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With her ever-melodious and energetic music, British-American Anna Clyne is one of the most performed composers of our time. In the Netherlands, her music has been played by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Phion, and last September saw the release … href="https://theaderks.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/anna-clyne-i-have-never-been-afraid-of-a-good-melody/" target="_blank" re...
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 sonata for violin and cello of the same … href="https://theaderks.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/merel-vercammen-and-maya-fridman-release-cd-rejoice-hushed-music-performed-with-p...
Last June, he played with Klangforum Wien at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, in a programme featuring innovators from the early twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In our pre concert talk, the Danish-Austrian Mikael Rudolfsson proved to be a passionate advocate … href="https://theaderks.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/trombone-player-mikael-rudolfsson-champions-contemporary-music-on-c...
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir feels a strong connection with the poem Lazy Lazarus by Sylvia Plath: 'It combines beauty with the grotesque. The poem is a ruthless and vulnerable, yet fierce self-portrait full of metaphors. She describes her suicide attempts in an almost casual way.' href="https://theaderks.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/alfheidur-erla-gudmundsdottir-sylvia-plath-co...
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 … href="https://theaderks.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/composer-heather-pinkham-messages-extraterrestrials-seek-and-you-will-find-you-are...
