BL!NDMAN [new strings]

The Idée-Fixe string quartet was founded in 2006 by 4 students of the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp.
Nevertheless the fairly young age of the quartet, it already gave numerous concerts in Belgium and abroad.
Idée-Fixe attended masterclasses of the Spiegel Strijkkwartet, Carlo Chiarappa and the Artis Quartet.

In April 2009, Idée-Fixe participated at auditions and workshops organised by BL!NDMAN and was being selected to continue their work under the name of BL!NDMAN [new strings], as the educational project of the BL!NDMAN collective.

In September 2009 their first production opened at the Ruhrtriennale: Teorema, a collaboration with Toneelgroep Amsterdam directed by Ivo van Hove. This production will also be presented at the prestigious Lincoln Center Festival in New York in July 2010.

In October 2009 they present Eclectic, a production in collaboration with Youth and Music Flanders, in Studio 1 of Flagey.

From January 2010, they present Kwadratur #2/Transfo together with the other BL!NDMAN-quartets.