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JacobTV: Heartbreakers

Tuesday, 29 July 2025   |   20:00 - 23:00

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JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis, Westerlee, 1951) started his musical career as a rock musician. At the Conservatory of Groningen he studied composition with Willem Frederik Bon and electronic music with Luctor Ponse. When graduating in 1980, he was awarded the Prize for Composition. In the following years he attracted attention with two symphonies and works such as Insonnia, Drei Stille Lieder and Diverso il Tempo. Besides, he earned a living by writing film scores and music for the clown of Circus Krone. In 1984, he became a full-time composer and started a long search for a voice of his own.
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Upcoming events

Thursday, 17 July 2025. 19:30 - 21:30

Hanna Kulenty: VAN

VAN by Hanna Kulenty on the concert tour program by Lucas & Arthur Jussen Program: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Peer-Gynt-Suite Nr. 1 op.

Location

Bad Kissingen, Max-Littmann-Saal, Germany
Bad Kissingen, Max-Littmann-Saal, Germany
Ludwigstraße 2, 97688 Bad Kissingen, Germany
Website
https://www.kissingersommer.de/en/visit/venues/index.html?detID=352154

Friday, 18 July 2025. 19:30 - 22:00

Saskia Venegas: At the Aegean Shores

A concerto in all but name, the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is one of the best-loved works for piano and orchestra. Acclaimed pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk steps into the spotlight in Rachmaninov’s eternally alluring gem.

Location

Hobart, Federation Concert Hall, Australia
Hobart, Federation Concert Hall, Australia
Grand Chancellor Hotelhobart, Ground Floor/1 Davey St, Hobart TAS 7000, Australia
Website
https://www.tso.com.au/about/your-visit/federation-concert-hall/

Sunday, 20 July 2025. 16:00 - 17:15

Wilma Pistorius: Zauberdenken

NATURE – ECHOES OF BIRDS, WATER, AND WIND 900 Years of Flute Music with Sophia Schambeck Captivating baroque virtuosity, lively jazz arrangements, and contemporary compositions combine in this program to create a homage to nature.

Location

Munchen, Bergson Kunstkraftwerk, Germany
Munchen, Bergson Kunstkraftwerk, Germany
Am Bergson Kunstkraftwerk 2, 81245 München, Germany
Website
https://bergson.com

Our Team’s Picks

Composers in the crosshairs of our attention

Composer

Jan-Peter de Graaff

Netherlands, 1992,
"De Graaff is een alleskunner en een echte en helder opflitsende komeet aan het muzikale firmament die aan niemand ongemerkt voorbij kan gaan." - Maarten Brandt, Opus Klassiek
"De Graaff is een tovenaar met orkestkleuren in een taal die weliswaar van nu is, maar harmonisch ook vaak vertrouwd klinkt." - Paul Herruer, Dagblad van het Noorden
"De Graaffs grootste kracht schuilt in een paradox: stilstand die zindert van spanning." - Guido van Oorschot, De Volkskrant 
 
"Zijn muziek is in essentie atonaal, maar doordat ze niet is doodgesystematiseerd en De Graaff in de contouren en het verloop van zijn melodieën nog steeds romantisch durft te zijn, wordt de luisteraar met zachte, maar dwingende hand meegevoerd in het abstracte verhaal dat hij wil vertellen. Een grote troef is hierbij zijn orkestratiekunst. De muziek is kleurrijk, blijft altijd helder en verrassend." - Erik Voermans, Het Parool
 
"Had iemand mij van te voren voorspeld dat in een programma van Bach, Bartók en Jan-Peter de Graaff het stuk van de laatste mij het meest zou boeien, dan had ik dat niet geloofd. - Dingeman van Wijnen, Friesch Dagblad
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Composer

Celia Swart

Celia Swart (1994, NL) is a new music composer, saxophone player and visual artist. Growing up playing saxophone and piano, she found her love for composing.
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Composer

Maxim Shalygin

January 30, 1985

"Creativity is an unconscious act of insanity, in a burst of which the truth is born. No matter how beautiful or disgusting it may seem to people far from madness, its value is beyond doubt, both for the author and for those able to sense its invisible beauty. After all, gratitude for endless trials and suffering brings joy and blissful emptiness… Being shocked by music is about pain turning into beauty and getting under your skin, taking away your breath; about everything stopping to move. I want to be scratched inside by sound and experience the fleeting, invisible beauty." - Maxim Shalygin

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Composer

Michael Fine

Education Michael has a degree in English Literature from the State University of New York. Despite having no formal music education, he has an active international career in several aspects of the music business.
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