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With Odysseus, Calliope and Awoiska confront us with the consequences of our human actions in the here and now.

Een stormachtige reis vol virtuositeit en dramatiek tekent het nieuwe werk Odysseus van twee Nederlandse kunstenaars: Calliope Tsoupaki (Componist des Vaderlands) en Awoiska van der Molen (beeldend kunstenaar/fotograaf).Odysseus confronteren ons met de consequenties van ons menselijk handelen. Odysseus – van Calliope Tsoupaki, première. – 10 nov t/m 2 dec Wat gebeurt er als we de controle dreigen te verliezen, als een handeling leidt tot onomkeerbare… 

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November Music 2021 starts ticket sales and presents the programme.

November Music 2021 starts ticket sales and presents the programme. The festival cuts across musical genres with 90 concerts in 10 days with 20 commissioned works and 25 premieres. November Music takes place from 5 to 14 November 2021 at various venues in 's-Hertogenbosch, including the Bosch Requiem 2021 composed by Hawar Tawfiq, festival composers Rebecca Saunders and Kaija Saariaho, Brad... 

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'This new law means even more hurdles and restrictions for visiting culture.'

Honourable members of the House of Representatives, It is with great concern that we look at the Temporary Test Act that will be voted on in your House on Tuesday 11 May. This new law means even more hurdles and restrictions for visiting culture. Restrictions that will be introduced but where the end date is not given. This new testing law could be a godsend for... 

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Unmissable livestreams in November Music

Ondertussen houdt November Music de moed erin: de directie zet in op live concerten met maximaal dertig man publiek. In een email-update naar pers en publiek uitte ze wel haar zorgen: ‘Het worden enkele spannende dagen. Na de persconferentie van a.s. dinsdag weten we of November Music 2020 definitief door kan gaan.

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

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.

Dutch focus on November Music 2020 

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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HOLLAND FESTIVAL 2020 VERBINDT MAKERS EN PUBLIEK IN GEFRAGMENTEERDE TIJD

Het Holland Festival 2020 kende een uitzonderlijke jaargang, door de coronapandemie ging het voor het eerst in zijn geschiedenis fysiek niet door. In plaats daarvan kreeg het een online programma als invulling. Holland Festival online programma 2.0-2.0 was de 73ste editie van het festival en de tweede waarbij gewerkt werd met een associate artist. Dit jaar was dat choreograaf, regisseur,… 

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Requiem for an ideal music lover. 'Grandpa Hippo' is no more: Frans Curvers dies, aged 91

'Thea, have you heard that new piece yet? It's beautiful!' And there plopped another wetransfer in with a recording by Kate Moore, Pete Harden, Calliope Tsoupaki or any other composer. Frans Curvers was at the front of every (world) premiere. Whether it took place at Paradiso in Amsterdam, De Doelen in Rotterdam, TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht or a backstreet church somewhere.... 

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Joy of life and icy constriction. Ensemble Modern performs striking world premieres by female composers during November Music

Ensemble Modern presents world premieres by German-Dutch Iris ter Schiphorst and Turkish Zeynep Gedizlioğlu in November Music. And that is good news, because the female composer remains too often invisible even in 2019. In the brochures of any Dutch orchestra, you will find none, or only a single work by a woman. On the new Heart & Soul list of... 

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‘Ik hoop dat we met zijn allen naar een andere wereld gaan glijden.’ Calliope Tsoupaki schrijft Bosch Requiem ‘Liknon’ voor November Music

In 1988 kwam Calliope Tsoupaki (1963) vanuit Griekenland naar Nederland om compositie te studeren bij Louis Andriessen. Precies 30 jaar later werd ze aangesteld als ‘Componist des Vaderlands’. In die hoedanigheid componeerde ze al enkele hoogst actuele stukken. Toen op 15 april de Notre Dame de Paris in brand vloog klom Tsoupaki meteen in de pen. Vijf dagen daarna klonk… 

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The 5 concerts you don't want to miss at November Music

The female composer, she continues to stir minds. My article following Mathilde Wantenaar's world premiere of Damocles unleashed a fierce discussion on Facebook. 'Why should women be given preferential treatment?" an angry man asked. 'All that matters to me is quality, not whether a piece of music was written by a man or a woman.' He got icky about the m/f discussion, which... 

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Camilla de Rossi in NTRZaturdayMatinee: three centuries late premiere

After years, my ranting about the invisibility of female composers is starting to bear fruit. Thanks in part to the #MeToo movement, composing ladies are also finally being taken seriously and performed. The NTRZaturdayMatinee is even making them a spearhead of its programming this season. Last Saturday, it performed the world premiere of Salto di Saffo by Calliope Tsoupaki (1963). She composed this double concerto for pan flute, recorder... 

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You won't want to miss these three operas by women during Operadagen Rotterdam

Friday 12 May kicks off the twelfth edition of Operadagen Rotterdam. Titled Lost & Found, the ten-day festival is dedicated to current refugee issues. I selected three operas by Calliope Tsoupaki, Annelies van Parys and Claron McFadden, strong women whose work deserves to be heard (and seen). The fear of the unknown is as old as the... 

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Hoe ik in Sexyland liefde voor de opera vond. (En hoe jij dat ook kunt) #0FF17

In de nieuwe Amsterdamse sociëteit Sexyland werd gisteravond een prelaunch georganiseerd van het Opera Forward Festival OFF [hints]Van 18 tot en met 31 maart in onder andere De Nationale Opera (voorheen het Muziektheater/Stopera)[/hints]. Ik was onder de indruk. Best verrassend. Opera Nopera Disclaimer: steller dezes is geen operaconnaisseur. De laatste twee opera’s die ik zag waren beide van Philip Glass (de ware… 

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Spirit of Trump haunts press presentation National Opera & Ballet

'Before we start the actual presentation, let me give you some facts & figures,' says Els van der Plas, general director of the National Opera & Ballet. 'No, not the alternative facts,' she adds wittily. The ghost of the US president will be through the Stopera even more this afternoon. Van der Plas recalls the successes that... 

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Blistering music on new CD Calliope Tsoupaki

The Greek-Dutch Calliope Tsoupaki (1963) strings one magnificent piece together with another. In 2008, she broke through for good with her impressive Lucas Passion, in which she organically incorporates Greek Orthodox chant into an otherwise modern idiom. Six years later, she scored equally high with the oratorio Oidipus at Kolonos, composed for the Nederlandse Bachvereniging. And recently she released the CD Triptychon on the... 

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National Opera and Ballet 2016-17: Back to normal

'In the new season, we go back to normal,' Pierre Audi said on Monday 15 February during the presentation of the new season of The National Opera. He does, however, continue the forward-looking Opera Forward Festival, which was set up to mark its 50th anniversary. There are also quite a few new own productions on the roll, including the world premiere of... 

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Modern. Medieval. Mariken

OPERA2DAY presents the world premiere of Mariken in de tuin der lusten at the Koninklijke Schouwburg in The Hague on 11 October. An opera with the collaboration of an impressive list of artists, including composer Calliope Tsoupaki, Asko|Schönberg and actress Hannah Hoekstra as Mariken. But will you achieve success with an opera, with modern-classical music moreover and Middle Dutch text? Director and creator Serge van Veggel... 

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Calliope Tsoupaki on Mariken in the garden of lust: 'I was surprised by that 16th-century text!'

On 7 October, the first try-out of Calliope Tsoupaki's opera Mariken in de tuin der Lusten will go on at Theater aan de Schie in Schiedam. Sunday 11 October is the world premiere at the Koninklijke Schouwburg in The Hague. At the invitation of Opera2Day, Tsoupaki immersed herself in Mariken van Nieumeghen, heroine of the miracle play of the same name that took place exactly five hundred years ago in... 

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The six shows you must see in October

Opera2Day, Mariken in de tuin der lusten (opera) The young The Hague company Opera2Day produces one splendid performance after another. But at the same time it does not rest on all its laurels, opting for adventure by presenting an entirely new opera together with the Nationale Toneel. At the centre is Mariken van Nieumeghen, the girl "who lived with the devil for seven years", the music is by Calliope Tsoupaki and... 

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Alexander Khubeev wins Gaudeamus Award 2015

This year, too, the Gaudeamus Award went to an Eastern European. In 2014, Ukrainian Anna Korsun won the coveted competition for composers under 30; this year, the €5,000 prize goes to Russian composer Alexander Khubeev* (1986, Perm). This was announced on Sunday 13 September in TivoliVredenburg by Henk Heuvelmans, for many years the driving force behind... 

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Orlando Festival is breed en gevarieerd – met één blinde vlek: de vrouwelijke componist

Donderdag 20 augustus start in Kerkrade weer het jaarlijkse Orlando Festival. Dit in 1982 door de cellist Stefan Metz opgezette evenement lokt al ruim drie decennia jonge musici naar Abdij Rolduc om zich te bekwamen in de muziekpraktijk. Vernoemd naar het destijds vermaarde Orlando Kwartet, besteedt het festival van oudsher veel aandacht aan strijkers, maar ook andere instrumenten worden niet vergeten.… 

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Greece special (4): Aspasia Nasopoulou hits the mark

When I went on holiday four weeks ago, the European Union was anxiously awaiting the Greek government's response to its latest ultimatum on the terms of a new money loan. After being offline for over a month, I read that it is still muddling through, with yet another 'ultimatum' expiring on 20 August. Ah well. 

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