Duo Amydis at Casa Catrín

Come join us for a special evening at the chapelle in the Grand Hospice as we experience the beautiful repertoire for cello and guitar, a fantastic sonic combination enhances by the beautiful acoustics of the chapelle. About the artists: Astrid and Samuel met in 2024 through the chamber music program of the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, where they were both studying for their masters degree at the time. Since then they have been playing together as a duo. Cello and guitar give a beautiful combination of timbres. It is however not (yet) a very regular instrumentation. A part of the repertoire consists therefore of arrangements, for example of songs for voice and accompaniment. Astrid Reijnders (Leiderdorp, The Netherlands, 1998) started playing the cello when she was twelve years old, having played the recorder for five years. At fifteen she was admitted to the ‘School for Young Talent’ at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. In 2021 she obtained her bachelor’s degree at the conservatory in Rotterdam (Codarts) with Jeroen den Herder and Joachim Eijlander, after which she took lessons with the French cellist Sébastien Hurtaud for a year. She finished her masters cum laude with Jeroen Reuling at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel in 2025. Samuel Rosado Rived (Beja, Portugal, 1996) began his studies at the Escuela Superior de Musica in Mexico City with the great Mexican guitarist Mario Beltran del Rio Caballero. In 2015, Samuel was successfully awarded a place to study in England at the prestigious Royal Northern College of Music with Craig Ogden. He later completed his masters degree with Antigoni Goni at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel. He has studied and participated in masterclasses with Thomas Viloteau, Jason Vieaux, Craig Ogden, Zoran Dukic, Steven Goss, amongst others…