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Tero Saarinen Company and Asko|Schönberg join forces at the Holland Festival on 24 & 25 June 2025 

Asko|Schönberg presents Study for Life with Tero Saarinen Company at the Holland Festival. Tero Saarinen's new choreographic work is an ode to the music of Kaija Saariaho. In Study for Life, the nuanced and delicate world of Kaija Saariaho is brought to life by a group of six dancers, the musicians of Asko|Schönberg and soprano Raquel Camarinha. An innovative... 

Dutch premiere Hush at the Saariaho Festival 13 to 16 March 2025 

Asko|Schönberg and the Muziekgebouw honour composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, with the Saariaho Festival. When she died, she was at the height of her fame and was honoured as the composer who gave modernism a face that was as human as it was fairy-tale. At the opening concert, her latest work Hush will be played for the first time in the Netherlands. Dutch premiere ... 

Asko|Schönberg: Two world premieres at Cello Biennale

Asko|Schönberg presents two new compositions at the Cello Biennale. Commissioned by Asko|Schönberg, innovative composer Silvia Borzelli creates new work with earthbound that breaks the traditional coordination between left and right hands. Composer Guus Janssen is commissioned by the Cello Biennale to write a new composition for ensemble and four cellists. In addition to these two new works, the ensemble will play the classic Biennale Galop 2016 by... 

Asko|Schönberg presents The State and reflections on it

i.s.m. Gaudeamus Festival, Musica festival Strasbourg en Ensemble Klang, 4 sep t/m 25 nov Asko|Schönberg opent het komend seizoen met De Staat, een programma met en rond het gelijknamige iconische meesterwerk van Louis Andriessen. Dit politiek beladen werk wordt gekoppeld aan een gloednieuwe compositie van Oscar Bettison, die ooit bij Andriessen studeerde en dit seizoen onze Composer in Residence is. Een… 

Asko|Schönberg in Holland Festival: Mutability

World premiere Sunday 23 June Wandering in the music as among the trees of a forest. Intimate, vast and awe-inspiring at the same time. Twelve miniatures in the form of solo instruments come your way. They reflect musical characters, as changeable as life itself. Pioneering multimedia work For Mutability, composer Yannis Kyriakides asked 12 other composers to write two- to three-minute miniatures. Some of... 

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Asko|Schönberg in the Day of the Composer: Night Shift, the audience as co-maker and player

During Composer's Day, celebrate the importance as well as the joy of contemporary music and today's composers In Night Shift - The Rehearsal by Cathy Milliken, the audience playfully becomes co-makers and players. Together, musicians, choir, soloists and conductor create a world where the boundaries between them are blurred. Midsummer Night's Dream as inspiration Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream provides the starting point... 

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Kordz x Sakamoto: Festive tribute to (film) composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (23 March - Muziekgebouw)

Together with Alexandre Kordzaia, aka Kordz, Asko|Schönberg pays a special tribute to (film) composer and synthesiser pioneer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who died a year ago. Sakomoto (1952 - March 2023) became best known for his music for films such as Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, The Last Emperor, The Revenant and most recently the film Monster. He also pioneered synth and electropop with which... 

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Josse de Pauw and Asko|Schönberg bring heaven a little closer

It was 2000 and Wim Kayzer, of the VPRO, brought a series of television evenings that went against everything commercial. It was called 'Of Beauty and Consolation' and featured evening-long interviews with people like Jane Goodall, J.M. Coetzee, Karel Appel and George Steiner. Intellectuals, artists, thinkers. On 23 November 2023, the day after 22/11, when the Netherlands held an open... 

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Dutch premiere Rhapsody - The musicality of grinding minds

LOD muziektheater in coproductie met Asko|Schönberg23/11 Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw26/11 Breda, Chassé Theatert/m 22/2 diversie theaters in België De Belgische acteur Josse De Pauw en componist Frederik Neyrinck laten zich inspireren door de televisieserie Van de schoonheid en de troost van Wim Kayzer. ‘Vertel me wat dit leven de moeite waard maakt’, daarmee opende Wim Kayzer het gesprek met kunstenaars, wetenschappers en filosofen in zijn legendarische televisieserie Van de… 

Jamszoo, foto Marcel Veldman

‘Blind’ for non-existent soloist and ensemble – Asko|Schönberg, Slagwerk Den Haag & Jameszoo – Première 4 okt, tour t/m 9 nov

Jameszoo wilde uit zijn muziek verdwijnen. Dat is compleet mislukt, zegt hij zelf. Maar wat een glorieuze mislukking. Hij ontwikkelde een instrument dat niet alleen zelfspelend is, maar ook improviseert en communiceert met live spelende musici. Zij laten zich door de niet-bestaande solist uitdagen tot een onvoorspelbaar muzikaal spel.  Elektroakoestisch worstelen Asko|Schönberg en Slagwerk Den Haag gaan een samenwerking aan… 

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Stairway to Music - Scala for Ernestine - Saturday 27 May

Stairway to Music, a programme by Asko|Schönberg and the Muziekgebouw, is an intimate listening experience of about 45 minutes on the steps of the Muziekgebouw. This time the program also has a personal touch. Harpist Ernestine Stoop says goodbye to Asko|Schönberg after more than 40 years and has put together a concert in which she condenses her time with Asko|Schönberg... 

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Treasury György Kurtág on 16 February - the perfect prelude to the Kurtág Festival

In the Schatkamer series, Asko|Schönberg takes you on a journey to the pearls of 20th-century music through live-played music, captivating guest speakers and visual and sound clips. The edition of Treasure Room on Thursday 16 February highlights the extraordinary world of György Kurtág (1926), the Hungarian composer known as the master of miniatures. His pieces consist of short,... 

Asko|Schönberg in duotone sidelight, photo by Tom ten Seldam

Focus on Northern European composers in the ZaterdagMatinee: Tuning the ears with Bas Wiegers

Met een kring van bekenden – Bas Wiegers, Slagwerk Den Haag, Ensemble Klang en Katrien Baerts – werkt Asko|Schönberg aan de muziek van de toekomst. Dat gebeurt vanuit een rijke basis die gevormd wordt door ons 20ste-eeuwse erfgoed. De muziek van deze componisten verbinden we met de nieuwe generatie. In dit geval de Nederlandse Wilbert Bulsink, de Estse Helena Tulve… 

Asko|Schönberg brengt Islands: Première – Richard Ayres ism kunstenaarsduo Nest

Op 8 december brengt Asko|Schönberg Islands, het nieuwste werk van componist Richard Ayres, in première. Samen met kunstenaarsduo Nest schept Ayres tien imaginaire eilanden, waarin live muziek, elektronica, beeldende kunst, fotografie, video en performance samengaan.  ‘Eén van de meest eigenzinnige en originele componisten van dit moment. Het enige voorspelbare aan zijn premières is dat ze onvoorspelbaar zijn’. – The Times… 

Van Binsbergen brings shimmering South African story in sound and language #novembermusic

A trombone screeching like an elephant, violins like imploring songbirds and an oboe rippling a scale like a stream: so opens A Skin of Sound, a performance featuring winds, string instruments, percussion, a South African poet and a pop singer. With bated breath, dozens of visitors in the Great Hall of the Bossche Verkadefabriek listened to the premiere of this shimmering piece.... 

The Hague Connection: premieres, Hague masters & young talent

Thu 10 Nov, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ / Sat 12 Nov, November Music Asko|Schönberg maintains warm ties with the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. It is a breeding ground for many composers who have since earned their spurs, such as Michel van der Aa, Martijn Padding and Peter Adriaansz, but also for a whole new batch of young, talented makers such as Petra Strahovnik,... 

A Skin of Sound: Composition by Corrie van Binsbergen to the powerful poetry of Antjie Krog by Asko|Schönberg, Vuma Levin Trio, Beatrice van der Poel

When composer/guitarist Corrie van Binsbergen heard South African poet Antjie Krog recite her own poem a few years ago, she was floored. She was overwhelmed by the sound, that diction, that timbre of South African. Van Binsbergen has been working with writers and poets since 2003. Literature and poetry are a great source of inspiration for her.... 

Asko|Schönberg at opening night Sydney Festival with opera Antarctica

Na een succesvolle première tijdens het Holland Festival brengt Asko|Schönberg de opera Antarctica van de Australische componiste Mary Finsterer naar het internationaal vermaarde Sydney Festival in Australië. Antarctica speelt tijdens de openingsavond op 5 januari 2023 en nog drie keer erna. Ook speelt Asko|Schönberg tijdens het festival op 9 januari een concert in het Sydney Opera House, waarbij Nederlandse componisten… 

Asko|Schönberg in Gaudeamus Opening night and concert in honour of Reinbert de Leeuw in Muziekgebouw

Gaudeamus 2022 Opening Festival Enerverend programma met o.a. sheng-grootmeester Wu Wei Tijdens de openingsavond van dit jaarlijkse festival laat Gaudeamus de vele gezichten van nieuwe muziek zien: verrassend, ontroerend en wie weet frustrerend. Asko|Schönberg, vaste gast bij dit festival, maakt deel uit van de feestelijke openingsavond en presenteert een programma dat generaties en continenten omspant. Met onder meer het knotsgekke… 

Asko|Schönberg opens 2022/2023 season with festival Words & Music

After the successful first edition in 2020, Asko|Schönberg presents Words & Music, a festival full of cut-ups & f*ck-ups, on 3 September. In unexpected ways, various art disciplines come together in an adventurous programme that plays with the relationships between music and language. This time, Words & Music is inspired by composer Luciano Berio (1926-2003) and literary enfant terrible of the sixties.... 

Asko | Schönberg brings Small World - Grachtenfestival 13 and 14 August - premiere  

Small World is a colourful film symphony about a mouse that moves right through the music. Composer Camiel Jansen wrote the piece especially for Asko|Schönberg and the Grachtenfestival, where it will be premiered. In viewing and listening spectacle Small World, we follow a mouse that moves through the big world and experiences increasingly wild adventures. The music, played live... 

ANTARCTICA - at the Holland Festival : World premiere of an opera about the mysterious continent on 5 and 6 June

Asko|Schönberg premieres Mary Finsterer's new opera at the Holland Festival. Antarctica takes us into the mysterious world of the southern continent. A multidisciplinary performance in which the Australian composer links historical, mythical and scientific images and stories about Antarctica. In doing so, she uses an enchanting combination of musical elements from old and new styles.... 

Asko|Schönberg concert and performances in May 

The Underground NITE, 5 to 22 May; Chilling Nature Pictures Saturday matinee, 14 May The Underground The Underground is a gritty, witty and tragic performance by director Guy Weizman and the NITE ensemble (NNT, Club Guy & Roni, Asko|Schönberg, Slagwerk Den Haag). The performance is inspired by Annotations from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky; a monologue by a man who has suffered many blows... 

Asko|Schönberg opens cultural season 2022/2023 with festival Words & Music

  cut-ups & fuck-ups, Berio & Burroughs Saturday 3 September With Words & Music, Asko|Schönberg serves you an afternoon and evening full of cut-ups & fuck-ups. A rush of sensations; fantastic, grim, absurd, disruptive and with humour. A festival full of cut-up, cut-up and brand-new performances, installations, film and more, inspired by the cut-up techniques of composer Berio and writer Burroughs. After the... 

Stairway to Music: Double Dutch | World premiere Robin de Raaff

Saturday 23 April, 2.15pm and 4pm: Stairway to Music by Asko|Schönberg and the Muziekgebouw is an intimate 40-minute listening experience on the steps of Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. Stairway to Music is inspired by a story told at the farewell gathering of conductor/pianist Reinbert de Leeuw, who died in 2020. When Reinbert played the piano in his flat, people would take... 

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