Julian Schneemann is a musical adventurer. Everything he tackles, he does slightly differently, shedding new light on a work. This also applies to Canto Ostinato 2.0, Schneemann’s contemporary version of Simeon ten Holt’s equally iconic and hypnotic masterpiece.

Works for marimba duo by Jannum Kruidhof and Jacob ter Veldhuis on the tour program ‘Views from Dutch Trains’ by Mallet Collective. Train travel sparks the imagination. You meet strangers, watch landscapes constantly change, and have time to reflect. But the train offers more than just beautiful views.

A discarded donkey playing the double bass, a hoarse rooster with a trumpet, an old dog playing percussion and a cat singing. Four animals together form a colourful group. In the eyes of the people, the animals are too old or no longer suitable to do their work.

Besides being a pianist and composer, Hans Henkemans also worked as a psychiatrist. His work and thinking revolve around the question of how art—and music in particular—can help process childhood experiences. In his view, poignant events can be “sublimated”: transformed into something higher through a creative process.

A discarded donkey playing the double bass, a hoarse rooster with a trumpet, an old dog playing percussion and a cat singing. Four animals together form a colourful group. In the eyes of the people, the animals are too old or no longer suitable to do their work.

The NAC Orchestra performs for the first time two works by Serbian composer Isidora Žebeljan: The Horses of Saint Mark, a surrealist adventure that evokes the sacred chants of Byzantine monks, and Zujte Strune (Hum away, hum away, strings!), which reimagines themes from Mozart’s fairy-tale opera The Magic Flute.

The program “Stars of Heaven” focuses on two Dutch premieres: “Riflesso sull’aria” by Richard Rijnvos and “woord” by Piet-Jan van Rossum. Both composers share the same artistic starting point: their new work is inspired by “Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé,” a song cycle for soprano and ensemble by the much-admired Maurice Ravel.

The NAC Orchestra performs for the first time two works by Serbian composer Isidora Žebeljan: The Horses of Saint Mark, a surrealist adventure that evokes the sacred chants of Byzantine monks, and Zujte Strune (Hum away, hum away, strings!), which reimagines themes from Mozart’s fairy-tale opera The Magic Flute.

We will one day reassess the importance of French composer Olivier Greif, who died in 2000 at the age of 50: hard-hitting music, born of a long spiritual journey, immediately imposing its tortured mark, mystical music reminiscent of Shostakovich and Britten, haunted by death, doubt, and the experience of the countries he traveled through, such […]

The program “Stars of Heaven” focuses on two Dutch premieres: “Riflesso sull’aria” by Richard Rijnvos and “woord” by Piet-Jan van Rossum. Both composers share the same artistic starting point: their new work is inspired by “Trois Poèmes de Mallarmé,” a song cycle for soprano and ensemble by the much-admired Maurice Ravel.

Liszt Utrecht (formerly: Liszt Competition) is an international piano festival dedicated to the music of Franz Liszt. Twelve professional pianists from around the world travel to TivoliVredenburg to present their interpretations of Liszt’s music.

The piece ‘1945–‘ by Petra Strahovnik will be premiered in full by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Peter Rundel as a conductor on 16th January 2026 at Ultraschall Berlin festival for new music.