Three continents are united in the Delphine Trio, which consists of Australian clarinettist Magdalenna Krstevska, Dutch cellist Jobine Siekman and South African pianist Roelof Temmingh. They met at the Royal College of Music in London, where they formed their ensemble in 2020. The three musicians have so far performed mainly in the UK and the…

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28.08.2024

Brigitta Muntendorf: ‘I always ask myself: who is the audience?’ | Contemporary Classical – Thea Derks

In Brigitta Muntendorf’s work multimedia and audience participation play a major role. In our country she is still relatively unknown, but in the past Holland Festival she scored high with her transdigital music theatre piece Melencolia. Next season she will compose a new work for Asko|Schönberg. ‘I constantly ask myself: Who is the audience?’ Muntendorf…

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05.09.2024

Dutch National Opera presents Rigoletto as a mental wreck in a psychiatric clinic | Contemporary Classical – Thea Derks

Under dramatically dissonant orchestral sounds, the curtain rises on Rigoletto, Verdi's 17th opera, in the Amsterdam Music Theatre. Instead of the ballroom in the ducal palace from the libretto, we find ourselves in a frigid room in a psychiatric clinic. In this 2017 revival, director Damiano Michieletto presents Rigoletto as a mental wreck, broken by…

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11.10.2024

Caroline Shaw: ‘Nothing breaks writer’s block like walking!’ | Contemporary Classical – Thea Derks

Composer, violinist and singer Caroline Shaw is a musical jack-of-all-trades, who doesn’t limit herself to the world of modern-classical music, but just as easily collaborates with pop musicians, filmmakers and dancers. She is composer in residence at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw from 2024-25, in which period she will compose a new piece for Sō Percussion. Caroline…

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CD Adrift: Delphine Trio presents male composers | Contemporary Classical – Thea Derks

Brigitta Muntendorf: ‘I always ask myself: who is the audience?’ | Contemporary Classical – Thea Derks

Dutch National Opera presents Rigoletto as a mental wreck in a psychiatric clinic | Contemporary Classical – Thea Derks

Caroline Shaw: ‘Nothing breaks writer’s block like walking!’ | Contemporary Classical – Thea Derks

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