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Plein Theatre hands over petition to Arts and Culture alderman Touria Meliani AND launches crowdfunding: Support Plein Theatre now!

by one of our members
26 October 202030 March 2022
2 min read
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Three weeks back, the Plein Theatre started a petition, asking the City of Amsterdam, and in particular Alderman for Art and Culture Touria Meliani, to provide financial support to preserve the theatre. On Thursday 22 October, the petition with more than 1,600 signatures was handed over by director Berith Danse and chairman Bert Barten to alderman of Art and Culture Touria Meliani.

We'll never let you down: tribute to legendary cellist Jacqueline Du Pré

by Thea Derks
20 October 202029 March 2022
11 min read
For members only, November Music, OPERA, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

In 1987, British cello legend Jacqueline Du Pré succumbed to multiple sclerosis, aged 42. Although she had not played concerts for 15 years, a wave of grief washed over the world. In her short career, she had achieved more than many a musician in his or her entire life.

'Music is like a time machine.' David Mitchell on his swinging novel Utopia Avenue

by A Quattro Mani
16 October 202030 March 2022
7 min read
For members only, LITERARY, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

A story about the rise and fall of a fledgling rock band - it is not a revolutionary new idea. But although Utopia Avenue is a more 'ordinary' novel than, say, his bestseller Cloud Atlas (2004), in the hands of David Mitchell (51) even an ordinary story never becomes ordinary.

Gisèle Vienne and Ryuichi Sakamoto associate artists for Holland Festival 2021

by one of our members
12 October 202030 March 2022
5 min read
For members only, Holland Festival, PRESS, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

French-Austrian theatre maker Gisèle Vienne (1976) and Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952) have been appointed associate artists for the 2021 Holland Festival.

Watch a masterpiece by the Dutch National Ballet for the price of a packet of plasters

Netherlands' first video ballet proves fascinating online too. Live.

by Ruben Brugman
11 October 202020 October 2020
3 min read
DANS, PODIUM ART, BECOME A MEMBER

Since Saturday 10 October, you can watch the Dutch National Ballet's ballet Live online for 2.95 euros. I did it. It was worth it.

THE STORY OF OTHERS: PREMIERE FRIDAY 9 OKTOBER - A new performance for 8+ by Ryan Djojokarso.

by one of our members
2 October 202030 March 2022
3 min read
For members only, DANS, PRESS, PODIUM ART

'The story of Anders' (8+) is the new Dance Theatre AYA performance created by Ryan Djojokarso, new resident choreographer with the company. A performance full of dance, absurd humour and crazy twists. Sometimes you just have to look at things differently.

Hanna Kulenty composes new piece for Bass Clarinet Festival: 'I'm making a collage of emotions'

by Thea Derks
1 October 202029 March 2022
7 min read
For members only, MUSIC, PODIUM ART, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

Polish-Dutch Hanna Kulenty (Białystok, 1961) writes music that gets under your skin. Whether it is early works like Fourth Circle for violin and piano (1994), the opera Mother of Black-Winged Dreams about multiple personality syndrome (1995), or more recent compositions like the Viola Concerto (2015) and her Flute Concerto No.3 (2018), irrevocably you are taken on an exhilarating journey with a...

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PLEIN THEATER starts petition due to threat to survival.

by one of our members
29 September 202029 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, PRESS, PODIUM ART

Titled "Keep the theatre on the square!", the PLEIN THEATER has started a petition! And calls on culture lovers, visitors, local residents and anyone with a heart for PLEIN THEATER to sign for the survival of the theatre

FROM WHAT WILL WE REASSEMBLE OURSELVES

by one of our members
28 September 202030 March 2022
4 min read
For members only, VISUAL, PRESS

A group exhibition conceived by Anna Dasović and curated by Natasha Marie Llorens. Exhibition design by Arna Mačkić and Studio L A.

Boys we were, but reading boys

by A Quattro Mani
27 September 202030 March 2022
6 min read
For members only, LITERARY, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

How to get young people to read again (or more)? Writer Bas Steman (49) succeeded in getting a group of adolescents to really like reading.

Radio Futura: Why the subsidy system needs the most radical overhaul possible.

by Wijbrand Schaap
21 September 202021 September 2020
5 min read
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The hybrid German-English model combines the best of three worlds. But it also involves major changes. Artists will no longer all live in Amsterdam, but in one of eight or 10 urban cultural regions.

'Think well about the future' - Culture Council comes up with most redundant advice in years.

by Wijbrand Schaap
15 September 202030 March 2022
5 min read
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How nice it would not be if the Culture Council really 'got its hands on' supporting freelancers and self-employed people! There is an opportunity.

Gaudeamus: as a 75-year-old younger than ever

by Thea Derks
13 September 202013 September 2020
5 min read
MUSIC, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

Anno 2020, Music Week is buzzing like never before. Even corona has barely caught on. How many 'Mozarts' have emerged by now I will leave open, but the rich and varied off- and online offerings create some choice stress. At 75, the organisation is younger than ever: Gaudeamus is the place to be.

Creation returns: Nederlands Blazers Ensemble and Bart Moeyaert on tour again

by one of our members
10 September 202030 March 2022
2 min read
MUSIC, PRESS, PODIUM ART, BECOME A MEMBER

In October, the Blazers and Bart Moeyaert will tour again with De Schepping, the first part of this successful musical theatre trilogy. During this performance, Bart Moeyaert (winner of the 2019 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the 'Nobel Prize for children's literature') tells the story using a self-written text to this old, but never performed this way, music by Haydn.

On the myth of the 'attractiveness' of arts funding. (And What Now with debating theatre makers?!)

by Wijbrand Schaap
8 September 202030 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, PODIUM ART, THEATER, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

The VVD will not give away Mark Rutte's latest crown jewel, the arts subsidy cut, for free. The latest argument: suction effect.

Dutch focus on November Music 2020: Ticket sales start Thursday 10 September

by Wijbrand Schaap
September 7, 202030 March 2022
3 min read
MUSIC, November Music, PRESS, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS, BECOME A MEMBER

This year, November Music awards 10 commissions to Dutch and two to foreign composers, including a choral work for Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. Traditionally, November Music opens with the Bosch Requiem on Friday 6 November, which of course takes on an extra charge this year. Korean-Dutch composer Seung-Won Oh draws inspiration from the YeonDo death ritual that links Korean funeral traditions with the Catholic faith. After Kate Moore and Calliope Tsoupaki, she is the third female composer of the Bosch Requiem in a row.

Livestream : Creative lectures by Eat Designer Marije Vogelzang

by one of our members
September 3, 2020September 3, 2020
3 min read
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Maas theatre and dance presents from Saturday 5 September to Friday 16 October 2020
Every week a 60-minute creative lecture by eat designer Marije Vogelzang as part of the
of summer performance The Wild Kitchen. Vogelzang's aim with the lectures is to use the
inspire visitors and viewers to improve their relationship with food.

Theme NBE composition competition 2021: STAY UP!

by one of our members
25 August 202029 March 2022
1 min read
For members only, MUSIC, PRESS, PODIUM ART, BECOME A MEMBER

The NBE calls on young composers to write music about something or someone they want to stand up for, or even rebel against. There are hardly any rules, anything goes and anything goes as long as it is self-invented.

Chosen to enjoy magisterial Hans Kesting

by Peter Olsthoorn
10 August 202023 August 2020
4 min read
PODIUM ART, THEATER, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

The restless head in front of the torso, fists nervously searching for grip under the pale blue jumper. His life a relentless affliction of generations of oppression under factory labour, alcoholism and domestic violence. And deep love nonetheless, between this tormented father and son. Until almost the end of the monologue "Who killed my father?", the high bed remains untouched. Only then do they learn...

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Traveling While Black grabs you by the throat

by Helen Westerik
19 July 202030 March 2022
5 min read
For members only, DOCUMENTARY, FILM, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

Traveling While Black touches you deeply and that is exactly the intention. The 20-minute or so Virtual reality film immerses you in the history of institutional racism in the US and especially what it does to people. The location is Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington DC*. We sit at a table in a classic diner with people...

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Dutch focus on November Music 2020

by one of our members
9 July 202030 March 2022
4 min read
For members only, MUSIC, November Music, PRESS, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

With a focus on the Dutch music scene, November Music aims to highlight the vitality and creativity of composers, creators and musicians during this 28th festival edition. Besides many new home-grown works, there are several concerts with leading roles for renowned foreign names. November Music 2020 takes place from 6 to 15 November at various locations in 's-Hertogenbosch with over 80 different concerts....

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Paradiso announces reorganisation, 60 jobs to disappear this year

by one of our members
2 July 202030 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, MUSIC, PODIUM ART

Last night we received the following press release, requesting that it be posted only at 06 o'clock, out of piety to those affected. We are posting this, even though Paradiso is not a member, because of the social importance. follows here is the text of the press release Due to the ongoing corona crisis and the limited opportunities offered by a 1.5-metre society in the coming period...

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Cultural big earners: jump through your karma for once

by Ingrid van Frankenhuyzen
1 July 202029 March 2022
13 min read
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My story about cultural big earners turned out to be the talk of the town in the cultural sector. Not publicly, i.e. mainly behind the scenes, I was approached. One of the few people who did speak out publicly was Henk Scholten. On Facebook, he responded to a column by journalist Aukje van Roessel about the questions raised by The Hague city council

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#Corona-classics 4 Hannes Minnaar: 'I rolled into the frame of classical-romantic piano virtuoso'

by Thea Derks
25 June 20209 September 2020
5 min read
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Hannes Minnaar falls head over heels. His #corona tour with Bach's Goldberg Variations starts on 1 July, exactly the day when the maximum number of concert visitors is released. - Provided 1.5 metres distance et cetera. Although the Grote Kerk in Zwolle can admit considerably more than 100 people, the concert is already completely sold out. Those lucky enough to get a...

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'We're done with Zoomen for now'. Holland Festival looks back on 2020 edition with mixed feelings (with sound)

by Wijbrand Schaap
24 June 202030 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, Holland Festival, INTERNET, PODCAST, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

The three of them are back together in the office for the first time since the lockdown on 13 March. The interview, in which director Emily Ansenk, music programmer Jochem Valkenburg and theatre programmer Annemieke Keurentjes take stock of the first - and hopefully only - online edition of the country's most prestigious performing arts festival, takes place a day after the lockdown. There was no...

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