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Prizes for the encouragement of new composers
HENRIËTTE BOSMANSPRIJS and TERA de MAREZ OYENSPRIJS 2011
Deadline: 31st December 2010
Toonzetters announces Ten Best Works
A professional jury of international festival programmers has made the selection for Toonzetters 2010. The best work of 2009 will...
Gaudeamus Music Week, 6-12 september 2010
First week of September: Gaudeamus Music Week. With a wealth of new and recent music from the Netherlands:
MCN Projects Abroad 2010
This year Music Centre The Netherlands (MCN) is involved in developing and realising a number of projects abroad.
Lavinia Meijer’s ‘Luck’
Luck. That is what it may look like. Suddenly Lavinia Meijer is receiving a lot of attention and praising reviews for her latest...
Dutch composers at the Holland Festival 2010
Unlike last year, when the 70th birthday of Louis Andriessen formed an unavoidable centripetal force, Dutch composers play a...
Henk Neven is awarded the Dutch Music Prize 2010
For some years baritone Henk Neven has been building up a remarkable international career. Halfway through October he will...
Disaster as a purifying opera ritual
The world trembles and quakes, reality has been turned upside down. The impact of a disaster cannot actually be measured. The...
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Van der Aa on Van der Aa
A new 10-minute documentary on Dutch composer Michel van der Aa, centered around an interview filmed at his home in Amsterdam.
Louis Andriessen central in concert tour Asko|Schönberg
Nine Programs Include the New York Premiere of Andriessen’s Newest Opera, La Commedia, Performed in Concert Version in Stern...
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Birmingham & Louis Andriessen: 11-15 March 2010
This year's Frontiers+ Festival at the Birmingham Conservatoire is dedicated to the music of pioneering Dutch composer Louis...
Jury selects 21 compositions for Gaudeamus Music Week 2010
The jury of the Gaudeamus Music Week 2010, consisting of Helena Tulve (Estonia), Donnacha Dennehy (Ireland), and Roderik de Man...
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Andriessen on Andriessen
In a new 10-minute web documentary Louis Andriessen reflects on his life and music.
iPhones as musical instruments
Building a Mobile Phone Ensemble, believed to be the first such course in the world, is taught by Georg Essl, a computer...
Image de Moreau: Louis Andriessen Piano Works in a box
The publishing department of MCN produced a box with 9 piano works by Louis Andriessen and selected by himself.
These pieces...
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Prestigious Swedish Prize for Klas Torstensson
On Friday November 6, 2009 composer Klas Torstensson received the Contemporary Classic Award – large ensemble/opera for his work...
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Mary Finsterer wins Paul Lowin Prize 2009
With her composition In Praise of Darkness, for orchestra, celesta and harp, Australian composer Mary Finsterer is the recipient...
Zombies and Fundamentalists
Premiere of a documentary on composer Konrad Boehmer
Alex Nowitz wins 2nd ECPNM Competition
Alex Nowitz with "Minotaurus" for singer/performer, live-electronic gestural controllers wins the 2nd ECPNM European Competition...
Edwin van der Heide wins Art+Technology Award 2009
The winner of the 2009 Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award is sound artist/composer Edwin van der Heide.
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Swedish nomination for Klas Torstensson
The Dutch/Swedish composer Klas Torstensson is nominated this year for the Swedish Musikförläggarnas Pris.
Boudewijn Tarenskeen awarded the 2009 Matthijs Vermeulen Prize
The 2009 Matthijs Vermeulen Prize jury awarded Boudewijn Tarenskeen the prize for his Mattheus Passie [Matthaeus Passion], a...
Dutch Composers at Dutch Music Days 2009
In the year that conductor, composer and poet Micha Hamel is guest curator of the Dutch Music Days for the second time, the...
Ensembles at DCMM 2009
The programme of the Dutch Chamber Music Meeting 2009 offers a varied cross-section of high quality, put together with the help...
Martijn Padding festival composer November Music
He has been making a career for himself for some time now, but this autumn Martijn Padding has suddenly come under the spotlight.
Robin de Raaff wins Buma Toonzetters Prize 2009
On Sunday evening, August 30th composer Robin de Raaff received, to great applause, the Buma Toonzetters Prize 2009 for his...
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Selection MCN contemporaries abroad, autumn 2009
The Netherlands is only a small country in a big world. Therefore MCN actively promotes Dutch music abroad. MCN has made a...
‘Basically I find the term Early Music not at all interesting’
With a remarkable programme ranging from early Purcell to late Beethoven, Jan Van den Bossche, the artistic leader of the Early...
MCN New scores
The MCN publishing department published the following new scores:
16th Young Composers Meeting 2010
Be a part of it! Young composers up to 30 years of age and of any nationality are invited to apply for participation until...
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Ted Hearne wins Gaudeamus Prize 2009
The International Gaudeamus Music Week, which took place last week, concluded with the presentation of the Gaudeamus Composition...
INCUBATE teams up with November Music
This year Incubate has joined forces with November Music, one of the most imported international festival for contemporary music...
Night of the Unexpected 2009
A one night festival crosscutting a variety of musical styles and boundaries.
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Women & the Gaudeamus Music Week
During the broadcast of Radio Monalisa on Monday September 7th, music by:
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Anne La Berge steps in as jury member
Unfortunately Julia Wolfe will be unable to attend the Gaudeamus Music Week 2009 and serve as a jury member.
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Buma Toonzetters Prize 2009 for Robin de Raaff
On Sunday evening August 30th composer Robin de Raaff received the Buma Toonzetters Prize 2009 for his Violin Concerto.
Appointment for Richard Rijnvos
Dutch composer Richard Rijnvos has been appointed Head of Composition in the Music Department at the University of Durham (UK)
BBC Proms goes Dutch
Friday, August 28 is an evening at the Royal Albert Hall when the BBC Proms will focus on Dutch music.
Grachtenfestival 2009 – World premieres Verbey and Andriessen
Ninety years after its conception the 1919 version of Stravinsky's Les Noces will finally be performed in a recently completed...
Composing for the theremin
One of the oldest electronic instruments, the theremin, was invented in the early 1920s by Russian professor Léon Theremin (born...
Innovatie - key issue during Incubate Innovation Lecture 2009
INCUBATE (formally known as ZXZW) will hold an innovative lecture with international allure. Keynote speaker is Andrew Keen...
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Workshops during the Gaudeamus Music Week 2009
This year several workshops and masterclasses will take place during the Iinternational Gaudeamus Music Week. These is events are...
Synchronator now on dvd
Synchronator is a video and audio research project by Gert-Jan Prins and Bas van Koolwijk in an attempt to use a combination of...
Doelen Quartet performs at the Ostrava Days 2009
The Doelen Quartet will be participating in the 5th biennial Ostrava Days from 24 to 26 August 2009 in the Czech Republic. Their...
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Six nominations for the 2nd European competition for live-electronic music projects
The ECPNM - European Conference of Promoters of New Music hosts the second European competition for the composition and...
Quel oiseau suis-je? (What Bird Am I ?) 2009
Paul Panhuysen in Biennale internationale d'art contemporain de Melle.
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New Music – New Audience
How can new music reach a broader audience? Is it just a question of marketing and publicity, or does the question run deeper?
Dutch Composers at the Holland Festival 2009
As usual this year’s Holland Festival offers an interesting cross-section of new Dutch music, including a few digressions into...
Opera Composer Robert Zuidam
Adam in Ballingschap (Adam in Exile), world premiere Holland Festival 2009
Former Henze protégé Rob Zuidam is one of the only...
Liza Ferschtman’s Classical Mission
Liza Ferschtman is a woman with a mission. The 29-year-old violinist and daughter of Russian musicians living in the Netherlands...
Music Center The Netherlands: Contemporary Dutch Music Abroad
The Netherlands is only a small country in a big world. Therefore MCN actively promotes Dutch music abroad.
A selection of...
The Songs by Alphons Diepenbrock
“I who am merely a vocal composer”
Alphons Diepenbrock was 23 years old when, in 1885, a group of enthusiastic young people...
Report on countries: Sweden
From the new report on chamber music in Sweden:
“The connection between The Netherlands and music is very positive. [...]...
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Dutch Chamber Music Meeting 2009
The third edition of the Dutch Chamber Music Metting will take place from Saturday, October 10 to Monday, October 12. Dutch...
New cd's with works of Dutch composers
The following cd's with Dutch composers are releashed:
Toonzetters
August 29 and 30th
During Toonzetters the best new Dutch composed works from the previous year can be heard. The aim of...
Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition on video
Małgorzata Walentynowicz is the winner of the Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition 2009 in Amsterdam.
And the winner is: Małgorzata Walentynowicz
Małgorzata Walentynowicz wins International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition 2009
Richard Rijnvos and his Union Square Dance
Richard Rijnvos is a composer who concentrates on the realisation of works that are part of larger series. So it is a big event...
The fascinating sound of gamelan
Composers' clinic The fascinating sound of gamelan offers an intensive gamelan experience to composers. You get the chance to...
Nominees for the Gaudeamus Prize 2009
The jury of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009, consisting of Huba de Graaff (The Netherlands), Akira Nishimura (Japan),...
The Music Gallery in Toronto and SHIFT
SHIFT - Emerging Composers Workshop featuring the Ives Ensemble. Dutch new music ensemble engages with emerging Toronto...
ArtEZ Composition Contest 2009
The International Jazzfestival Enschede, in cooperation with ArtEZ Conservatory Enschede and the Millennium Jazz Orchestra,...
VPRO/Boy Edgar Prize 2009 for Ernst Glerum
On Monday May 11th, the VPRO/Boy Edgar Prijs 2009 will be presented to bass player Ernst Glerum during a special concert at the...
A new website: DutchSound.NL
This new initiative by Buma Cultuur is a true platform for Dutch music and the music business in the Netherlands.
Robin de Raaff - Premiere
The world premiere of Robin de Raaff's new Violin Concerto was performed by the Radio Philharmonic and Tasmin Little (violin)...
SHIFT
This November not only the Nederlandse Muziekdagen and November Music will take place, but also the double festival SHIFT.
Premiere of Hôtel de Pékin
Hôtel de Pékin, an opera by Willem Jeths and Friso Haverkamp will be performed by the Nationale Reisopera from November 21 to...
Première Jeanne of the Dark
Jeanne of the Dark is an exploration of the image of the 'vamp' in the multimedia context of music, lighting and silent film. A...
Nederlandse Muziekdagen: Oer & Muziek
‘Oer & Muziek’ is the theme of the Days of Dutch Music (Nederlandse Muziekdagen) 2008. Composer and conductor Micha Hamel, who...
New: Debates during Dutch Music Days
For the first time during the Dutch Music Days time has been reserved for debates on contemporary music. On Saturday November 8th...
Rozalie Hirs
When you listen to Rozalie Hirs’ composition Platonic ID you realise that your attention keeps moving back and forth in time.
The Netherlands-Japan
‘Nihon-Oranda’ is the title given to the celebration of both the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 400th...
Dutch composers at Huddersfield 2008
From 21 to 30 November 2008 the famous Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival will take place again in the British town of...
Guests from abroad
At the beginning of the new music season, the Contemporary music department at MCN received a number of international guests at...
New Books
For information on different aspects of Dutch music a promotion center like Music Center the Netherlands is essential. Music...
November Music 2008
November Music is known as Holland’s most important annual contemporary music festival. It focuses on ‘the people behind today’s...
SHIFT Festival: Canadian and Dutch music, film and literature
SHIFT: a joint Canadian-Dutch festival
15th Young Composers Meeting 2009 - Apeldoorn
February 8 - 13, 2009, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
Deadline for entries: October 15th, 2008!
Huck Hodge wins Gaudeamus Prize 2008
At the final concert of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2008, which took place in Amsterdam from 1 to 7 September, the...
Reinbert de Leeuw knighted
On Monday, September 8th conductor, pianist and composer Reinbert de Leeuw was knighted in the order of the "Nederlandse Leeuw".
CD presentation
This Saturday, September 6th at 2:00 p.m. three new compact discs will be presented by MCN.
Composer in the Spotlight: Theo Loevendie
‘Bringing together different worlds,’ that is the way Theo Loevendie describes how he regards his music. For example, his western...
The Night of the Unexpected
The Night of the Unexpected is an unusual festival presented in a single evening. A special experience, an evening full of...
Program Music Week
INTERNATIONAL GAUDEAMUS MUSIC WEEK 2008
Amsterdam 1-7 September
Composer in the Spotlight: Hanna Kulenty
A field of waving grass brings to light hidden forces. The swaying of the grass reveals waves appearing and spreading in whirling...
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Kronos Quartet performs Hanna Kulenty
The Ravinia Festival, on the outskirts of Chicago - Illinois, is the oldest outdoor music festival in North America. ...
Prize winners Toonzetters announced
Buma Cultuur, Music Center the Netherlands & Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ announce the prize winners of Toonzetters
Michel Waisvisz dies at 58
Michel Waisvisz passed away peacefully in his home in the night of 18 July after fighting a hopeless battle for the last eight...
Composer in the Spotlight: David Dramm
Driving down the endless American highways in a comfortable car - effortlessly, almost inaudibly propelled by an immense power,...
Premiere: Robert Zuidam – Adam interludes
To write an homage to one of the most important twentieth-century composers is quite a task. This was given to Robert Zuidam,...
International Gaudeamus Music Week September 2008
Monday September 1 to Sunday September 7
Young composers need musicians and a concert hall to actually hear their creation....
