Members of the States General,
This year about 72 years ago, we had the first Holland Festival. After years of enslavement and tyranny, hope for a better future literally came from above, in the form of Maria Callas. Eyewitnesses who saw the lights in the Stadsschouwburg turn red that day would never forget that image.
72 years later, a strong artistic life and an inclusive culture seem self-evident values. But those who contemplate the world realise how special it i...
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