Edition 73 / 7 Jun 2025

Edition 73

The guest curator of this edition of Festival Dag in de Branding is music publicist Jacqueline Oskamp. And not without reason: on 7 June, in Amare's Conservatoriumzaal, she presents to the audience her brand-new Louis Andriessen biography, Groots is de liefde (‘Love is an excellent thing’) and is herself presented by the Municipality of The Hague with the Theo Bruins Award for her services to Dutch (contemporary) music. Naturally the programme includes music by Andriessen, performed by Claron McFadden, Ensemble Klang, members of Asko|Schönberg and students of the Royal Conservatoire.

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