Musicians

The 2026 festival brings together five musicians who share the chamber tradition that Sándor Végh passed on at Cervo and at Prussia Cove in Cornwall — a programme rooted in the great quartet, trio and duo repertoire.

Margot Kolodziej — violin

Margot is a versatile musician. She is primarius of the ADAM Quartet while remaining active as a soloist and chamber musician, regularly guesting with renowned Dutch orchestras. She plays a Gudrun Kremeier violin and a Victor François Fétique bow, generously provided by Het Muziekinstrumentenfonds.

Emma Roijackers — violin

Emma is active as a chamber musician, soloist and concertmaster, and has won several prizes. At the Oskar Back Competition in 2022 she won second prize, the audience prize and the prize for the best performance of the modern work; she also took first prize at the Luigi Zanuccoli International Competition in Italy and third prize at the Emmanuel Durlet International Competition in Belgium, and was nominated for the Grachtenfestival Prize. In 2022 she founded the international HearAndNow Chamber Music Festival in Amsterdam. Emma plays a Giovanni Grancino violin (Milan, 1700–1705), made available by an anonymous benefactor.

Minna Svedberg Feldtmann — viola

Originally from Stockholm but based in Amsterdam, Minna studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin and the Conservatory of Amsterdam. She held a permanent position with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, which she left in 2023 to develop her freelance chamber-music and curation career in Copenhagen, Amsterdam and London. Minna is a member of the ADAM Quartet, one of the Netherlands' most versatile new string quartets, and co-artistic director of the Equinox Chamber Music & Dance Festival in Copenhagen. She plays a Johannes Cuypers viola (The Hague, 1766), generously loaned by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation.

Karel Bredenhorst — cello & Artistic Director

A veteran of the Accademia di Cervo, Karel studied in the Netherlands with Monique Bartels and Paul Uyterlinde. He first came to Cervo in 2003, where he met his mentor Troels Svane, with whom he continued his studies at the Musikhochschule Lübeck in Germany, graduating from the soloist class with distinction and the highest grades in every subject. He has received intensive coaching from Gustav Rivinius, Gary Hoffman, Ralph Kirshbaum, Steven Isserlis, Miklós Perényi, Anner Bylsma and David Geringas. As a recitalist and chamber musician he has appeared at the Cellobiënnale Amsterdam, the Orlando Festival, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the Accademia di Cervo, collaborating with Midori, David Geringas, Jean Sulem, Li-Wei Qin and Ian Fountain, among others. With his former string quartet “En-Accord” he won several prizes and was coached by members of the Bartók, Smetana, Amadeus, Juilliard and Borodin quartets. Karel is a founder member of Cuarteto Soltango and plays regularly with Cello8ctet Amsterdam. He has been Artistic Director of Cervo Chamber Music since founding the festival.

Simon Callaghan — piano

Steinway Artist Simon Callaghan has performed at the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Symphony Hall and St David's Hall, with engagements across the UK, Europe and Asia and broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Television. His recordings for SOMM include Delius's orchestral music for two pianos with Hiroaki Takenouchi and Brahms chamber music with the cellist James Barralet. He has given the first UK performance since 1946 of Medtner's Third Piano Concerto and has played Tippett's Piano Concerto, and has collaborated with the Maggini, Sacconi, Carducci and Coull Quartets. A founder member of the Werther Ensemble and, with Hiroaki Takenouchi, of the Parnassius Piano Duo, he champions lesser-known English repertoire. He is Head of Piano at the Ingenium Music Academy, teaches at Harrow School, and is Artistic Director of Conway Hall Sunday Concerts in London — Europe's longest-running chamber-music series.