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Merel Vercammen and Maya Fridman release CD Rejoice: hushed music performed with passion

With their latest album, violinist Merel Vercammen and cellist Maya Fridman once again underline their reputation as adventurous musicians who prefer to avoid the beaten track. The album is named after the piece for violin and cello of the same name composed by Sofia Gubaidulina in 1981. Angel was written for the same combination was  by Ukrainian composer Maxim Shalygin (2020); Latvian composer…

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Composer Heather Pinkham messages extraterrestrials: ‘Seek and you will find you are not alone in this world’

Pianist and composer Heather Pinkham wants to connect people. During the covid pandemic, she organised Music for Empty Spaces at Muziekgebouw aan het IJ. On 3 October, her piano concerto Nowhere No-When will have its Dutch premiere at De Doelen in Rotterdam. It will be repeated in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw the day after. Heather Pinkham met piano (C) Heather Pinkham We meet at the Ysbreeker,…

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‘The People United Will Never Be Defeated’ in Een Os op het dak op de Concertzender

Zondag 7 juli 2024 wijd ik de drieënzestigste aflevering van mijn radioprogramma Een os op het dak aan de (bijna) integrale versie van The People United Will Never Be Defeated! van Frederic Rzweski. Rzewski componeerde deze cyclus voor piano solo in 1975. Het is een iconisch werk van de 20e-eeuwse muziek, geschreven in een periode dat componisten te hoop liepen tegen o.a. de Vietnamoorlog,…

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Maya Fridman and North Netherlands Orchestra shine in cello concertos J.P. De Graaff

Maya Fridman and North Netherlands Orchestra shine in cello concertos J.P. De Graaff

The adventurous label TRPTK produces special CDs all the time, and the Russian-Dutch cellist Maya Fridman is a regular guest. If I counted correctly, some eight CDs by – and with her – have already been released, some of them solo. Recently the ninth disc appeared, on which she and the North Netherlands Orchestra (NNO) give a dazzling performance of two cello concertos by Jan-Peter de Graaff…

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Maxim Shalygin composes Severade for 9 cellos & sound sculpture: 'At first I had no idea what to do with all those new instruments'

Maxim Shalygin composes Severade for 9 cellos & sound sculpture: ‘At first I had no idea what to do with all those new instruments’

The Ukrainian-Dutch composer Maxim Shalygin has established himself firmly in our Dutch musical life with his adventurous pieces. Last October, his choral work While Combing Your Hair, dedicated to the Belarusian dissident Maria Kaleshnikava, was a great success. In September, the Dag in de Branding festival staged the first public performance of Severade, a full-length work for cellist Maya…

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