The Intercontinental Ensemble consists of nine players from all over the world. Their specialty: editing symphonies or piano concertos for smaller ensembles. Well-known works reveal the smallest details and thus acquire an intimate character. Nicolas van Poucke, descendant of a talented family The Van Poucke family is blessed with a joyous amount of talent.

Budapest Festival Orchestra with Maestro Iván Fischer give a tournee of six concerts in Bonn, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Budapest and Bratislava with Louis Andriessen’s Workers Union on the program. Program: Andriessen: Workers Union Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre – soloist: Anna Lena Elbert Beethoven: Sinfony No.

 IKaggen (for Open Score ensemble) by Wilma Pistorius will be performed by an ensemble of CoMA Maastricht, in the final of the composition competition. IKaggen is a piece about ease and lightness, and also about mischief. It is named after a folk hero and creator god from the cosmology of the IXam people of Southern Africa.

Welcome Peter Dijkstra! The new artistic director is well known to the BR Choir, as he held this office from 2005 to 2016. For his »second debut«, the versatile Dutch conductor has placed the great hymn to freedom by Francis Poulenc on the moving Résistance poem by Paul Éluard at the center of the programme.

De Uren (Hours) for violin and organ; Hours; world Premiere and other works by Kees Arntzen Jo van Beusekom - Organ, en Arwen Bouw - Violin  

The Orgelpark asked Aart Bergwerff to present an interpretation of Simeon ten Holt's Canto Ostinato, which also includes an instrument other than the organ.

You could think of the Intercontinental Ensemble as a pocket-sized symphony orchestra. With creative arrangements, the nine young musicians make great programs small, but they bring the energy of an entire orchestra, or even a little extra.

The KCB (Kunstenaars Centrum Bregen) is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a major exhibition in Kranenburgh. In addition, there is an extensive program full of music, poetry, film, guided tours and numerous educational activities.

30 Jahre Kammerphilharmonie - Festkonzert I Jacob Ter Veldhuis: "Tallahatchie"-Konzert für Saxophon und Orchester   Johannes Brahms:  Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op.

The Intercontinental Ensemble was founded in 2012 in Amsterdam. The young members come from all kinds of countries on the different continents. The ensemble focuses on playing original nonet repertoire as well as creating and playing home-made arrangements. On this evening the musicians will bring along the soprano Channa Malkin.

Lying down and listening to the Canto Ostinato or classics by Einaudi, Yiruma and Tiersen after a day of Burgundian Maastricht. On the famous Vrijthof square, you will find the equally famous pink tower of St. John’s. Pianist Jeroen van Veen will take you on a tour of this special fine church.

ORF festival Musikprotokoll and Ensemble Modern have commissioned a new piece for Petra Strahovnik.

The 'Canto Ostinato' by Simeon Ten Holt, say the Dutch Wim Mertens, is more than a piece of music, it is a hypnotic experience. The work composed between 1973 and 1979 is the Netherlands' most celebrated contribution to minimal music.