Director sues own orchestra to death
It was big news. One orchestra confiscates the instruments of another. Only it doesn't add up. Just as much does not appear to be right in conductor Jan Willem de Vriend's letter in last Thursday's Volkskrant.
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Biography Reinbert de Leeuw released today
Today, Leporello Publishers in Amstelveen published my long-awaited biography Reinbert de Leeuw: man or melody, on which I worked for more than seven years. The book is on sale at several bookstores in Amsterdam and can be ordered through any bookstore in the Netherlands. When I attended a concert conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw in early 2005, I discussed with some...
Orchestra war escalates: Enschede's star orchestra has to hand in instruments
Seizure of the instruments of the former Netherlands Symphony Orchestra is imminent. The orchestra, which, since a lost legal battle with Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra is no longer allowed to use the word 'Dutch', so is not allowed to sell instruments or take them abroad. Pending a countermove from the former Orchestra of the East, they changed the name there to ***** Symphony Orchestra.
‘Schrijvers hebben allemaal zó’n paal in hun broek’
Vroeger waren het homo’s die hij eng vond, maar sinds dat niet meer mocht, is René van der Gijp op zoek gegaan naar een nieuwe doelgroep van zijn spot. De boekenweek bleek een perfecte gelegenheid te bieden.
New choreographer award from BNG Culture Fund
The Netherlands has added a new award for young choreographic talent. The BNG Culture Fund, in collaboration with Korzo in The Hague, has established the BNG Bank Excellent Talent Dance Award
Culture Council notes total destruction of amateur art. Minister worries.
Over 60 million has disappeared from the coffers of the Netherlands' amateur artists in recent years. That money from your daughter's dance class, the brass band and your son's hip-hop class has been spent by municipalities, which had to compensate for cuts elsewhere, and provinces that suddenly saw no point in amateurs. That the national government additionally took 200 million from professional arts institutions is added to that.
6 Reasons why Holland Festival 2014 will be the best ever. And War Horse.
"The only one who still dares to go for the elite". On his way to the car park under the Passengers Terminal Amsterdam, the retired newspaper reviewer who once had a page on music sighed at the feeling of his part of society. It was after the press conference where the programme of Holland Festival 2014 was presented. He was talking, as we sank deeper and deeper, about Pierre Audi, the artistic director of that Holland Festival, who this year announced his last - and most glorious - programme ever.
‘Beperkte meting’: minister gooit rapport Berenschot in prullenbak
Minister Bussemaker vindt het nog veel te vroeg om alarm te slaan over de bezuinigingen die gemeentes nog gaan doorvoeren op cultuur. Onderzoeksbureau Berenschot had earlier this year berekend dat er nog vele procenten van het lokale cultuurbudget af zouden gaan. Onze eigen bronnen vertelden dat Berenschot nog aan de zonnige kant zat. Volgens de minister is het onderzoek echter te beperkt: er is maar onder 65 gemeentes gecheckt, en bovendien is het nog veel te vroeg.
Star. Five times. And then Symphony Orchestra.
Five-star Symphony Orchestra. This is how the Dutch Symphony Orchestra will be called next season. The former Orkest van het Oosten tried to become 'Dutch', but faced a lawsuit from the Philharmonic Orchestra, which was already 'Dutch'. 'Politics should get involved in the legal process. Because it can't go on like this. This is costing tons of money.' Says Harm Mannak.
Greco and Scholten divide attention between CCN Ballet Nationale de Marseille and ICK Amsterdam
Minister Filipetti has given the green light. Emio Greco and Pieter Scholten will be indeed the new artistic directors of CNN Ballet National de Marseille. A company with 30 dancers, 60 employees in total, in a building with 9 studios and a theatre. Who in the Netherlands still gets that done?
Nederlandse Reisopera with a musical. With Sanne Wallis de Vries. In Royal Theatre Carré.
No, the company is not afraid of competition. Nor of cooperation, as evidenced by the jubilantly received Fairy queen with Veenfabriek and Combattimento, the orchestra led until recently by Jan Willem de Vriend.
The audience speaks: Pascal Schut and Davide Cocchiara best dancers of 2013
The winners of the Dans Publieksprijs 2013 have been announced. On Friday 14 February, the prizes, divided into seven categories, will be awarded at The Hague's Theater aan het Spui. Besides winners Pascal Schut (Introdans) and Davide Cocchiara (The Red Piece), they are choreographers Conny Jansen Danst for the performance 'How Long is Now' and Isabelle Beernaert for the performance 'Red, Yellow & Blue'.
World premiere in Berlin of Dutch 3D experiment Above Us All by Eugenie Jansen
In tegenstelling tot wat sommigen een paar jaar geleden verwachtten is 3D in de artistieke film nog steeds een zeldzaamheid. Dus als er dan in deze hoek weer eens iets opduikt maakt dat direct nieuwsgierig. En dan bedoel ik dus niet Cathedrals of Culture, het 3D-filmproject van Wim Wenders en vijf andere filmmakers met gebouwen in de hoofdrol. Dat Wenders een 3D-gelover is wisten we al.
Ik bedoel die andere 3D-première op het Berlijnse festival: Above Us All van de Nederlandse
64th Berlin Film Festival opens with Wes Anderson's eccentric tragicomedy Grand Budapest Hotel
Stel je een ouderwets gedistingeerde komedie voor, maar dan gefilmd met moderne vaart, in de kleurrijke en barokke stijl van een rijk gedetailleerd stripverhaal vol complotten en ontsnappingen, afgerond met een parfum van melancholie. Dan kom je in de buurt van The Grand Budapest Hotel, de nieuwe film van
5 lessons from a Tilburg riot: superficial newspaper determines superficial cultural politics
Regional newspapers hardly do any real cultural journalism anymore. We know this, because it was the reason why we Culture Press once founded have. How bad things are now, five years later, with art in the region and the way the newspaper handles it, was evident this month in Tilburg.
Municipalities pass on most cuts to the arts
Culture cuts have now reached 450 million euros. The Lower House earlier decided on cuts of 200 million. The cut in the municipal budget by the same House of Representatives now leads to a further cut of 250 million euros. This is calculated by research firm Berenschot in a report which will be presented on Thursday 30 January in Rotterdam.
'The Dutch themselves do not realise what has been built up in this country.'
The cuts to arts have prompted many people to stress that art should be socially and politically relevant. For Samuel Wuersten, artistic director of the Holland Dance Festival, social and political relevance is a broad concept.
Video: waarom vrouwen geen rol spelen in de kunstgeschiedenis, en hoe je dat (niet) oplost
Een sitcom hebben ze al. De vrouwen. Girls is een doorslaand succes, dus wie beter dan de licht snobby Girls-ster Jemima Kirke kan uitleggen waarom vrouwen uit de kunst weggehouden zijn? Inderdaad. Niemand, dachten ze bij het nogal innovatief opererende Tate, en dus lieten ze haar op een vrolijke, maar ook trefzekere manier uitleggen waar het misging tussen de kunstwereld…
43rd Rotterdam Film Festival celebrates 25 years of Hubert Bals Fund with opening film Qissa
9,000 euros was the amount with which Indian director Anup Singh's Qissa got off the ground a decade ago. That money came from the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) affiliated Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), which has been supporting filmmakers in developing countries for 25 years now. Last night, Qissa opened the 43rd edition of the Rotterdam festival. This makes the port city
world capital for independent film for ten days, as business director Janneke Starink stated at the opening in the Doelen.
6 Tips for a successful gala. (Ballet gala of the Dancers' Fund '79)
A gala should be festive. So the Ballet Gala of Dancers' Fund '79 Foundation celebrates. On Monday 20 January 2014, the fund's 17th gala took place at the DeLaMar theatre in Amsterdam, Joop van den Ende's glamorous stronghold.
A few tips for a successful gala.
Video: 3 times swearing and ranting for the good cause and Heleen Mees
Omdat Writers Unlimited samenwerkt met een van de laatste literaire tijdschriften van Nederland, en omdat dat tijdschrijft ‘Tirade’ heet, was er tijdens het laatste festival in Den Haag een plek ingeruimd voor tirades. En wat dat dan zijn? Het online woordenboek zegt:
To hear Andrès Neuman speak is to want to buy his book #WU14
Tijdens Writers Unlimited mengen schrijvers zich vaak clandestien onder het gewone volk. En dan vooral de jongere, internationale auteurs, in tegenstelling tot de Adriaan van Dissen van deze wereld die geen stap kunnen verzetten zonder bedolven te worden in een scrum van literaire groupies. Zo kan het dus gebeuren dat je meerdere malen bier staat te drinken met iemand die ineens, geheel onverwacht, een geniaal auteur blijkt te wezen. Zoals Andrès Neuman.
Show with substance is like good sex with a storyteller
“Een goed boek is een man die me verleidt, is als seks met een onbekende.” Anne Provoost, de secuur Vlaams pratende essayiste slaagde erin om P.F. Thomése en Hermamn Koch even aan het wankelen te brengen. In een debat tijdens Writers Unlimited hield zij een pleidooi voor het niet-waargebeurde verhaal, en deed dat in een beeldspraak die de fantasie nogal in beweging zette. Ze citeerde haar eigen werk “Fictie en Macht” waarin het lezen inderdaad een nogal fysieke aangelegenheid wordt:
Antjie Krog and Andries Samuel drive a tractor over your heart #WU14
"Of course she can write!" seems the mother of the award-winning South African poet Antjie Krog ever having exclaimed. "Because I can do it too, right? There's nothing special about that."
Blood creeps, even for Krog. After a ten-year career as a successful architect - and secretly grinding on words - her own son debuted Andries Samuel with the crushing, heartbreaking collection of poetry Wanpraktyk (2011).
Writers Unlimited brought mother and son together on stage. Late at night. For the first time ever. And Wende sang to them. And god almighty how beautiful that was. By the way, you have to take it from us, because on pain of caning, pitch & feathers and fines from here to Siberia, it turned out that it was forbidden to film Wende singing (but we did, and the video was online for a while, but has now been removed from the internet).
Through Facebook, writers return to origins #wu14
It's because of Facebook. Says Ton van de Langkruis, artistic director of writers' festival Writers Unlimited: "You can no longer be that anonymous figure bombarding the world with hermetic texts from a locked attic room. The market is no longer for it. Your main means of communication is facebook. There you have to be open to questions, you communicate with your readers. We are back in the village square where the first stories were once told."
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