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November Music presents Bosch Requiem in five cities in the Netherlands

November Music 2023 takes place from 1 to 12 November at various locations in 's-Hertogenbosch and opens on Wednesday 1 November 2023 with the Bosch Requiem, composed by Aart Strootman on a libretto by Jan Rot. The Bosch Requiem can be heard in 's-Hertogenbosch, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen and Rotterdam in the period around All Souls' Day. Bosch Requiem 2023 For the seventh... 

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MATZER Theatre Productions enters new theatre season with new corporate identity

MATZER Theatre Productions kicks off the new theatre season with a completely new corporate identity and website. The new identity reflects the company's development over the past four years. Since its foundation in 2007, MATZER, under the direction of Madeleine Matzer, has been creating theatre performances that are characterised by their stratification, social commitment and musicality. Starting with Nobody is Waiting for You in 2018, current events will get... 

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Boulevard puts in the light and connects

The 39th edition of Theaterfestval has concluded successfully. The 11-day festival in 's-Hertogenbosch attracted around 90,000 visitors. This Boulevard was a celebration of what binds us as human beings: our desires, our bodies, our emotions. This Boulevard was about radical empathy. About learning to live together, understanding wordlessly, caring for each other and enjoying ourselves together. Strikingly frequent in this was the relationship between generations... 

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Theatre festival #Boulevard pushes boundaries in an unexpected way

A festival is still the best way to get acquainted with new art. Yesterday, after six days of persistent drizzle and torrential rain, the sun finally broke through over Bossche Zuiderpark. Bartenders who had spent the first few days getting used to quietly serving those few customers who braved the rain for a white wine (because it was summer... 

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'Desire' is highlight of telling opening weekend of Theatre Festival Boulevard

"You can't say anything anymore either" is the title of a show by theatre friends George and Eran from Amsterdam-West. They have previously presented sensitive themes in a theatre form close to stand-up comedy, and so this programme is about the language battle. A language battle about which words are still appropriate, which stereotypes are still 'allowed' and... 

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Podcast! Louis Janssens on 'Desire': 'It's nice to be personal, but I don't want to make a diary play, so I also lie quite often.' #TFBOULEVARD

Louis Janssens is a young, ambitious theatre-maker from Flanders. With a string of rave reviews behind his name, he seems to have effortlessly found his place in the theatre world. This year, he is a prominent guest at Theatre Festival Boulevard in Den Bosch. His latest play, 'Desire', will premiere at the Verkadefabriek on 3 August. The play highlights the delicate... 

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European apotheosis at Theatre Festival Boulevard: Two international networks celebrate highlight during festival

In recent years, Boulevard worked intensively within two networks with 20 European partner institutions on international cooperation within the performing arts, supported by 'Creative Europe'. Both projects are guests during this edition of Theatre Festival Boulevard, which can be called unique! Performing Gender - Dancing in Your Shoes celebrates its finale with the presentation of a number of community projects and a... 

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Theatre show 'Two old ladies' by Toon Tellegen at Boulevard Theatre Festival 

Theatre collective Thomas, Sacha and Jos creates performance about universal love After years of fruitful cooperation with master storyteller Toon Tellegen and several performances based on his work, theatre collective Thomas, Sacha and Jos will perform Two Little Old Ladies at this summer's Theatre Festival Boulevard. Tellegen's book consists of 43 love stories, each starring two little old ladies. Thomas, Sacha and Jos made a... 

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November Music 2023 focuses on top and mid-career international creators - November 1 to 12 in 's-Hertogenbosch

Met de komst van John Zorn, Barbara Hannigan, Jennifer Walshe, Rebecca Saunders, Simon-Steen Andersen, Tristan Murail, Oslo Sinfonietta, Jack Quartet en The Crossing kiest November Music dit jaar voor de absolute wereldtop. Daarnaast krijgen Nederlandse mid-career makers zoals Aart Strootman, Maya Fridman, Rozalie Hirs, Kika Sprangers, Jameszoo en LudoWic de kans om uit te pakken met nieuwe, grootschalige producties. Met… 

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Boulevard full programme announced

It's time to get puzzling: the full programme of Boulevard 2023 is available from now on. In addition, Boulevard Magazine 2 is also out, containing background articles, filters to help you choose and, of course, a look at this year's programme. Brain gymnastics Earlier, we already announced thirteen names and now you can find the complete programme.... 

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[PRESS RELEASE] Brooding, gripping theatre about beautiful and dire sides of a care story

Na de succesvolle voorstelling ‘Je kunt me gerust een geheim vertellen’ over de verschillende kanten van dementie, presenteert MATZER Theaterproducties nu een nieuwe productie: Broos. Een muzikale en ontroerende voorstelling met Lottie Hellingman over hoe je jezelf kwijt kunt raken in de zorg om een ander. De door Madeleine Matzer geschreven en geregisseerde voorstelling gaat vrijdag 31 maart in première… 

November Music presents Aart Strootman and John Zorn as composers in focus 2023

Op zondag 13 november sloot November Music in ’s-Hertogenbosch de 30e editie van het festival af met de bekendmaking van de composers in focus voor 2023: Aart Strootman en John Zorn. Bosch Requiem wordt dan gecomponeerd door Aart Strootman op een tekst die Jan Rot speciaal hiervoor schreef vlak voor zijn betreurde overlijden eerder dit jaar. Daarnaast komt John Zorn… 

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.... 

FAQ in Den Bosch: Een alchemistenfestival vol niches, nerds en drones #novembermusic

Niet iedereen vindt dat muziek ook iets is om naar te kijken. Geen gek idee, als je bedenkt dat sommige muziek zo gelaagd en complex is, dat je alle aandacht nodig hebt voor het luisteren. Moderne elektronische muziek speelt zich dus grotendeels in het donker af, ondervond ik tijdens twee avonden FAQ-Festival in Den Bosch. Daar ontdekte ik dat ik… 

Harpist Remy van Kesteren sets out to surprise November Music: 'Above all, I hope people will really listen' #novembermusic

Een orkest van huishoudelijke apparaten, een popconcert met zangeres Luwten, en een gospelkoor begeleid door de top van de Nederlandse muziek. Plus een DJ set met veel Faithless. Wie bij het begrip ‘harp’ mocht denken aan iets heiligs kan zich bij November Music laten verrassen door harpist des vaderlands Remy van Kesteren. Dit 33-jarige genie is, sinds hij als 5-jarige… 

November Music presents Music Hub Night: 'This collaboration is truly a Brabant thing' #novembermusic

FLEMMING, Remme, Nona, Sanne Rambags and Rianne Wilbers. Names that are not unknown to residents of Brabant. These young artists were supported in their musical and personal development by the Music Hub Brabant programme. This one-year post-master trajectory focuses on the development of ten young creators. Each talent follows a tailor-made development path and is... 

November Music 2022 kicks off on 3 November with record number of concerts and premieres | 3 to 13 November in 's-Hertogenbosch

November Music kicks off on Thursday 3 November with 50 premieres by makers and performers from home and abroad, 21 composition commissions and more than 100 different concerts. November Music's 30th edition showcases the diversity and vitality of cutting-edge music. November Music 2022 takes place from 3 to 13 November at various locations in 's-Hertogenbosch and opens for... 

November Music presents FAQ Festival from 3 to 5 November 2022 in 's-Hertogenbosch

November Music kicks off on Thursday 3 November with 50 premieres by makers and performers from home and abroad, 21 composition commissions and 100 different concerts. November Music 2022 takes place from 3 to 13 November at various locations in 's-Hertogenbosch and opens for the second time with the FAQ Festival for electronic music. About FAQ Festival From 3 to... 

The Hague Connection: premieres, Hague masters & young talent

do 10 nov, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ / za 12 nov, November Music Asko|Schönberg onderhoudt een warme band met het Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag. Het is een broedplaats voor veel componisten die intussen hun sporen hebben verdiend, zoals Michel van der Aa, Martijn Padding en Peter Adriaansz. Maar ook voor een hele nieuwe lichting jonge, talentvolle makers zoals Petra Strahovnik,… 

The most revealing summer festival: theatre festival Boulevard 2022 in Den Bosch

It could be because of the weather, or my mood, but 2022 was one of the best editions of Theatre Festival Boulevard I have experienced in decades. From the interesting, and also a little disruptive opening to the final night, which I experienced yesterday, I saw guts, passion and pushed boundaries. Not everywhere all at once, but... 

Two Rotterdammers who made a deep impression at Theatre Festival Boulevard #tfboulevard

John Buijsman and Helmert Woudenberg make a very funny duo. Buijsman the archetypal Rotterdammer, certainly also in terms of tone of voice, but also the actor who is role-steady, playing distinct characters. In De Recreanten, a play he made for and about his own holiday resort in Hoek van Holland, he plays together with Helmert Woudenberg. The creator of continuous improvisation has a... 

Podcast! Editie 2022 baadt in zomerwarmte en vindt een nieuw hart. (lyrisch? Ja.) #tfboulevard

We maken halverwege deze editie van Theaterfestival Boulevard in Den Bosch de balans op. Host Wijbrand Schaap doet dat samen met Dana Kibbelaar, sinds dit jaar lid van de tweehoofdige directie (met Tessa Smeulers), schrijver en journalist Jowi Schmitz, danscriticus Helen Westerik, en de makers Oscar Kocken en Jellie Schippers. We hebben het over wat er zo bijzonder is aan… 

Perfecte lichaamsbeheersing en poëtisch activisme op Theaterfestival Boulevard

Na bijna dertig edities heb ik eindelijk mijn Boulevard-vuurdoop gehad. En wat een verademing was het. Publiek van 2 tot 80, een festivalterrein waar je gewoon overheen kunt banjeren zonder kaartje. Sterker: een festivalterrein waar je ook op een buitenpodium naar acrobatiek en dans kunt kijken zonder kaartje! Ik zag mensen hun hondje uitlaten en even kijken of er nog… 

Boulevard opent midden in de tijdgeest met welkom ongemak en een ode aan fake news #tfboulevard

Het leek er even op of we in een live versie waren terecht gekomen van The Square, maar het was gewoon de officiële openingsvoorstelling van Theaterfestival Boulevard in Den Bosch. Nu staat dat festival mijlenver van de inzichzelfgekeerde elitaire kunstwereld die in die Deense film wordt opgeschrikt door een menselijke gorilla-act die volledig uit de hand loopt, maar ongemakkelijk was… 

Podcast. Theatre Festival Boulevard prepares for grand edition: 'We have to keep looking for each other'

‘We zijn gewend om in uitersten te denken. Het is nog de enige manier om gehoord te worden. Luide actie is het enige wat nog telt, lijkt het. We moeten er daarom op blijven letten dat we nieuwsgierig blijven naar waar die actie vandaan komt, welke wens er leeft. Die persoonlijke aandacht is nodig, om onder dat actievoeren te kruipen… 

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