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Kees Arntzen: Tender is the Night

Saturday, 16 May 2026   |   20:15 - 22:00

Kees Arntzen: Tender is the Night

New scenes (concertant) of the opera after the novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Composer(s) Kees Arntzen
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Tender is the Night
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Pergolesi Ensemble, Choir and Nine Vocal Soloists concucted by Diederick Koornstra
Date
May 16 2026
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Time
20:15 - 22:00
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Location
Amsterdam, CREA Muziekzaal
Amsterdam, CREA Muziekzaal
Nieuwe Achtergracht 170, 1018 WV Amsterdam, Nederland
Website https://www.crea.nl/?lang=en
Phone 1018 WV Amsterdam

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Composer

Kees Arntzen

Education and Objectives After his studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory, Kees Arntzen studied theory and composition for three years in the 1980s at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna: music theory with Paul Kont, instrumentation with Johannes Dürr, and composition with Friedrich Cerha.
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