Ferry Corsten at Club Glow

Saturday, January 1, 2011
Club Glow - Washington D.C., DC

Year in and year out Ferry Corsten pushes the envelope in production and DJing. His music, energy, the classics he has produced, the up and comers he spins, it’s unbelievable. Every time he comes to Glow things get wild!! His recent compilation, Once Upon a Night Vol. 2 displays the amazing qualities that make him one of the best. Ever.

APAP Conference

The next APAP (Arts Presenters Conference) will kick off at the 6th of January. During this event there will be delegations of the Theater Institute of The Netherlands (TIN) and the Music Center of The Netherlands (MCN).Their delegations will include several artists and arts organizations. Also taking place during APAP is the Under the Radar Festival.

Some of the Dutch artist performing during the APAP and Under the Radar Festival:

Theatergroup Space will perform the 7th of January at the Speed Dating Series Under the Radar

Tineke Postma (jazzsaxophonist)performing the 8th of January at Zinc Bar, New York, 8:30pm













Amina Figarova (Jazz Pianist/Composer) performing the 7th of January at Zinc Bar, New York, 6:30pm











The Cultural Section of the Consulate General of New York will have its Specialist in the Performing Arts: Gabri Christa-Reid and Erwin Maas in attendance

For further information about APAP,Under the Radar,TIN, MCN and the artist being showcased go to:
http://www.theaterinstituut.nl/
http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/
http://www.apapnyc.org/
http://www.undertheradarfestival.com/
http://www.aminafigarova.com/
http://www.spaceworld.nl/
http://www.tinekepostma.com/

Plastic Dreams in New York

17 december, 2010

Location: Public Assembly

70 North 6th Street

Brooklyn, NY
Tickets at: www.beyondbooking.com or buy them at the door.

Description
Plastic Dreams is a series of international club nights by Music Center the Netherlands presenting Dutch dance talent. Together with a bunch of prominent organizations from the Dutch electronic music scene Plastic Dreams supports the dancing Dutchies to raise their profile in foreign territories.

Plastic Dreams started in 2008 and since then has been hosting club events in London, Paris, Istanbul, Berlin, Budapest and New York on a regular basis, ranging in a whole scale of different sounds and styles. Each event is hosted by a standing Dutch crew, supplemented by new and fresh dance talent on each night. The concept is named after Robin Albers’ house classic, one of the first and biggest Dutch house tracks with international success.

Fedde Le Grand at Pacha New York

Saturday December 11,

Tickets:  http://www.pachanyc.com/ or 212.209.7500

Fedde Le Grand
Fedde le Grand (born 7 September 1977) is a Dutch house DJ and producer whose single "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" (UK/USA) "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" (Europe, excluding UK) reached number one on the UK's singles and the top 5 in the Dutch singles chart, and five weeks in the Spanish dance chart. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records artist Fedde le Grand placed at #29, up to #21 in 2010.

Awards
Best Breakthrough Solo Artist - IDMA 2007

Awards
Put Your Hands Up For Detroit
No 1 in - UK, Spain, Russia. Finland & Bulgaria
Ibiza Summer Anthem - M8 Magazine
Best Underground House Track - IDMA 2007
Best Breaks/Electro Track - IDMA 2007
Club Banger Of The Year - Club Awards Miami 2008

Remixed For
Madonna
Robbie Williams
Will.i.am
Mr V
Martin Solveig
Sharam

Christianne Stotijn

10 December

Friday,
December 10 at 7:30 PM

Tickets: www.carnegiehall.org or 212-247-7800

Mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn was born in Delft, the Netherlands, in 1977. She began her musical studies as a violinist and studied both violin and voice at the Amsterdam Conservatoire, gaining her solo diploma for violin in 2000. Her voice coaches are Udo Reinemann, Jard van Nes, and Dame Janet Baker.

Stotijn has won several prizes, including being a finalist in the International Wettbewerb fur Liedkunst (Stuttgart) in 2001 as well as the 2005/06 ECHO Rising Stars, 2005 Borletti Buitoni Award for the BBC’s New Generation Artist Scheme, and most recently the Dutch Music Prize (Nederlandse Muziekprijs), presented April 2008.

Her operatic roles include Ottavia in L’Incoronazione di Poppea (Opera de Oviedo), Cornelia in Giulio Cesare (Bilbao Opera), Bradamante in Alcina (Teatro Municipal de Santiago) and the title role of Tamerlano (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden). A skilled recitalist, she performs with the pianists Julius Drake and Joseph Breinl, and has appeared at the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Tonhalle Zurich, De Doelen Hall Rotterdam, Sage Gateshead, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Caixa Barcelona, among venues.

More information: http://www.christiannestotijn.com/

Misha Fomin at Carnegie Hall

December 8, 2010

Wednesday at 8:00PM

Tickets: www.carnegiehall.org or 212-247-7800

Misha began studying piano at an early age in Nalchik (Russian Federation), and his outstanding early promise blossomed into graduation with distinction from the Gnessins Russian Academy of Music. He attended several master-classes given by L. Berman, K. H. Kämmerling, B. Rhingeissen and followed post-graduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar and the Sweelinck Conservatorium, Amsterdam.

Most recent appearances include The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and The Musikverein in Wien.
Future engagements include Carnegie Hall in New York, The Forge (London) and The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Misha has always been renowned for his fine communicative skills in front of an audience, allied to effortless technique and inspiring musicianship in everything he performs.

Passing on his knowledge and experience as a performing artist by giving master-classes to future generations of musicians and music lovers, is an important part of his musical life.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra nominated for Grammy

The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards will be on 13th of february and broadcasted on
CBS 8.00 PM ET/PT

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
The special power of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra lies in the people who make each and every concert a special event. The orchestra members, conductors and soloists are responsible for the ‘visible’ component of the performance experience. Their individual talent and commitment contribute to the astonishing magic of the concert.Also essential to the creation of that magic, though, is the audience

Bruckner: Symphonies No. 3 and 4," Mariss Jansons, conductor
Ever since the tenure of its chief conductor Eduard van Beinum (1945–59), the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has cherished one of the greatest Bruckner symphonic traditions in the world. With this release of Bruckner’s Third and Fourth Symphonies, Mariss Jansons and his Amsterdam-based orchestra add a new chapter to the RCO’s impressive performance and recording history of Bruckner’s works.
In Jansons’s view, the refinement of Bruckner’s music – however grandiose it may be – will always win out over grandiloquence. He continues the orchestra’s performance traditions, focusing particularly on the detail of the sound. Under Jansons’s baton, Bruckner has a warm, beating heart: his rhythms are not simply played, they are, above all, experienced.

Louis Andriessen&Dutch Piano Mills on WNYC/Q2 Radio

Louis Andriessen

Radioprogramme Q2 spotlights Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, who has, in ways both clear and covert, played a crucial role in the sonic idenity of Q2. Over a seventy-year career, Andriessen has amassed prestigious awards, including the 2011 Grawemeyer Award, composed prolifically and idiosyncratically and come to be regarded as one of the most sought-after composition teachers in the Western world. Beginning Monday, December 6 on Q2, WNYC aims to address that.

Dutch Piano Mills on Hammered

When it comes to the cultural exports of the Netherlands, the names that dominate are most often of a more painterly persuasian: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Vincent Van Gogh, Jan Vermeer. However, this week on Hammered! we showcase Dutch musical exports by focusing on some of the finest composers of contemporary keyboard music. In addition to the music of Q2's December Composer Portrait Louis Andriessen, we also sample works by Ton de Leeuw, Peter van Onna and Leo Smit.


For both of the radioshows on Monday,6 december go to: http://www.wqxr.org/

Orchestra of St. Luke’s

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Thursday, 9 December at 8pm

The Orchestra of St. Luke’s has been an essential part of the New York City music scene for more than three decades. Renowned for its skill and collaborative vitality, the group, joined by conductor de Waart, performs Adams’s orchestration of Liszt’s dark musical fantasy of Venice and Mendelssohn’s symphonic imaginings of Scotland. Also, Graham sings music by Berg.

Edo de Waart (born 1 June 1941, Amsterdam) is a Dutch conductor, and the Music Director of both the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.De Waart studied oboe, piano and conducting at the Sweelinck Conservatory, graduating in 1962. Edo de Waart's recording catalogue is extensive, encompassing recordings with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony.


The Program
Orchestra of St. Luke's
Edo de Waart, Conductor
Susan Graham, Mezzo-Soprano

LISZT (orch. JOHN ADAMS) The Black Gondola
BERG Seven Early Songs
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"

Tickets: www.carnegiehall.org or 212-247-7800

André Rieu United States Tour

                               

November 29 - December 11, 2010

André Rieu
At University he performed the Gold And Silver Waltz by Franz Lehár. Encouraged by the audience reaction he decided to pursue the waltz form. Rieu formed the Maastricht Salon Orchestra and performed as a violinist with the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. In 1987, he created the Johann Strauss Orchestra and his own production company. Since then, his melodramatic stage performances and rock-star demeanor have for some been associated with a revival of the waltz music category. André Rieu plays a 1667 Stradivarius violin.

Johan Strauss Orchestra
The Orchestra began in 1987 with 12 members but now performs with between 40 and 50 musicians. At the time the Orchestra first toured Europe, there emerged a renewed interest in waltz music. The revival began in the Netherlands and was ignited by their recording of the Second Waltz from Shostakovich's Jazz Suites. As a result, Rieu became known as the waltz King.

Rieu and his orchestra have performed throughout Europe, in North America, and Japan. Winning a number of awards including two World Music Awards, their recordings have gone gold and platinum in many countries, including 8-times Platinum in the Netherlands.

He records both DVD and CD repertoire at his own recording studios in Maastricht in a wide range of classical music as well as popular and folk music plus music from well-known sound tracks and musical theatre. His lively orchestral presentations, in tandem with incessant marketing, have attracted worldwide audiences to this subgenre of classical music.

Some of his orchestra's performances have been broadcast in the United Kingdom and the United States on the PBS television network, such as the 2003 airing of Andre Rieu Live in Dublin, filmed in Dublin, Ireland, and 2005's André Rieu Live in Tuscany filmed in the Piazza Della Repubblica in the village of Cortona in Tuscany.

Tourdates:

Phoenix, Az, United States

Jobing.com Arena

Nov 29

08.00 pm

Las Vegas, NV, United States

Orleans Arena

Nov 30

08.00 pm

San Diego, CA, United States

San Diego Sports Arena
Dec 02
08:00 pm

Ontario, CA, United States
Citizens Business Bank Arena
Dec 03
08:00 pm

Los Angeles, CA, United States
NOKIA Theatre LA Live
Dec 04
08:00 pm

San Jose, CA, United States
HP Pavillion
Dec 06
08:00 pm

Seattle, WA, United States
Key Arena
Dec 07
07:30 pm

Ft Lauderdale, FL, United States
Bank Atlantic Centre
Dec 09
08:00 pm

Tampa, FL, United States
St Pete Times FORUM
Dec 10
08:00 pm

Orlando, FL, United States
Amway Center
Dec 11
08:00 pm

Tickets available at:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/

US Ticket Sales
800-745-3000

Ticketmaster Express
866-448-7849
This is a completely automated phone line for self-service ticket sales, even after hours.

Dutch Composer Louis Andriessen wins Grawemeyer Award

Dutch composer Louis Andriessen has won the $100,000 Grawemeyer Award for his opera La Comedia.

The multi-media opera La Comedia has earned Dutch composer Louis Andriessen the 2011 Grawemeyer Award, one of the most lucrative music awards.The $100,000 cash award, awarded each year by the University of Louisville, was announced on Nov. 28th.
The opera is based on Dante's Divine Comedy, was first seen at the 2008 Holland Festival in Amsterdam, and was produced in association with American film director Hal Hartley. It's Andriessen's fourth opera.

Andriessen, from Utrecht, is considered one of Europe's preeminent composers. His musical interests and influences range from American boogie-woogie and jazz to minimalism. He held the composer's chair at Carnegie Hall in 2009, and was named 2010 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He teaches at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

Noord Nederlandse Dans at Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York

December 2 - December 3, 2010

Baryshnikov Arts Center

450 West 37th Street, Suite 501
New York, NY 10018

'Tidal' is a combination of dance and live singing in which the makers have explored new artistic boundaries together. Singer Nynke Laverman, known for great versatility from pop to orchestra and electronic music, takes on the musical execution. In this performance you will experience the magic of dancer and singer together on stage. An adventurous journey in which choreographer Stephen Shropshire, singer Nynke Laverman and musical composer Anne Parlevliet stretch their creative boundaries within an arrangement of contemporary music.

Noord Nederlandse Dans operates under the artistic directorship of Stephen Shropshire. With Shropshire at the helm, the company -which has long been known for its athleticism, musicality and virtuosity- continues to present programs that are both emotionally and intellectually engaging as well as physically thrilling. His work, along with the work of a new generation of young international choreographers, re-confirms the company's position as one of the most exciting and original modern dance companies working in the Netherlands today.

Wicked Jazz Sounds Band at Peter Stuyvesant Ball

                                      

November 19, 2010

The 29th Peter Stuyvesant Ball (2010)
Friday, November 19, 2010

The Netherland-America Foundation (NAF) is holding its 29th Peter Stuyvesant Ball on November 19, 2010 at Pier Sixty located in the heart of Chelsea Piers on the Hudson in New York City.
The evening begins at 7 pm, followed by dinner at 8 pm and the Peter Stuyvesant Nightclub at 11:30 pm.

More info: http://www.thenaf.org/

Wicked Jazz Sounds Band

Wicked Jazz Sounds is an Amsterdam based platform for music –where Jazz meets dance- bringing together the warmth of Jazz and the energy of contemporary dance music. They aim to bring quality music in an open and accessible way to a wide group of people. The platform features DJs, live musicians, producers, VJs and a most of all: a lively community of diverse people. All dancing with a smile. Wicked Jazz Sounds can build up from down-tempo background music to an up-tempo, floor filling, dance event.

The DJs and live musicians have years of experience in playing together. They have developed their own unique style and make you travel a futuristic journey through jazz, hip-hop, soul, funk, broken-beat, house, drum & bass and beyond… Being a platform for music, Wicked Jazz Sounds comes in many shapes. It is a party organisation bringing ‘Wicked Jazz Sounds clubnights’ in different venues and cities throughout the Netherlands. They are a live band that performs in clubs and at festivals. They produce their own songs and remix other peoples music. Wicked Jazz Sounds is also the name for a successful series of compilation CDs signed worldwide by United Recordings. Most of all Wicked Jazz Sounds is on a mission to bring together the warmest, nicest and happiest people and make them dance to the music we are all in love with.

Delft Blues Arts and Live Jazz

November 19 - November 21, 2010

Friday       at 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Saturday   at 3:00PM - 7:00PM
Sunday     at 3:00PM - 7:00PM

Holland Tunnel Gallery
61 South 3^rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211 

Stairmasters
59 South 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Jazz Special
Three days of sparkling jazz, presented by Dutch jazz diva pianist/vocalist Heleen Schuttevaêr with an international line-up of guest musicians.

Delft Blues Arts Special
Nextdoor, the exhibition DELFT BLUES is on display on 3 floors of the monumental staircase, known as Stairmasters, Holland Tunnel’s extension for long term art projects.

Dutch artists Paulien Lethen and Jan Mulder show paintings, works on paper and ceramics in a striking modern-abstract interpretation of Holland’s historical blue-and-white ceramics in Holland Tunnel Gallery, NY’s smallest gallery space.

Slow Dancing at Lincoln Center

November 20, 2010

Slow Dancing is a series of 43 larger-than-life, hyper-slow-motion video portraits of dancers and choreographers from around the world, displayed on multiple screens. Each subject's movement (approximately 5 seconds long) was shot on a specially constructed set using a high-speed, high-definition camera recording at 1,000 frames per second (standard film captures 30 frames per second). The result is approximately 10 minutes of extreme slow motion. The trio of portraits will be randomly selected for each cycle, allowing viewers to simultaneously compare dancers from different styles and cultures.

What at first appears to be a series of still photographs unfolds gesture by barely perceptible gesture -a motion portrait in which each dancer's unique artistic expression and technique are revealed. Viewers can choose to focus on one dancer's complete performance or observe the interplay among the screens. The extreme slow motion enables the viewer to share privileged information about the complexity of the simplest gestures, catching details that would normally escape the naked eye.

Bride Flight at AFI EU Filmshowcase

November 18 - November 21, 2010

A sweeping melodrama loosely based on the lives of three young women who traveled on the KLM flight that won the last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1953. Dubbed the "Bride Flight," many of its passengers were young Dutch women on their way to join their already-settled fiances. Shy country girl Ada, sensible Marjorie and sophisticated Esther are from different backgrounds and have different motivations for emigrating, but quickly become friends as they adjust to their new lives. Fifty years later, at the funeral of a fellow "Bride Flight" passenger, Frank, they learn just how intertwined their lives have really been. (Courtesy of 2010 Seattle International Film Festival)

DIR Ben Sombogaart; SCR Marieke van der Pol; PROD Hanneke Niens, Anton Smit. Netherlands/Luxembourg, 2008. In English and Dutch with English subtitles.

Barren at Margret Mead Film Festival

November 14, 2010

For years the memories of his late wife have haunted 79-year old Kees. As long as their homing pigeons fly in the garden, he is unable to let go of the troubling memories of their marriage. In a final attempt to free himself, he tears down the dovecot.

Peter Beets at Django Reinhardt Festival

 October 25 - November 11, 2010

Django Reinhardt Festival
Birdland
520 E. 81 Street
New York, NY, 10028
http://www.djangobirdland.com/

Shows at 8:30pm and 11:00pm

Peter Beets (Netherlands, 12 June 1971) comes from a music loving family. Classical music comes to him through his mother, a music teacher, and jazz through his father, a doctor. Both his brothers are professional musicians. In 1977 Peter starts having piano lessons at the age of six. A conservatory study follows when he is 18 at the Royal Conservatory for Music and Dance in The Hague. While still studying Peter wins the Pall Mall Swing Award and the Prinses Christina Concours. He graduates from the conservatory in 1998, in which year he joins the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw as regular pianist.

Guido's Orchestra

November 7 - November 17, 2010

November 7            - Houston, TX
November 13          - Waterbury, CT
November 16          - Chicago, IL
November 17          - Detroit, MI

Guido’s Orchestra is a fun-loving pop orchestra that has taken Holland by storm and now has the world in its sights!

Led by Guido Dieteren, a concert by Guido’s Orchestra is both a visual and aural treat, the talent of its young musicians complemented by a spectacular stage show and the personalities of both Guido and his wife, Principle Soprano Soloist, Wendy Kokkelkoren.

Judith van Wanroij, La Muse de l'Opéra

November 15, 2010

Monday at 7:30PM

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street
NW Washington, DC 20566
Tickets: http://www.kennedy-center.org/ or 800-444-1324

Opera Lafayette presents a recital with orchestra featuring the brilliant young Dutch soprano Judith van Wanroij. She sings La Muse de l'Opéra by Clérambault, a virtuoso miniature which calls forth in quick succession the many contrasting moods and natural phenomena of classic French lyric tragedy--fanfare, hunt, pastorale, tempest, birdsong, enchanted sleep, and the infernal. She and the Opera Lafayette then alternate several magnificent airs, including Télaïre's ‘Tristes apprêts' from Rameau's Castor et Pollux, with the composer's vivacious and imaginative dances from this and other operas.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/17/AR2010111700378.html

Benjamin Herman at Byron Carlyle Theatre

November 9 - November 13, 2010

November 9      - Charlottesville, NY
November 10    - Philadeplhia, PA
November 11    - Baltimore, MD
November 13    - Miami, FL


As part of the New Cool of the jazz scene in the Netherlands Benjamin Herman blows away every cliché while working hard to return jazz to the dance floor, and building bridges between the mainstream, improvisational jazz and the pop scene. He began his career when he received a saxophone as a bar mitzvah present. Since then, Benjamin has become known as the hardest-working, sharpest-dressing and most original musician in the Netherlands. He is the winner of several Edison awards (the Dutch Grammys).

The Robert Bosscher Quartet

November 9, 2010

Bandleader Robert Bosscher is bringing together four highly talented and accomplished jazz musicians from The Netherlands and the USA – a one-time performance.

Robert is a musical personality who can give a one man show which easily stands on its own. Because he has always had an open mind for all kinds of music, he is a typical all-round player. The great pianoplayer Rob Manda, his personal inspirator, has always encouraged him to develope his own unique voice. Robert's got a great love for jazz and so it shows.

Armin van Buuren Most Popular DJ in the world

The votes have been counted and the results are in. The DJ Mag Top 100 list of 2010 is officially announced. And it has some good news in it. For the 4th year running, Armin van Buuren is the number 1 DJ, and thus prolongs his title as ‘Most popular DJ in the world’! As the first DJ in the history of the DJ Mag, the Dutch DJ is now the number 1 DJ for 4 years in a row.


Armin: "What music does to people has always been a passion for me. It’s there to comfort you when you’re sad, or to make you scream when you’re happy. And that fact grew to a passion. It brings me to do what I do today."

The Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo

October 2010 - March 2011

22 October      - Newton, MA

23 October      - Hampton, CT
November       - San Francisco, CA
November       - Los Angeles, CA
November       -  Maui Hawaii

The Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo from the Netherlands will be visiting the USA. Dutch guitarist Robert Bekkers and Brunei-born Chinese pianist Anne Ku have two different programs (traditional and contemporary) to whet everyone’s appetite. They will also be offering guitar and piano workshops and lecture-recitals on piano/guitar repertoire.

Spearheading the way for the revival of piano and guitar as duo, Bekkers and Ku have been actively working with instrument makers, composers, and chamber musicians to develop a powerful blend. The combination of the modern piano with Robert’s custom-built guitar guarantees an ensemble that is greater than their instruments.

The piano and guitar were commonly heard in the early part of the 19th century. Composers such as Hummel, Giuliani, and Carulli wrote and performed for this combination, but their works are rarely played today because of acoustic imbalance and other technical challenges.

The guitar remained in the background until Segovia championed the instrument for the concert stage. He and his pianist wife inspired 20th century composers like Ponce and Tedesco to write for this magnificent combination.

Even more possibilities exist in the 21st century. The Bekkers Duo has premiered new works composed for their duo in Spain, Italy, Maui, and throughout the Netherlands.

This has resulted in a unique program of new and exciting music which they plan to record for their next CD.
To expand the piano guitar repertoire even further, Bekkers has arranged many famous pieces for this polyphonic ensemble: Handel’s the arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, and Bach’s Badinerie, to name a few.

Jaap van Zweden in Chicago

October 28-29, 2010

Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden and the Chicago Symphony will deliver the first of three renditions of the twelve-minute tone poem Dark Waves composed by John Luther Adams. As Marc Geelhoed observes, Chicago has effectively become JLA City. You can hear all of Dark Waves via the Listen to This Audio Guide. The program also includes a selection of Mahler songs, with Measha Brueggergosman, and Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony.

Jaap van Zweden has worked with many prestigious orchestras across the globe. In addition, opera plays an important part in his career. He has conducted La traviata and Fidelio with the Nationale Reisopera, Madame Butterfly at the Netherlands Opera, and concert performances of Verdi’s Otello, Barber’s Vanessa, and Wagner’s Die Meistersinger and Lohengrin at the Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic.

Amstel Quartet

October 20 - October 29, 2010

October 20         - Laramie, WY
October 21         - Laramie, WY
October 25         - Los Angeles, CA
October 26         - Los Angeles, CA
October 27         - Los Angeles, CA
October 29         - Anchorage, AK

The repertoire of the Amstel Quartet is original, its performances personal. From the mystery of Bach’s Second Cello Suite in D to Michael Nyman’s theme for the film, The Piano, the four saxophones unleash a new energy with each arrangement. The Amstel Quartet has the technical confidence to tackle the most difficult piece from Iannis Xenakis and the versatility to collaborate with artists from other disciplines – such as dance, musical theatre, mime and cinema.

I Fioretti in Musica - opera in danza

September 30 - October 17, 2010

Thursday - Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 2:30pm

Tickets: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/766805

"I Fioretti in Musica- Opera in Danza" is an original Italian Opera that imagines St. Francis of Assisi as a character in modern New York.

The libretto and concept by Gian Marco Lo Forte is based on the 14th century book of poems in vulgar Italian Little Flowers and includes an original polyphonic score for 5 voices called mottetti composed by Sasha Zamler-Carhart layered and juxtaposed with electroacoustic live voice processing and music inspired by New York City's street noise composed by Ryan Carter. The intimate setting will include art and projections by visual artist Mark Tambella, choreography by Philip Montana and puppetry and masks made with garbage and savaged materials by Cathy Shaw and Abby Felder to evoke ancient festivities in Umbria and in Medieval Italy.

Sasha Zamler-Carhart, born (1975) and raised in Paris, currently based in The Netherlands. Music and literature are tightly intertwined in his work. He often recycles musical and poetic techniques from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, as well as from the folk traditions of Europe and Africa. His compositions are typically large theatrical cycles for voices, often on spiritual themes.

Don’t Hit Mama’s Dance Party

October 14 - October 16, 2010

October 14 at 7:30PM
October 15 at 7:30PM
October 16 at 7:30PM

Tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=26765&schedule=list

What happens when you mash-up a great venue like Harlem Stage with some of the hottest dancers from around the Globa, alongside Hip-Hop pioneers smashing the barrier between artist and audience? You get Don’t Hit Mama’s Dance Party. Part of the Harlem Stage Uptown Nights Series, this unique international collaboration between the Dutch dance company Don’t Hit Mama and some of NYC’s most celebrated local talent will explode on stage as the Festival’s grand finale, a not to be missed, once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The Jig

October 26 - November 3, 2010

October 26   at Nublu, New York
November 2 at Kenny Castaways, New York
November 3 at Fontana's, New York

The Jig brings raw, uncut instrumental funk. Three cool horns and an ultra tight rhythm section with Hammond organ create a crispy funk sound inspired by heroes like The Meters and Bootsy Collins. Vintage, with style and a contemporary urge. The band plays almost exclusively their own material. Catchy, soulful, deep, funky. Some of their songs are already known as underground-dancefloor-hits.

Fret Magazine: "Chrystal clear and groovy, with a nicely bouncing horn section taking over control."

LiveXS Magazine: "The Jig is a cool asset on every festival. Jit it!"

Dutch bands at CMJ

CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival dominates New York City with 5 nonstop days and nights of over 1,200 live band performances and dozens of films from October 19 - 23. This year there are four Dutch bands invited to play.

De Staat                 October 21 at Ace of Clubs
The Black Alantic    October 22 at The Living Room
Daily Bread             October 23 at Arlenes Grocery
Moss                      October 23 at Bowery Poety Club

More info: http://cmj2010.com/

Great Noise Ensemble - De Materie

October 24, 2010

October 24 at 6:30pm
National Gallery of Art, East Building (Washington)

You can't call "De Materie" small. Louis Andriessen is one of the biggest composers in Europe, and his vocal-orchestra piece "On Matter" opens with a bang, literally, that's repeated 144 times at full volume. And this piece's Washington premiere is by far the biggest thing ever essayed by the still-new Great Noise Ensemble, a group founded a few years ago over Craigslist. In fact, this Oct. 24 performance at the National Gallery shows a small group demonstrating large-scale ambitions -- and one of the most important compositions of the late 20th century. -- Anne Midgette (http://www.washingtonpost.com/)

Mister Anansi

October 23 at 6 PM, Kennedy Center (No reservations)

October 24 TBA, Embassy of the Netherlands

October 25 AM, Public schools (Reservations 202-944-6558)

October 26 AM, Public schools (Reservations 202-944-6558)

October 26 at 2 PM, Children's Medical Center (No reservations)

Wijnand Stomp, a.k.a. Mister Anansi, turns folktales from around the world into theatre for all ages. He is a unique link in the world of narrative traditions and over the years he has managed to carve out his own spot in the world of theatre and storytelling.

Over the years he has developed a style that is entirely his own. His energetic mix of physical, musical, visual and textual elements makes for powerful performances. With humour, contagious cheek and a dash of wisdom Wijnand Stomp is able to move audiences of all ages. He has an exceptional mimicry and his easy and flexible voice enables him to change parts instantly infusing his words with strong imaginative power. As soon as the snake of his stories starts twisting and turning you are, for a brief moment, taken to a different world.

Meat

October 8, 2010

Friday at 7:30 PM

Meat (Netherlands, 2010; 85 min.)
Directors: Victor Nieuwenhuijs and Maartje Seygerth

A butcher and his neighborhood butchery both appear at first perfectly normal, but relationships are not what they seem in this sexually charged standout drama from the 2010 Rotterdam International Film Festival. The butcher (Titus Muizelaar) operates a seemingly ordinary life and business, but once the young and intoxicating assistant Roxy (Nellie Benner) starts working at his shop, everyday life soon begins to take on unexpected new forms. After business hours, employer and employee relationships shift and change as the two take part in bizarre psychological games, with art student Roxie capturing events on her video camera.

Their journey takes them on a wild ride and offers a glimpse behind the veil of normalcy, with dark consequences. Veteran Dutch filmmakers Maartje Seyferth and Victor Nieuwenhuijs will be in attendance for this North American premiere.

Cast: Nellie Benner, Hugo Metsers, Titus Muizelaar

LelleBelle

October 8, 2010

Friday at 9:30 PM

LelleBelle (Netherlands, 2010; 85 min.)
Director: Mischa Kamp

An innocent and at the same time sexually charged look at a girl's coming of age.
(Caution: Unrated/NC-17, w. explicit sexual content)

19-year old violinist Belle lives in a small farming village in the Netherlands. Everyone around her seems obsessed with sex: her boyfriend, her sister and especially her mother. But Belle's only interest is her violin, and she is put off by the constant flirting and mating of her peers.

Belle works hard to prepare for the admissions exam to the conservatory. Her technique is good, but her dispassionate attitude stands in the way of her sucess. Against the advice of her teacher, Belle escapes to the city to train as a professional violinist. Living in her new environment among the other students, Belle is surprised to discover her own sexual desires. When she finds she has a particularly sensitive ear lobe, this finally sets off the passionate musician inside her. Belle understands that without excitement she will fail at auditions, so she sets out on an erotic journey of discovery full of lust, sex and love.

Cast: Anna Raadsveld, Benja Bruijing, Charlie Dagelet, Tom Van Landuyt

Circles of Soul

October 3, 2010

Circles of Soul is a 7 minute piece filled with funk, lyrical phil-o-sophies, breakin and personal stories. Including Bulgarian and Kurdish influences mixed in a Hip Hop expression. In other words the official presentation of Philip Rachid's alter ego "Soultrotter".

“As I stroll on astral globes,
I know that I do not know.
What will come will go.
I am nothing, but nothing is all.
So I flow with universal soul.
The journey is my goal”
      -Soultrotter-

Didy Veldman 'Frame of View'

November 2 - November 7, 2010

Tuesday - Wednesday: at 7:30pm
Thursday - Friday:        at  8:00pm
Saturday:                     at  2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday:                        at  2:00pm & 7:30pm

The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Tickets: 212-242-0800 or http://www.joyce.org/


Dutch choreographer Didy Veldman has a successful career as a free lance choreographer. Creating works for many of the world's leading dance companies. Trained in numerous techniques at the Scapino Academy in Amsterdam, she went on to dance with Scapino Ballet, Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve and Britain's Rambert Dance Company. She worked with international choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Christopher Bruce and many others. She began choreographing in 1987, creating work for the repertoires of all three companies, as well as independently.

In 2008 Didy created 'Frame of View' for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet in New-York. It is a re-staging of 'Track' for the Swedish Youth Company.

http://www.didyveldman.com/

Sander Kleinenberg at Cielo

September 30, 2010 at 10pm

Tickets: http://www.clubtickets.com/

Sander Kleinenberg knows how dancefloors work: he’s instigated ‘sweaty’ scenes around the world, observing what makes people move from Belfast to Buenos Aires. Ultimately, the mechanics of the dancefloor revolve around just one thing: good dance music. Sander knows about this, too. His own vinyl creations are saturated in clubland so that they virtually perspire dry ice and radiate glitterball shards from their grooves. It’s time to get back to basics, to stop watching the DJ and get back on the dancefloor.

Ferry Corsten At Pacha NYC

Friday October 1, 2010

Doors open at 10:00pm

Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/

The Dutch superstar has consistently been voted one of the top 10 DJs in the world (according to DJ magazine’s definitive Top 100 DJ chart) for five years. He’s played for hundreds of thousands of fans – sometimes at once – in amphitheaters, fields and nightclubs from Australia to Russia to white-hot Ibiza. He took the party island’s “Best Trance DJ” prize at the annual DJ Awards ceremony this year and two years ago; got tailed by some road-tripping fans on a Southern Comfort-sponsored, 26-city bus tour of America; and had his life’s work interpreted in music, video and décor at his annual Masquerade event “Full on Ferry”, at 12,000-capacity arena Ahoy in his hometown, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

The Little Foxes

September 21 - October 31, 2010

Tuesday           7:00pm
Wednesday      8:00pm
Thursday          8:00pm
Friday              8:00pm
Saturday           3:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday             2:00pm & 7:00pm

New York Theatre Workshop
79 East Fourth Street, New York, NY 10003
Tickets: 212-279-4200 or http://www.nytw.org/the_little_foxes_info.asp

Acclaimed director Ivo van Hove returns to NYTW to take on one of Lillian Hellman’s most well-known plays, The Little Foxes. Van Hove’s fresh vision of this iconic play will be a study of how women of different races and classes contend with male aggression, power, and domination. Elizabeth Marvel, who has memorably collaborated with van Hove at NYTW, playing the title role of Hedda Gabler and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, will take on the role of Regina Giddens, the strong and determined woman at the center of Hellman’s web of deceit.

Daria Fain & Aitana Cordero

September 30 - October 2, 2010

Thursday  at 8:00pm
Friday      at 8:00pm
Saturday  at 8:00pm
 
Danspace Project
131 East 10th Street, New York
Tickets: https://www.ovationtix.com/ or 866-811-4111
 
Amsterdam-based choreographer Aitana Cordero and New York-based Daria Faïn each present a work on this compelling shared evening.

In her first U.S. performance, Aitana Cordero confronts sculptural practice and offers new insights into multi-disciplinary perspectives. Recurring interests for Cordero are the encounter between bodies, intimacy, violence, and the protocols of theater.

Aitana Cordero studied different contemporary Dance Techniques including Martial Arts, Yoga, Alexander, Shiatsu, Ballet and Contact and Improvisation in Madrid, Brussels, Barcelona, Berlin and Amsterdam. A graduate in Choreography studies at the SNDO (School for new dance development), she also holds her Masters in Choreography and new technologies from Dance-Unlimited at the University of Amsterdam. Her dance pieces and video works have been shown in Madrid, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Brussels, Helsinki, Berlin, Antwerp, NY, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Beirut among other places. She has given workshops and classes in different schools, Universities and venues in Madrid, Paris, London, Beirut and Amsterdam.

Marco V at Pacha NYC

September 24, 2010

Tickets: http://pacha-nyc.clubtickets.com/

For an artist like Marco V, who is continually modifying and fine-tuning his style since the start of his musical career, it is no surprise a new enterprise was added to the list. T.A.O is a unique new vehicle for Marco that consists of so much more then just then just a new imprint. T.A.O. is a concept with as main goal for Marco to interact and connect with his fans on a even more personal level and create a closer and more dedicated relationship with them.

Dutch Comedian- Dirk Denoyelle

September 17, 2010

Tickets at: Tel: (202) 243-1800
Location: Washington International School(Theater)
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Dirk Denoyelle
Dirk Denoyelle is one of the Flanders( the Dutch speaking half of Belgium) best known, most demanded comedians. Since 2001 he started to focus on bringing comedy tot companies and congresses. This has a lot to do with his education: Dirk graduated as a micro-electronics engineer at the KU Leuven in 1987. He then worked 2 years for the renowned micor-electronics research centre IMEC, after which he fulfilled military service and some years as a free-lance reporter. Since 1991 he is a profossional comedian.

Despite a mathematics background, Dirk is passionate with languages. He performs in Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Danish. And keeps on learning other foreign languages. This "deviation" has proven to be very useful when performing in international environments.

TIN ondersteunt uitwisseling Nederland en Los Angeles

Als theatermaker werken in Los Angeles?

ls Nederlands podiumkunstenaar kunt u zich nu aanmelden voor een uitwisselingsprogramma met Los in Angeles in 2011. Het programma is gericht op internationale culturele uitwisseling tussen Los Angeles, en Nederland en de Nederlandse Antillen. Er zijn beurzen beschikbaar. Let op: uw aanvraag daarvoor dient voor eind oktober binnen te zijn.

Op de volgende links is meer informatie te vinden in het Engels:
http://culturela.org/grants/CEI/2010_CEI/2010_CEI_Spring_Application.pdf

http://www.culturela.org/

Let op! Deze links zijn van de afgelopen periode. De nieuwe aanvraag formulieren zullen zo spoedig mogelijk op de site geplaatst worden.

International Franz Liszt Piano Competition

September 22-23, 2010

September 22
September 23

Yamaha Concertsalon
689 5th Ave, 3rd Floor (between 54th Street & 55th Street)
Enterance located on the north side of 54th Street
http://www.yamaha.com/yasi

A record number of over ninety pianistst from 29 countries have registered for the 9th International Franz Liszt Piano Competition. Now comes the first hurdle for themL the International Selection Rounds. The Liszt Competition will be holding these from 11 to 23 September in Shanghai, Moscow, Utrecht and New York. During these Selection Rounds the jury will decide which 24 pianists will go through  to next year's Quarter Finals in Utrecht.

Micha's Wertheim's: Abortion Survivior at best of Fringe NYC

September 10-19, 2010

September 10  at 09:30pm
September 12  at 08:00pm
September 16  at 10:00pm
September 17  at 08:00pm
September 19  at 08:00pm

Soho Playhouse
15 Vandam street (Between 6th Ave & Varick St)
http://www.sohoplayhouse.com/
Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/

Dutch Stand-Up Micha Wertheim's Amsterdam Abortion Survivor has been Selected for the best of FringeNYC Encore Series 2010.

Wertheims blend of smart theatrical and controversial Stand-up earned him praise in the Netherlands and at the 2007/8 Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. Wertheim has managed to both shock and charm his audiences combining hard-hitting cutting edge comedy with an adorable accent.

"This is one sharp hour of stand-up comedy.(...) Who knows when he'll be back? Catch him while you can."
New York Post (Fringnyc 2010)

"RUSH TO THIS SHOW: Amsterdam Abortion Survivor Wertheim's humor is brave, dark and universal. Come to think of it – he is probably closer to Mark Twain."
www.ushernonsense.com (FringeNYC 2010)

Comedian Freek de Jonge

18 August, 2010
Chopin Theatre
Chicago Illenois
Tickets at: info@chopintheatre.com or call 773-278-1500

26 August, 2010
The Netherland Club
New York
Tickets and info at:  http://www.netherlandclub.com/

Freek de Jonge
He first hit the stage at age 11 and starting in 1965 collaborated with other students after he arrived in Amsterdam for his studies. By 1969, Freek and his partner, Bram Vermeulen, did their first full evening show - Dutch Music & Comedy Show, Neerlands Hoop in Bange Dagen. Bram en Freek's songs, jokes and style were unique in Dutch cabaret and provided important commentary on issues of the day.
Since 1980, Freek de Jonge has concentrated his efforts on a solo career. He has written several books, and columns, appeared in movies, on radio, on television, written music and songs and performed numerous cabaret shows, including several traditional End of Year Conferences.