 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 classical 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 Belgian String Quartet?
I am Scarlett Arts, cellist of The Belgian String Quartet and since 1995 I have been working as a professional cellist in many ensembles and orchestras. I founded The Dutch String Quartet in this ‘#Bridgerton’ poppy classic format around 2008. In 2024 I started with the Belgian String Quartet! 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. 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 our big repertoire lists. You will choose your favorites from it!
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.
Happy customers
“From the very first meeting, there was an immediate sense of trust, even though we were initially unfamiliar with arranging a string quartet. Together, we discussed the atmosphere of the...
“The string quartet made our wedding reception truly special. Every member is extremely talented. The atmosphere they created was wonderful. We had specifically asked for certain songs (music we love and...
“We booked Scarlett and her colleagues for our event venue Belmont Events on a regular basis. They are always very punctual, and their music truly adds something special. They are professional...
“We thoroughly enjoyed the music of the string quartet at our wedding! Scarlett and the other ladies are extremely talented, professional and very easy to communicate with. We had already seen the...
“It was fantastic to have the string quartet with us from the very beginning of our wedding planning. They gave us advice on how we could structure the music for both the ceremony...