Concert 12 januari 2025 20:00 - 30 januari 2025
Theater aan de Parade, 's-Hertogenbosch
On stage, the saxophone quartet, finalist of the Grachtenfestival Conservatory Competition in 2023, forges an almost spiritual bond with the audience. The four musicians seek the connection with music on a profound level. An aspect that clearly pleased the jury of Dutch Classical Talent: "Like a blank page, they let themselves be overwhelmed by the music." This open, receptive attitude is reflected in the quartet's idiosyncratic repertoire choice and in Osimuns' approach. The quartet creates its own arrangements. On the program, music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Glazunov, and Maslanka.
OTHER DATES:
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Willem Twee, Den Bosch
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Schouwburgconcertzaal, Tilburg
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Wilminktheater, Enschede
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Amsterdam
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Muziekgebouw Eindhoven
Thursday, January 30, 2025
De Harmonie, Leeuwarden
Concert 12 januari 2025 12:30
Het Cenakel, Tilburg
The Preludes and Images by Claude Debussy are atmospheric, colorful pieces, molded into musical form like impressionistic paintings. The Berlage Saxophone Quartet and the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, two of the best and most versatile quartets in the Netherlands, shed new light on these two piano classics.
Composer and master arranger Max Knigge reworked some parts for the four saxophonists and the four string players and wrote the brand-new Interludes. The timbres of Debussy are given a modern counterpart thanks to the laser light animations of the Dutch-Russian artist Vladimir Grafov, who were also featured during large-scale outdoor events such as the Amsterdam Dance Event. This transforms the concert hall into an oasis of sound, color, movement, and light.
Concert 8 januari 2025 20:30 - 30 januari 2025
De Schuur, Haarlem
What is normal anyway? And who decides that? In Normality No More - a fusion of music theater, modern dance, and classical music - three top companies take you on a journey into a neurodiverse experiential world. Boundaries blur between normal and strange, neurotypical and neurodiverse, spectator and participant. Where do you fit on the spectrum?
A bestseller in classical music, Schubert's Winterreise, is stripped down to the bone and rebuilt. In the original Winterreise, the main character embarks on a lonely, wintry journey after his love has left him. Searching for inner peace, but tormented and haunted by memories, he is left desolate on the ice. In Normality No More, modern dance, music theater, and classical music blend into a new version: an homage to the divergent brain and a call for understanding and empathy for those who experience the world differently than the masses.
WED 08 JAN
8:30 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited De Schuur / Haarlem / NL
THU 09 JAN
8:30 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited
De Schuur / Haarlem / NL
FRI 10 JAN
8:30 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited De Schuur / Haarlem / NL
SAT 11 JAN
8:30 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited
De Schuur / Haarlem / NL
TUE 14 JAN
8:00 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited Stadsschouwburg Utrecht / Utrecht / NL
WED 15 JAN
8:00 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited
Schouwburg Hengelo / Hengelo / NL
THU 16 JAN
8:15 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited
Isala Theater / Capelle aan den IJssel / NL
FRI 17 JAN
8:00 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited
De Maagd / Bergen op Zoom / NL
TUE 21 JAN
8:15 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited Theater Speelhuis / Helmond / NL
WED 22 JAN
8:15 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited
Leidse Schouwburg / Leiden / NL
THU 23 JAN
8:15 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited
Purmarijn / Purmerend / NL
TUE 28 JAN
8:00 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited
ITA / Amsterdam / NL
WED 29 JAN
8:00 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited
ITA / Amsterdam / NL
THU 30 JAN
8:00 PM
Normality No More | Schubert's Winterreise revisited
Schouwburg / Nijmegen / NL
Concert 8 januari 2025 12:30
Concertgebouw - lunchconcert
The Otilka Quartet, a dynamic and international ensemble of four curious musicians, was born from a shared passion for classical music and the intention to push the boundaries of the traditional string quartet. In addition to performing the standard repertoire, the quartet experiments with works by lesser-known composers.
Founded in September 2020 at the prestigious Conservatorium van Amsterdam, this string quartet quickly established itself as a promising ensemble in the world of chamber music.
Over the past years, the Otilka Quartet has given numerous concerts, some of which have been recorded by Podium Klassiek, NPO Klassiek, or the Concertzender. You can find various audio and video recordings under Agenda, Past Events, and on the Media page.
In February 2024, the Otilka Quartet participated in the IX International Music Competition Triomphe de l'Art in Brussels. They won the second prize and were invited to perform during the final Gala Concert. Jury chairman Marc Danel, violinist and founder of the renowned Quatuor Danel, and artistic director of the Nederlandse Strijkkwartet Akademie (NSKA), awarded the Otilka Quartet a cash prize, as well as a concert at the Concertgebouw and masterclasses at the NSKA.
The Dutch String Quartet Academy guides young, talented quartets towards a flourishing future in the international performing arts.
Later that year, they play a significant role in the Anniversary Week celebrating 100 years of history of Huize Gaudeamus in Bilthoven, where they perform both the concert during the official opening and a later program featuring composers who have been significantly influenced by Huize Gaudeamus.
Program:
Schostakovich - String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat, Op. 118
Renette - String Quartet No. 1 'J'ai pris amours' (première)
Concert 7 januari 2025 20:00
Het Cenakel, Tilburg
We start the new year with a virtual opera like you have never seen before. The Portuguese/Dutch Maat Saxohone Quartet performs one of the absolute highlights from German-language literature, Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. The performance, with music by Nuno Lobo, touches on interesting classical and contemporary themes such as identity and loneliness.
Program:
Metamorphosis (2024) - Nuno Lobo
Concert 5 januari 2025 15:00
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
Triolino is a concert series for young viewers that arises from the collaboration between music company Oorkaan and professional musicians. Oorkaan is an innovative educational method and works closely with the Austrian Jeunesse, a company that makes classical music possible by and for youth. Language is not a problem: with such an international collaboration, the music is the all-knowing narrator.
The Amsterdam-based Maat Saxophone Quartet, consisting of four Portuguese musicians, won the Dutch Classical Talent Award in 2022. The jury report was praising, and the reviews of their first album Ciudades were just as good. 'About the playing of the Maat Saxophone Quartet we can be brief: promising, devilishly good, and heavenly contagious in all works,' according to Luister.
Program:
Guillermo Lago Ciudades: Montevideo
Franz von Suppè Dichter und Bauer: Ouverture (arr. Lourenço)
Mendelssohn Capriccio op. 81 no. 3
José Luís Tinoco No teu poema
Ferenc Farkas Early Hungarian Dances: Slow
Mai Cocopelli Triolino-Song
Lecture 17 december 2024 16:30 - 18:00
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Geboren in een internationaal gezin en opgegroeid in zowel Istanbul als Wenen, heeft Yasmin Hilberdink, directeur van de Strijkkwartet Biënnale Amsterdam, een brede kennis en passie voor klassieke muziek ontwikkeld. In Wenen was zij de artistiek directeur van het Schloss Grafenegg festival. In Amsterdam, waar ze in 2002 naartoe verhuisde, was ze meer dan 10 jaar directeur van KAM (Kamermuziekgezelschap Amsterdam), waar ze kamermuziekconcerten in het Concertgebouw organiseerde.
Zij is de oprichtster en artistiek directeur van de Strijkkwartet Biënnale Amsterdam, een weeklang festival dat de diversiteit en rijkdom van het strijkkwartet viert.
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