‘Forbidden Music Regained’, one of the programs of the Prisma Festival (Canada), will give stage to the chamber works by Dutch composers Lex van Delden, Leo Smit, Henriette Bosmans and Jan van Gilse.
The Leo Smit Foundation, the Nederlands Muziek Instituut and Donemus would like to invite you to the Second Festival Forbidden Music Regained on Saturday afternoon 12 November.
In early April, Donemus Manager Aleksandra Markovic spent a week in New York City, attending a conference and connecting with local partners and organisations.
Donemus, in collaboration with the Leo Smit Foundation and the Netherlands Music Institute, is proud to present a new volume in its series “Forbidden Music Regained.” This completes the series of 100 titles, ranging from solo and chamber works to orchestral works to operas and oratorios.
Reawakening Suppressed Music is a three-year project dedicated to recording and sharing some of the “forgotten” symphonic works written by persecuted composers who suffered under the Nazis, as well as bringing to the public awareness other banned musical treasures that otherwise will be lost forever.
On Saturday afternoon, November 29, 2025, the fifth edition of the Festival Forbidden Music Regained will take place in the Bernard Haitinkzaal at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
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.
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.
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 […]
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).
