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Arnold Schoenberg

Reinbert de Leeuw in Zomergasten, not in Muziekzomer

by Thea Derks
14 July 201430 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, MUSIC

In just over two weeks, the NJO Music Summer will start, with more than sixty-five concerts performed by young musicians, spread across more and less obvious venues in the province of Gelderland. One hundred and sixty-one youngsters streamed in from all over the world to show their skills from 1 to 17 August. Anyone staying in Gelderland at that time could not possibly miss their presence.

There are performances at former factory sites, such as the Zoetenlaboratorium in Arnhem, the Zwitsalterre...

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Reinbert de Leeuw defies limits of orchestra in Saturday Matinee

by Thea Derks
28 January 201411 July 2016
4 min read
ACTUAL, MUSIC

Reinbert de Leeuw turned seventy-five last September, but already in May the VPRO honoured him with three full-length broadcasts on Radio 4. Together with Aad van Nieuwkerk, I made a selection from his best recordings of Kagel, Ustvolskaya and Louis Andriessen, among others, about which I also let him speak. This was followed in September by a real Reinbert festival and his own magazine. The magazine not only highlighted him...

Five reasons to do, and two not to go to 'Schoenberg and Kandinsky'.

by Madeleine Red
18 November 201311 July 2016
5 min read
ACTUAL

Five reasons to go to the ''Schoenberg & Kandinsky'' exhibition at the Jewish Historical Museum. And two why you can omit a visit.

Twelve-tone horror at KCO

by Thea Derks
12 September 201330 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, FILM, MUSIC

Tonight and tomorrow night, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra kicks off the fourth season of its AAA series, with film music entitled 'Suspense'. But not everyone will immediately associate composers like Bartók, Lutyens and Schoenberg with cinema. Their works stand alongside film scores by Bernard Herrmann to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Psycho and world premieres by Joey Roukens, Vincent van Warmerdam and Fons Merkies, who wrote music to a film clip of their own choosing. The most...

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VPRO honours Reinbert de Leeuw

by Thea Derks
8 May 201330 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, MUSIC

On 8 September next, pianist, composer and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw hopes to turn 75 and this will be celebrated with a range of events. These include a three-day festival dedicated to him in The Hague and Amsterdam at the end of September, and he will be the central composer in the NTR Saturday Matinee next season. In addition, a CD box set of his recordings will be released, and later this year I hope to publish my recently completed biography on Reinbert de Leeuw. Together with producer Aad van Nieuwkerk, I made ...

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Delft opens with fewer chamber music surprises than other years

by one of our members
3 August 20118 July 2016
4 min read
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For another 15 years, the Delft Chamber Music Festival, so named to reflect its international character, has encompassed 15 years. Violinist Isabelle van Keulen handled the chamber music festival's programming for the first ten years, Lisa Ferschtmann - also a violinist - took over from her five years ago. But even this already successful festival fears the upcoming budget cuts. A pity, because what...