AGENDA
To continue sharing our creative projects with our audience, we need your support! If you share our passion for music and believe in the power of the saxophone quartet, we invite you to become a friend of the Maat Saxophone Quartet.
Your contribution helps us create new music, embark on special collaborations, and showcase our projects in concert halls, at festivals, and other unique performance venues.
Friends of Maat come in different categories (see the right side). As a friend, you not only help us but also receive something back. All friends are also welcome at the annual Friends' Gathering.
Together, we are building the future of Maat!
A periodic donation consists of a fixed amount per year for a minimum of 4 years, and it is deductible from income tax. If you prefer not to commit to an annual amount but still want to support the quartet, a one-time contribution is also welcome!
Different conditions apply for the deduction of periodic donations compared to one-time donations.
Want to know more? https://www.anbigift.nl/maatsaxquartet/
Both periodic and one-time donations can be transferred to:
NL97 INGB 0007 9055 20
Stg Maat Saxophone Quartet
FRIENDS
STICHTING
MAAT SAXOPHONE QUARTET
RSIN/ANBI fiscaal nummer: 862840144
KvK nummer: 83350209
DE 3 CODES
Stichting Maat Saxophone Quartet past de Governance Code Cultuur, de Code Diversiteit & Inclusie en de Fair Practice Code toe.
Bestuur Wilfred Schovers - Voorzitter
Jonas Bisquert Dominguez - Secretaris
Hugo Levie - Penningmeester
stichtingmaatsaxquartet@gmail.com
Beloningsbeleid bestuur: bestuursleden ontvangen geen vergoeding of vacatiegeld.
Beloningsbeleid directie en personeel is conform de CAO Muziekensembles.
PROJECTS
In 2025, LOEV premiered! Created in co-production with dance theatre AYA, this dance performance with live music is about love and connection. About liking someone so much you just can’t stand still. About friendship and the desire to belong. This playful performance for ages 8 and up, featuring four dancers and four musicians, shows that love— in all its forms— is stronger than hate.
Loev (2025)
No one is too small is a performance about climate change that combines new music, illustrations, lighting design, and scenography. The music and drawings were created from various emotions a person might feel when this topic is brought up. The performance takes you through all these emotions and aims to make the audience reflect, leaving everyone free to form their own story.
No one is too small (2023-2024)
The virtual opera Metamorphosis is a project by Maat in co-production with De Diamantfabriek, composer Nuno Lobo, and designer Pedro Lobo. The result is a unique performance in which the audience is visually and aurally transported into the world of Kafka, translated into the present. Metamorphosis deals with alienation, isolation, and loss of identity, showing how relevant Franz Kafka’s novella still is today.
Metamorphosis (2024-2025)
Fado, a Portuguese guitar, and a saxophone quartet. Renascer is a collaboration between Maat and guitarist António Carlos Costa. In this project, the Portuguese music genre is revitalized and explored with a unique instrumentation. Songs by the iconic guitarist Carlos Paredes are featured, alongside new works by various composers.
Renascer (2023)
This production was created by Maat together with the music ensemble Oorkaan and Jeunesse Wien. In this family performance for ages 3 to 103, Maat takes the audience into a wondrous world of melodies, movements, and images. In this theatrical concert, Maat's musicians move across the stage as performers while playing the music by heart.
Takadaaaap! (2024-2025)
Together with dance theatre AYA, Maat created the performance WILD, an infectious and anarchistic dance theatre show for ages 6 and up. Three dancers share the stage with Maat and throw traditional gender roles overboard. All those ideas about how girls are supposed to behave sneak in at a very young age. These dancers don’t care about that. Nothing neat, quiet, or modest. They choose to be wild, fierce, and unrestrained.
WILD (2023)
“They speak the same language, literally and musically! Very high technical level, organic playing and an insanely tight presentation”
Dutch Classical Talent
“We can be brief over the playing of Maat: promising, devilishly good and heavenly contagious”
De Luister
We are the Maat Saxophone Quartet:
Daniel Ferreira on soprano saxophone, Catarina Gomes on alto saxophone and sometimes singing, Pedro Silva on tenor saxophone and Mafalda Oliveira on baritone saxophone. Welcome to our website!
We have been playing together since 2018 and with each step, we discover more about each other’s talents and ideas as saxophone players, but also as "maatjes". In the projects we do, we look for the connection between our individual personalities, our ideals as artists and our strength as a group. Just as important is the connection to the world and society that surrounds us.
In 2018 we were winners of the “Prémio Jovens Músicos”, one of the most prestigious classical music competitions in Portugal, where we come from. Our quartet was however formed in Amsterdam, while we were studying at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Arno Bornkamp.
Although we play pieces from all kinds of ages and environments, we have a passion for new music. We are excited about finding our own sound-world, and to do that we work regularly together with composers.
In April 2020 we released our debut CD “Ciudades” under the label 7 Mountain Records. De Luister magazine published beautiful words about it: "we can be brief about the playing of Maat: promising, devilishly good, and heavenly contagious in all works.”
In 2022 we won the Dutch Classical Talent Award.
In 2023 we released our second CD called "Renascer", featuring Portuguese guitarist António Carlos Costa, combining traditional Fado and contemporary music.
In the season 2023/2024 we premiered our own production “No one is too small” about the topic of climate change, combining the music of 6 different composers, light installation, paintings and theater. “No one is too small” is also the name of our third CD, released in 2024 on 7 Moutain Records.
In the season 2024/2025 we will premiére a new virtual opera with the theater company Diamantfabriek, create a new dance theater production with AYA Danstheater, perform the piece “Takadaaap!” with Oorkaan and have international tours in Brazil and China.
For a complete biography please click in “Download” below.
ABOUT
We are the Maat Saxophone Quartet:
Daniel Ferreira on soprano saxophone, Catarina Gomes on alto saxophone and sometimes singing, Pedro Silva on tenor saxophone and Mafalda Oliveira on baritone saxophone. Welcome to our website!
We have been playing together since 2018 and with each step, we discover more about each other’s talents and ideas as saxophone players, but also as "maatjes". In the projects we do, we look for the connection between our individual personalities, our ideals as artists and our strength as a group. Just as important is the connection to the world and society that surrounds us.
In 2018 we were winners of the “Prémio Jovens Músicos”, one of the most prestigious classical music competitions in Portugal, where we come from. Our quartet was however formed in Amsterdam, while we were studying at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Arno Bornkamp.
Although we play pieces from all kinds of ages and environments, we have a passion for new music. We are excited about finding our own sound-world, and to do that we work regularly together with composers.
In April 2020 we released our debut CD “Ciudades” under the label 7 Mountain Records. De Luister magazine published beautiful words about it: "we can be brief about the playing of Maat: promising, devilishly good, and heavenly contagious in all works.”
In 2022 we won the Dutch Classical Talent Award.
In 2023 we released our second CD called "Renascer", featuring Portuguese guitarist António Carlos Costa, combining traditional Fado and contemporary music.
In the season 2023/2024 we premiered our own production “No one is too small” about the topic of climate change, combining the music of 6 different composers, light installation, paintings and theater. “No one is too small” is also the name of our third CD, released in 2024 on 7 Moutain Records.
In the season 2024/2025 we will premiére a new virtual opera with the theater company Diamantfabriek, create a new dance theater production with AYA Danstheater, perform the piece “Takadaaap!” with Oorkaan and have international tours in Brazil and China.
For a complete biography please click in “Download” below.
ABOUT
“They speak the same language, literally and musically! Very high technical level, organic playing and an insanely tight presentation”
Dutch Classical Talent
“We can be brief over the playing of Maat: promising, devilishly good and heavenly contagious”
De Luister
SHOP
Ciudades CD
Ciudades is the debut album of the Maat Saxophone Quartet and brings stimulating musical episodes of “normal days”, urban scenes such as a local bus ride or a busy market. An energetic fusion of clear melodies and occasionally extremely complex but infectious rhythms. Guillermo Lago (Willem van Merwijk) wrote an extension of his famous work of the same name for saxophone quartet and string quintet especially for Ciudades. New, inviting music by the equally young and hard-working composers Ramin Amin Tafreshi (Iran) and Nuno Lobo (Portugal) and an arrangement of Albeniz' famous 1st Spanish Suite complement this debut.
Renascer CD
For this Renascer (“reborn”) the Maat Saxophone Quartet brings together the music of the iconic Carlos Paredes, who needs no introduction, with that of António Carlos Costa, with whom the Maat Saxophone Quartet crossed paths in Amsterdam. Nuno Lobo appears for the second consecutive time on a CD of the quartet, and Arnold Marinissen carries the connection between Portugal and Holland, as this Dutch composer/ percussionist lived in the city of Porto for a part of his life. Finally, Alejandro Erlich Oliva and Hugo Correia, debut collaborations with MSQ, present their new compositions, both deeply influenced by their relationship with popular music.
In a clear generational and language contrast, bringing together the tradition of Fado with the innovation of contemporary music, we present Renascer.
No one is too small
With No one is too small, Maat Saxophone Quartet releases an album about an urgent matter: climate change. MSQ is regarded as one of the most adventurous saxophone quartets in the Netherlands. Their approach to this serious topic we all have to deal with is surprisingly lacking in despair and pessimism. No one is too small communicates the idea everyone is capable of working against the huge implications of temperature rise our planet is dealing with.
Six composers of present day display their view how we can achieve this: the necessity for collective, global change in the way we threat Mother Nature. No one is too small is not an activistic musical statement but an attempt to inspire people to see that everyone can be part of better care of our surroundings. It’s a practice of love.
To continue sharing our creative projects with our audience, we need your support! If you share our passion for music and believe in the power of the saxophone quartet, we invite you to become a friend of the Maat Saxophone Quartet.
Your contribution helps us create new music, embark on special collaborations, and showcase our projects in concert halls, at festivals, and other unique performance venues.
Friends of Maat come in different categories (see the right side). As a friend, you not only help us but also receive something back. All friends are also welcome at the annual Friends' Gathering.
Together, we are building the future of Maat!
A periodic donation consists of a fixed amount per year for a minimum of 4 years, and it is deductible from income tax. If you prefer not to commit to an annual amount but still want to support the quartet, a one-time contribution is also welcome!
Different conditions apply for the deduction of periodic donations compared to one-time donations.
Want to know more? https://www.anbigift.nl/maatsaxquartet/
Both periodic and one-time donations can be transferred to:
NL97 INGB 0007 9055 20
Stg Maat Saxophone Quartet
FRIENDS
Maat Friends
€50
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
€150
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
-
4 free concert tickets of your choice
Tailor-made Friends
€250
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
-
6 free concert tickets of your choice
€500
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
-
6 free concert tickets of your choice
-
Every CD from the quartet
Golden Friends
€1000
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
-
8 free concert tickets of your choice
-
Every CD from the quartet
-
Personalized "Happy Birthday" video
€2000
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
-
10 free concert tickets of your choice
-
Every CD from the quartet
-
Personalized "Happy Birthday" video
-
Private concert
No one is too small
With No one is too small, Maat Saxophone Quartet releases an album about an urgent matter: climate change. MSQ is regarded as one of the most adventurous saxophone quartets in the Netherlands. Their approach to this serious topic we all have to deal with is surprisingly lacking in despair and pessimism. No one is too small communicates the idea everyone is capable of working against the huge implications of temperature rise our planet is dealing with.
Six composers of present day display their view how we can achieve this: the necessity for collective, global change in the way we threat Mother Nature. No one is too small is not an activistic musical statement but an attempt to inspire people to see that everyone can be part of better care of our surroundings. It’s a practice of love.
Renascer CD
For this Renascer (“reborn”) the Maat Saxophone Quartet brings together the music of the iconic Carlos Paredes,
who needs no introduction, with that of António Carlos Costa, with whom the Maat Saxophone Quartet crossed paths in Amsterdam. Nuno Lobo appears for the second consecutive time on a CD of the quartet, and Arnold Marinissen carries the connection between Portugal and Holland, as this Dutch composer/ percussionist lived in the city of Porto for a part of his life. Finally, Alejandro Erlich Oliva and Hugo Correia, debut collaborations with MSQ, present their new compositions, both deeply influenced by their relationship with popular music.
In a clear generational and language contrast, bringing together the tradition of Fado with the innovation of contemporary music, we present Renascer.
Ciudades CD
Ciudades is the debut album of the Maat Saxophone Quartet and brings stimulating musical episodes of “normal days”, urban scenes such as a local bus ride or a busy market. An energetic fusion of clear melodies and occasionally extremely complex but infectious rhythms. Guillermo Lago (Willem van Merwijk) wrote an extension of his famous work of the same name for saxophone quartet and string quintet especially for Ciudades. New, inviting music by the equally young and hard-working composers Ramin Amin Tafreshi (Iran) and Nuno Lobo (Portugal) and an arrangement of Albeniz' famous 1st Spanish Suite complement this debut.
SHOP
Together with dance theatre AYA, Maat created the performance WILD, an infectious and anarchistic dance theatre show for ages 6 and up. Three dancers share the stage with Maat and throw traditional gender roles overboard. All those ideas about how girls are supposed to behave sneak in at a very young age. These dancers don’t care about that. Nothing neat, quiet, or modest. They choose to be wild, fierce, and unrestrained.
WILD (2022)
Fado, a Portuguese guitar, and a saxophone quartet. Renascer is a collaboration between Maat and guitarist António Carlos Costa. In this project, the Portuguese music genre is revitalized and explored with a unique instrumentation. Songs by the iconic guitarist Carlos Paredes are featured, alongside new works by various composers.
Renascer (2023)
No one is too small is a performance about climate change that combines new music, illustrations, lighting design, and scenography. The music and drawings were created from various emotions a person might feel when this topic is brought up. The performance takes you through all these emotions and aims to make the audience reflect, leaving everyone free to form their own story.
No one is too small (2023-24)
This production was created by Maat together with the music ensemble Oorkaan and Jeunesse Wien. In this family performance for ages 3 to 103, Maat takes the audience into a wondrous world of melodies, movements, and images. In this theatrical concert, Maat's musicians move across the stage as performers while playing the music by heart.
Takadaaap! (2024-2025)
The virtual opera Metamorphosis is a project by Maat in co-production with De Diamantfabriek, composer Nuno Lobo, and designer Pedro Lobo. The result is a unique performance in which the audience is visually and aurally transported into the world of Kafka, translated into the present. Metamorphosis deals with alienation, isolation, and loss of identity, showing how relevant Franz Kafka’s novella still is today.
Metamorphosis (2024-2025)
In 2025, LOEV premiered! Created in co-production with dance theatre AYA, this dance performance with live music is about love and connection. About liking someone so much you just can’t stand still. About friendship and the desire to belong. This playful performance for ages 8 and up, featuring four dancers and four musicians, shows that love— in all its forms— is stronger than hate.
Loev (2025)
PROJECTS
Maat Friends
€50
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
€150
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
-
4 free concert tickets of your choice
Tailor-made Friends
€250
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
-
6 free concert tickets of your choice
€500
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
-
6 free concert tickets of your choice
-
Every CD from the quartet
Golden Friends
€1000
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
-
8 free concert tickets of your choice
-
Every CD from the quartet
-
Personalized "Happy Birthday" video
€2000
-
Exclusive friends newsletter
-
10 free concert tickets of your choice
-
Every CD from the quartet
-
Personalized "Happy Birthday" video
-
Private concert