DCV 316 – Tsoupaki: Skia

Like no other, the Greek-Dutch composer Calliope Tsoupaki knows how to stop time.

Ensemble Black Pencil has commissioned Calliope Tsoupaki and Yannis Kyriakides to write new works.

The Floriade has started under the nose of Kunstlinie.

As in previous editions of the National Cello Competition, Round 1 participants will be performing one of Boccherini’s thirty-two sonatas for cello and basso continuo.

The Dutch orchestral landscape is enriched with female conductors.

Scorpio for contrabass solo by Calliope Tsoupaki special written for a young Dutch musician Sasha Witteveen is on tour of Dutch Classical Talent.

Scorpio for contrabass solo by Calliope Tsoupaki special written for a young Dutch musician Sasha Witteveen is on tour of Dutch Classical Talent.

Scorpio for contrabass solo by Calliope Tsoupaki special written for a young Dutch musician Sasha Witteveen is on tour of Dutch Classical Talent.

Many composers find inspiration in fairy tales and heroic stories.

Project choir Gabriel Fauré will give two concerts on 2 and 4 June, which are also the farewell concerts.

STORM is a unique collaboration between former Composer Laureate Calliope Tsoupaki and choreographers Andrea Leine and Harijono Roebana.

The concert will begin with the world premiere of Falling, a work by Greek-Dutch composer Calliope Tsoupaki.

We couldn’t have imagined it better: the already mythical Lucie Horsch and hard rock star Olga Pashchenko as a chamber music duo! Both combine musical naturalness with a deep respect for the musical notes and a temperamental performance style that makes every score tingle and every concert extremely exciting.

Revolts against the established order were a key factor in shaping modern Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries.

Amsterdam has been harbouring outside influences for 750 years.

New Amsterdams Peil with “Narcissus: play for music + scent”; Narcissus is a music drama by composer Calliope Tsoupaki for 5 scent layers and 6 musicians.

On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city of Amsterdam, Calliope Tsoupaki presents her latest orchestral work Another Day.

Ville Raasakka’s works are performed by the Klangforum Wien (Vienna), the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, der/gelbe/klang (Munich), Mise-en Ensemble (New York), Dal Niente (Chicago), Ensemble Lemniscate (Basel) and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra at the most esteemed festivals such as Eclat (Stuttgart), June in Buffalo (Buffalo), Tage der Neuen Musik Bamberg (Bamberg), Festival Archipel (Geneva) and […]

Leonard Guillaume Samama komt op 25 maart ter wereld in een muzikale joodse familie in Apeldoorn. Zijn moeder, Ans Samama-Polak, is een amateurcelliste en als oefentherapeut Mensendieck auteur van het boek 'Musiceren zonder pijn'. Zijn vader Sylvio is oprichter van de platenmaatschappij Iramac en een vooraanstaand impresario. De jonge Leo leert dwarsfluit spelen en begint in zijn tienerjaren al te componeren. Tijdens zijn studie Muziekwetenschap aan de Universiteit Utrecht (1970-1977) studeert hij enige jaren compositie bij Rudolf Escher. In 1975 schrijft hij met 'Tombeau concertant pour Frank Martin' voor twee violen en strijkorkest, zijn officiële opus 1. Met steun van een Rotarybeurs voltooit hij zijn studie aan de Universiteit van California in Los Angeles. Al tijdens deze studie geeft hij lezingen over de Nederlandse muziek van de twintigste eeuw.

Jakub Polaczyk (born in 1983 in Poland) is a Polish-American composer, pianist, and pedagogue interested in surreal and synthetic art. He graduated from the Penderecki Music Academy, Jagiellonian University and Carnegie Mellon University. He studied with: Krzysztof Penderecki, Marcel Chyrzyński, Marek Chołoniewski, Reza Vali, Jan van Landeghem.

Luc Brewaeys was born in 1959 in Mortsel (Belgium). He studied composition with André LAPORTE in Brussels, with Franco DONATONI in Siena (Italy) and with Brian FERNEYHOUGH in Darmstadt (Germany). From 1980 to 84 he had regular contacts with Iannis XENAKIS in Paris. He is also conductor, pianist and works since 1985 as recording producer at the VRT (Flemish Radio & Television).