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'A lot of people are waiting for the moment when they can sing together again. Make sure that by the time Corona is over, they still have that opportunity.'

Maybe I am not looking closely but I miss in the various media, as I did years ago during the demolition policy, the role of amateur music practice on which many a musician depends. At the moment, the focus is partly on venues and theatres asking their visitors to accept vouchers or donate their tickets. Fine of course and bitterly necessary but what about those hundreds of passions that would be performed throughout the Netherlands by amateur choirs ? How z...

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Pieter Hendriks

Pieter Hendriks studied singing at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. He has worked as a soloist in oratorio and opera inside and outside the Netherlands since 1992. Since 2003, he has had a 50% job as first bass with the Groot Omroepkoor.View Author posts

Maybe I am not looking closely but I miss in the various media, as I did years ago during the demolition policy, the role of amateur music practice on which many a musician depends. At the moment, the focus is partly on venues and theatres asking their visitors to accept vouchers or donate their tickets. Fine of course and bitterly necessary but what about those hundreds of passions that would be performed throughout the Netherlands by amateur choirs ? How z...

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