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Inkspot battle won by Renée van den Kerkhof

Zaterdag 6 maart vond de jaarlijks terugkerende Inktspotbattle plaats bij Concordia. Het thema was “Verkiezingen (in Coronatijd)”. 10 Nederlandse cartoonisten deden mee. De enige vrouwelijke deelnemer, Renée van den Kerkhof, ging er met de prijs van door. Online bezoekers konden meekijken hoe de deelnemende tekenaars een actueel onderwerp vertalen naar spotprenten. Een deskundige jury koos aan het einde van de… 

Meekijken hoe een spotprent wordt gemaakt; Inktspotbattle bij Concordia via livestream te volgen

Op zaterdag 6 maart vindt vanaf 14.45 uur de jaarlijks terugkerende Inktspotbattle plaats. De battle die bij Concordia normaal in de expositie Inktspot te volgen is, zal net als vorig jaar vanaf de eigen tekentafels van de deelnemende politiek tekenaars plaatsvinden en live worden uitgezonden via de website van Concordia. Als online bezoeker kijk je mee hoe de deelnemende tekenaars… 

Opinion deputies Culture: 'For Culture, set the navigation a bit more often on Eastern Netherlands!'

The new year often starts with new insights and resolutions. A critical reflection can then help. We were therefore delighted to read the Volkskrant of 2 January, in which columnist and theatre critic Merlijn Kerkhof concludes that in 2020, he wants to enjoy all that the Netherlands has to offer in terms of culture a bit more often outside 020. And that is only right,... 

Good news for Urban artists in need of money. Three cultural funds are proposing eight 'Matchmakers'. (But at least 12 are needed)

Opinions differ on the size of the pot of money waiting for them, but 'urban' makers in particular do not yet know how to find their way to our art subsidy system. That is why the three cultural funds that deal mainly with performing arts have appointed ambassadors in a number of Dutch cities. These 'Matchmakers' should narrow the gap between The Hague and 'the region'.... 

NJO Muziekzomer presenteert ‘Drama in Wenen’

Sinds zijn oprichting heeft de NJO Muziekzomer zijn vleugels uitgeslagen. Het begon in 2001 als een zomercursus voor muziekvakstudenten die mochten werken met internationaal gerenommeerde musici, componisten en dirigenten. Inmiddels is de NJO Muziekzomer uitgegroeid tot een niet te missen, publieksvriendelijk festival, dat de gehele provincie Gelderland bestrijkt. Op vrijdag 19 augustus maakt het een stapje over de grens naar Overijssel,… 

Ed Spanjaard is the ideal new leader of the Orchestra of the East

After it was announced in January this year that Jan Willem de Vriend was leaving at the end of the 2016/2017 season, the Orchestra of the East announced that it was in no hurry to find a successor. One would start working with "renowned guest conductors". Just over six months later, a few months before the departure of interim director Bart van Meijl, a successor was still presented. That this successor, Ed Spanjaard, is given the title of 'permanent conductor' seems mainly a semantic issue.

Education, education, education. But with an ideological basis.

No, the culture debate on 8 June in the province of Overijssel was not uplifting. The 2017-2020 Culture Note was adopted unanimously, except for two votes from the SGP. No fireworks about, for instance, the forced cooperation between the Orkest van het Oosten and Het Gelders Orkest. No hefty investments to fix national and provincial cuts. All spokesmen came up with predictable monologues, comparisons were made with other regions and, above all, they looked enviously at the Randstad, but there was no debate. The Christian parties are worried about empty churches, and the PVV, which is of course actually against subsidies, made some obligatory remarks about safeguarding the Overijsselian identity.

Which identity?

Garant staan: de nieuwe manier van subsidie geven.

Het Orkest van het Oosten mag een half miljoen rood staan. Dat is de uitkomst van de ‘Stedelijke commissie’ in Enschede. Over twee weken neemt de gemeenteraad formeel het besluit, maar met de toezegging van een ruime meerderheid is elk debat dan verspilde tijd en kan het voorstel beter meteen aan de lijst hamerstukken worden toegevoegd. Dat had een maand… 

De Vriend leaves Orchestra of the East, former chief Van Zweden new boss New York Philharmonic

It is not often that Norman Lebrecht, author of the globally widely read blog Slipped Disc, covers conductors of the Orchestra of the East two days in a row. First on the departure of principal conductor Jan Willem de Vriend, then on the appointment of former principal conductor Jaap van Zweden to the world-famous New York Philharmonic. Naturally, Lebrecht brought both... 

Musicians pay to save their orchestra. TV programme Maestro helps a little.

Het Orkest van het Oosten zet de tering naar de nering, richt zich primair op Overijssel en heeft collectief ontslag aangevraagd. Dat – en heel veel meer – is te lezen in het nieuwe businessplan. Het is genoeg voor de provincie om eenmalig 1,1 miljoen euro vrij te geven en voortaan weer jaarlijks 3,5 ton subsidie beschikbaar te stellen. Het… 

Van Veen (vvd), Pechtold (d66) and Monasch (pvda) during the culture budget debate

We were read in 2015: 300,000 visitors, a total of 10,000 hours of reading time.

Tijd voor ons succeslijstje. In 2015 trokken we 60.000 bezoekers meer dan in 2014. Dat is iets om trots op te zijn. Een website die zich richt op de verhalen die de bestaande media de klein vinden, en dan zulke cijfers. Dat we die 300.000 bezoekers trokken is één, dat ze gemiddeld 2 en een halve minuut per verhaal besteedden,… 

Nederlandse Reisopera, Orkest van het Oosten, Consensus Vocalis én 600 meezingers geven les in de hoofdstad: verbinden doe je zo!

Strak en messcherp? Welnee. Maar daar gaat het deze middag ook helemaal niet om. Hier wordt het feest van samen zingen gevierd, met als eindresultaat een uitvoering van Händels oratorium die je niet op cd wilt, maar die een verrassend hoog niveau heeft en die je bovenal voor geen goud had willen missen. Veel is er geschreven over de problemen… 

Orchestra of the East reinstated: HET Symphony Orchestra has 'new' name

Van Nederlands Symfonieorkest met internationale ambities terug naar provinciaal orkest met vooralsnog helemaal niets. Nu, op de ijzersterke oorspronkelijke naam na dan. Het zou een reclamespot voor Telfort kunnen zijn. Daartussen zitten vele verloren rechtszaken, de groteske protestnaam *****Symfonieorkest en het al even schreeuwerige HET Symfonieorkest. Het is de ultieme capitulatie van het ooit door zo’n beetje alles en iedereen… 

The disaster surrounding the eastern orchestras only intensifies. A reconstruction

A damning report by organisational consultancy Berenschot, the voluntary or involuntary departure of director Harm Mannak, repeated bickering in the State Assembly and panting reports of high salaries for directors and artistic directors, all the way to the national newspapers. It marks the chaos at HET Symfonieorkest and the lack of any form of direction, not only at the orchestra itself,... 

HET Symphony Orchestra director steps down - just before scathing report on business plan

Failing directors stay put, the Supervisory Board disqualifies itself. No other conclusion is possible after reading the counter-expertise commissioned by the province of Overijssel and carried out by Berenschot. The provincial millions intended to make the orchestra subsidy-independent have not only evaporated, but show a negative balance in every aspect. Every estimate was too optimistic,... 

HET Symphony Orchestra won't get its 2016 budget done

THE Symphony Orchestra does not have a balanced budget for 2016. Without additional money from the province, it can no longer perform its core task, nor can it fulfil all the commitments it made earlier. That is the gist of the letter CDA deputy commissioner Hester Maij sent to Provincial Council, ahead of its meeting on 7 October. The subject of the letter: "progress business plan/redemption subsidy HET Symfonieorkest".... 

Bussemaker: 'increase' subsidy paid for with artists' pensions

The second chamber was also keen to know what exactly Culture Minister Bussemaker meant by that 'cash shift'. After all, it was that cash shift with which she could festively announce that she would put an extra 18 million into culture, after 2017. In a letter to the chamber, the minister has now shown how creatively she can bookkeep. A few costs... 

No new merger orchestras, no merger Reisopera and Opera Zuid

Bussemaker invests 18 million in the arts and a symphony orchestra for pop and jazz added. It seems too good to be true. And so it is. Because in return for that one extra orchestra, two other orchestras will be cut. At least, that's how the minister's letter can easily be read. That's how I read it too, at least. Currently... 

Provincial millions for HET Symphony Orchestra evaporated without results

What happened to the five million Overijssel gave the orchestra in 2011 to 'get more money from the market'? This was also what councillor Van Abbema wondered, and the answers the province gave her mostly raise more questions. What is abundantly clear is that the province wants to keep the orchestra no matter what and of no merger 

New annual figures show: THE Symphony Orchestra is virtually bankrupt

THE Symphony Orchestra is as good as bankrupt. The 2014 figures show that. So it is total nonsense that responsible minister Jet Bussemaker reported in her answers to questions by MP Jacques Monasch less than a month ago that the orchestra was well within the own income norm of 21.5%. Not only did she already use incorrect figures in her answers, now... 

Arnhem decides: who takes decisive lead in the battle of the orchestras?

Tonight, the Arnhem city council will take an important decision on the renovation of Musis Sacrum, the monumental concert hall located at a prominent point in the city. But the real news is not in what will be decided tonight, but in the far-reaching consequences. Musis Sacrum dates back to 1847 and is part of the cultural heritage. The venue complex is in dire need of refurbishment and with... 

Crisis at The Symphony Orchestra only gets worse thanks to fact-free politics

HET Symfonieorkest's financial problems have not gone unnoticed. Regional newspaper Tubantia reported last Monday that PvdA MP Jacques Monasch had minister Jet Bussemaker (also PvdA) summoned to the Lower House. In that report, Monasch passes with seven-mile boots advice, applications and decisions that have already been made or are yet to come, and immediately reports that a symphony orchestra will continue beyond 2017... 

Supervisory failure at HET Symphony Orchestra: drama that could have been avoided

The money at HET Symphony Orchestra has run out. Despite all the extra millions from the province and after years of writing off tons of general reserves, the end is in sight. And so the orchestra is scrapping concerts, will be seen less in theatres in Deventer and Zwolle, stops CD recordings and shuns any risky performances. To keep the... 

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