Artistic directors Lestari Scholtes and Gwylim Janssens make musical visits on this day to various day care centers of Ons Tweede Thuis, where they give short concerts for people with disabilities, autism and non-congenital brain injuries. These concerts are private.
Free admission to this special concert in community center NoLIMIT in Amsterdam Zuidoost! Artistic directors Lestari Scholtes and Gwylim Janssens invite top violinist Myrthe Helder for an evening of wonderful classical music. From Mozart to neoclassical and from the romanticism of Chopin to minimal music by John Adams. A variety of meals and snacks will be available and the bar will be open all evening!
Sisters Camille & Chloë Beniest (ages 18 and 15) won the 3rd Piano Duo Festival Competition in 2022 and return to the festival for a lunchtime concert in the beautiful Jerusalem Church in Amsterdam-West. The program features music by Liszt and Rachmaninoff for piano four hands. Tickets include a lunch of sandwiches and fruit!
The Pianoduo Festival Amsterdam performs Carl Orff's grand, impressive Carmina Burana. This concert features the work in its original version for three vocal soloists, choir, children's choir, two pianos and six percussionists. Vocal soloists are soprano Katrien Baerts, baritone Raoul Steffani (winner of the Dutch Music Prize 2023) and tenor Jan-Willem Schaafsma. Behind the pianos are Lestari Scholtes and Gwylim Janssens, founders of the festival.
Location: Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
An interactive concert for young music lovers between the ages of 2 and 4. With a nod to the children's song "Family Finger," during this concert the Family Finger is expanded from 5 to 20 family members: the 20 fingers of the piano duo Lestari and Gwylim. And Auntie Soprano, played by soprano Nienke Nasserian, is visiting today!
An interactive concert for young music lovers between the ages of 2 and 4. With a nod to the children's song "Family Finger," during this concert the Family Finger is expanded from 5 to 20 family members: the 20 fingers of the piano duo Lestari and Gwylim. And Auntie Soprano, played by soprano Nienke Nasserian, is visiting today!
The internationally renowned Duo Shamalov (Bulgaria/Germany), consisting of Alina and Nikolay Shamalov, has won the highly prestigious ARD International Music Competition, among others, and plays all over the world. Today the duo makes its debut in the Netherlands, with French music by Debussy and Ravel and two works by young composers from Spain and Germany. You can enjoy a delicious high tea with cakes, cookies and, of course, coffee and tea during the concert.
Two world-class jazz pianists: Elizabeth Fadel (Brazil) and Mike del Ferro join forces for an evening of Brazilian and South American jazz. Fadel specialized in the various styles from her motherland, and Del Ferro has been inspired by music from South America for years. On this evening the pianists challenge each other on two grand pianos. Guaranteed to be a spectacular evening! South American tapas included!
Cabaret artist and Ten Holt biographer Arie Vuyk delves into the repertoire of Simeon ten Holt, who would have turned 100 years old in 2023. Almost everyone knows his composition Canto Ostinato, but his other works are much more unknown. Although Ten Holt's oeuvre can be divided into different periods, a coherent development can be seen. Arie Vuyk explains how Ten Holt arrived at his unique style. Particularly highlighted is the work 'Schaduw noch Prooi ' ("Neither Shadow nor Prey"), perhaps the pinnacle of Ten Holt's repetitive compositions.
A one-of-a-kind performance at the festival! Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens will play Shadow noch Prooi ("Neither Shadow nor Prey")(1995) by Simeon ten Holt, a work that has been performed only a few times worldwide. Like the famous Canto Ostinato, the work consists of several sections that can be repeated to the taste of the performers, but brings with it an entirely different character and technique: sharper, more dynamic, and perhaps even more exciting...
Prior to the final concert by Duo Caspar Vos & Frank Peters, musicologist Olga de Kort will give an introduction to the program. Immerse yourself in Sergei Rachmaninoff, whose 150th birthday we celebrate this year, and learn all about the program of the final concert with works by Scriabin, Medtner and, of course, Rachmaninoff.
In honor of Rachmaninoff's 150th year of birth, the duo Caspar Vos & Frank Peters will close the festival on a grand scale, including the Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos. Vos and Peters have been immersing themselves in Rachmaninoff's Russian duo repertoire for years and on this evening they will show why these duo works are among the top of the genre.