'Brisk' means lively, awake and quick. And this is exactly what BRISK recorder quartet Amsterdam is: an energetic, inventive and innovative ensemble.

BRISK's program shows remarkable diversity. With a daring programming of early and contemporary music the ensemble explores the limits of the repertoire. The quartet makes arrangements of unknown early repertoire, and plays a lot of new music, too, which was composed especially for them. In their programs that focus on early music, contemporary works often have a contrasting or commenting function.

BRISK owns an enormous collection of recorders that are built by recorder makers from all over the world, which is still developing. This collection enables the quartet to perform each of the works in their own timbre and tuning.

Since its founding in 1986 BRISK gave countless concerts on stage and on festivals in Europe, Bolivia, Canada and the United States. The ensemble also made over 10 critically acclaimed recordings with early and contemporary music.