This famous Dutch soprano is received warm-heartedly with loud cheers for her contributions to international opera performances and special recitals.

Francine van der Heijden (soprano) and colleagues

Dutch soprano Francine van der Heijden had the great honour to sing "Agnus Dei" from Mozart's Requiem and "Tebye poyem" from Rachmaninov during the funeral ceremony of H.R.H. Prince Claus of The Netherlands, husband of H.M. Queen Beatrix, in the ancient city of Delft.

“La grazia e la furia di Royer hanno riempito la sala dal primo all’ultimo minuto.” Grande musicalità e carattere.

Alessandra Iovino clavicembalista e direttore ensemble Cappella Musicale Augusta con strumenti originali

Alessandra Iovino si è esibita in importanti festival barocchi e rassegne cembalistiche, sia come solista che in ensemble con La Rosa dell’Umbria di cui è stato membro fondatore, nella promulgazione del repertorio clavicembalistico con grande “passione, energia ed entusiasmo.” (“La grazia e la furia di Royer hanno riempito la sala dal primo all’ultimo minuto; si passava da pezzi squisitamente melodici ad altri in cui a farla da padrone era il ritmo ostinato tipico di alcuni brani di questo compositore” Silvio Villa, Controluce Nov 2007).

Drama and richness of colors with the music of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and... Piazzolla

Barbara Erdner, violin; Frank Wakelkamp, violoncello; Ursula Dütschler, fortepiano

The fortepiano trio Camerata 1800 depicts the musical atmosphere of the period around 1800 playing on original instruments or copies thereof in order to enhance the rhetoric, drama and colours of the music of that era. The players are eager to challenge and support each other in their alternating solo and supporting roles. In addition to the works of the great and famous masters like Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, Camerata 1800 likes to program unknown and rarely performed compositions to surprise the audience. The ensemble also invites gladly guest musicians to extend its sound palette and repertoire.

Imagine yourself in the elegant ballrooms, at official receptions, the bourgeois parties or even at impressive funerals of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Alayne Leslie / Onno Verschoor / Diego Nadra, oboe; Renée Allen / Bolko Kloosterman / Hylke Rozema, natural horn; Nikolaus Broda / Marita Schaar, bassoon.

Thanks to the Classical period, we tend to think of a wind quintet including a flute and a clarinet. It is a less well-known fact that before the Classical period, there was a wealth of music written for wind instruments. In the Renaissance, there were "bands" with shawms and zinks, which were blown similar to trumpets. This tradition still exists in Catalunia, where "coblas" include modern shawms and brass instruments.

Narrative strings, on three different harps

Marjan de Haer (harps) and colleagues

Marjan de Haer is a versatile musician: she is not only starred in the major concertos for solo harp, but she is gifted in performing the small as well. She forms a duo with narrator Mia Verbeelen, which offers performances suited for children aged 8 to 88...

Diversity and frivolity from Amsterdam, whether as duo, ensemble or orchestra. Instrumental chamber music and baroque cantatas to early classical string quintets.

Onno Verschoor, baroque oboe / recorder; Henriëtte Bakker, baroque bassoon / recorder; Jan Pieter van Coolwijk and Evert Jan Schuur, baroque violin; Rachael Yates and Niek Idema, viola; Wilma van der Wardt, baroque cello; Hendrik-Jan Wolfert, violone; Susanne Braumann, viola da gamba; Harjo Neutkens, lute; Stefano Intrieri, continuo.

Accademia Amsterdam is inspired by an Italian institution flourishing in the 17th and 18th centuries - the accademia - where people gathered to make music and discuss wide-ranging subjects. Accademia Amsterdam follows this tradition in as much as the musicians work together to reach a clear interpretation of the music. The main aim of playing concerts is to give pleasure to the audience. This is achieved through the “Speaking Style”, which has its roots in Rhetoric. Use of Rhetoric opens up the colourful world of Affect, these days described as the world of feeling.

Cosa unisce compositori, regine e letterati? L’attrazione irresistibile da lontani distretti dell’Europa verso il 'prodigioso laboratorio barocco’ della Citta’ Eterna, Roma!

Claudia Farneti - soprano, Giordano Antonelli - violoncino, Giovanni La Marca - viola da gamba, Cecilia Montanaro - organo positivo, Simone Vallerotonda - tiorba

Benvenuti nel mondo di Musica Antiqua Latina, ensemble barocco su strumenti originali, è stato creato dal direttore e violoncellista barocco Giordano Antonelli.
Il progetto Musica Antiqua Latina promuove la riscoperta e la diffusione del grande repertorio barocco italiano, di cui Roma, dove il gruppo è residente, è stato uno dei centri di massima creatività.

Podiumbeesten! (Stage animals!) will take you to a wondrous world full of music and animals which will stimulate the imagination of any child or grown-up person.

Dimitri Ivanov, Elvira of Groningen - violin, Dana Zemtsov - viola Mark of Munckhof - cello, Nienke Kosters - bass, Ilonka Kolthof - flute, Jesse Faber - clarinet, Lennarc Nijs, percussion
The Scholtes-Janssens Piano Duo, Lestari Scholtes & Gwylim Janssens
Narrator: Vera Gouka

The concert spectacle Stage animals! is a dazzling concert with animals as its theme. The main act is the charming Carnival of the Animals, composed by Saint-Saens.

"Questo artista dalle evidenti qualità è uno dei più interessanti talenti della nuova generazione. Il suo modo di suonare pulito e convincente e il suo stile elegante sono assai rari al giorno d’oggi"

Adalberto Maria Riva, pianoforte

Con la menzione speciale dell’IBLA grand prize 2008, il pianista milanese Adalberto Maria Riva ha debuttato negli Stati Uniti nell’aprile 2009 con una tournée in Virginia, Arkansas e North Dakota e con un concerto alla Carnegie Hall.

Vera Kooper has the rare ability to penetrate to the very expressive core of the music...

Vera Kooper, piano solo

...this quality, multiplied by impressive instrumental control and all-out dedication, allow her to turn each performance into a poetic, moving artistic experience – a phenomenon as uncommon with young performers today as it is precious.
Emanuel Krasovsky