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Celebration Simeon ten Holt 100

Sunday, 29 January 2023   |   13:00 - 22:30

Celebration Simeon ten Holt 100

On Tuesday January 24, 2023, Simeon ten Holt would have turned 100. A good reason to organize a festival day around one of the Netherlands’ most special composers, his music and his world-famous composition Canto Ostinato. During the afternoon program you will hear Simeon ten Holt’s chamber music and listen to lectures about his work.

  • Composer(s) Simeon ten Holt
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Canto Ostinato and more
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Matangi Quartet, Jeroen van Veen, Quink
Date
Jan 29 2023
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Time
13:00 - 22:30
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Location
Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
Vredenburgkade 11, 3511 WC Utrecht
Website https://www.tivolivredenburg.nl
Simeon ten Holt Foundation and music publisher Donemus would like to draw your attention to the fact that 2023 will be the 100s anniversary of Simeon ten Holt’s birth…   
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Simeon ten Holt

Simeon ten Holt was born in Bergen on January 24, 1923. He studied piano and theory with Jakob van Domselaer (1890-1960).
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The ‘Canto Ostinato’ by Simeon Ten Holt, say the Dutch Wim Mertens, is more than a piece of music, it is a hypnotic experience.
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Just before his death, composer Simeon Ten Holt whispered to the Matangi Quartet that his works could easily be adapted for a string quartet.
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Just before his death, composer Simeon Ten Holt whispered to the Matangi Quartet that his works could easily be adapted for a string quartet.
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What feels closer than the sound and expression of the human voice? Simeon Ten Holt’s famous Canto Ostinato will have its choir premiere in TivoliVredenburg! PA’dam, conducted by Maria van Nieukerken, sings (!) the Canto in an arrangement for choir and instrumental ensemble.
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Just before his death, composer Simeon Ten Holt whispered to the Matangi Quartet that his works could easily be adapted for a string quartet.
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On Sunday, January 27th, during the celebration of Simeon 100 in TivoliVredenburg, the original manuscript of Simeon ten Holt’s Opus 1 will be on auction.
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