Edition 53 / 12 Oct 2019

Edition 53

During the next two years, composer Meriç Artaç will be artist in residence at Festival Dag in de Branding. Meriç will contribute to eight editions of the festival. Dag in de Branding gives you the opportunity to become acquainted with her work. Meriç Artaç (28) was born in Istanbul, where she began her musical education at the Istanbul University State Conservatory at the age of five. She obtained a master’s degree in composition with Peter-Jan Wagemans in Rotterdam (Codarts) in 2015. Musical theatre is her passion.

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14 Oct 2017

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2 Dec 2017

edition 47
10 Mar 2018

edition 48
26 May 2018

edition 49
5/6 Oct 2018

edition 50
24 Nov 2018

edition 51
30 Mar 2019

edition 52
29 Jun 2019

edition 53
12 Oct 2019

edition 54
14 Dec 2019

edition 55
7 Mar 2020

edition 56
6 Jun 2020

Meet Meriç Artaç

During the next two years, composer Meriç Artaç will be artist in residence at Festival Dag in de Branding. Meriç will contribute to eight editions of the festival. We talked to her about her plans for the festival.

Aftermovie 29 June 2019

On Saturday, June 29, we had a tropical edition of our festival with lots of sun, beautiful locations and a lot of new music. Watch the after movie and enjoy!

Dutch national newspaper NRC enthousiastic

On 29 June 2019, Saskia Lankhoorn retired as curator of Festival Dag in de Branding. She did this during a summer edition of the festival with a special concert on the beach. NRC Handelsblad was there all day and gave the program no less than 4 out of 5 balls…

Students open the festival

On 29 June the festival day will be opened at 3 pm by the students of the Ensemble Academy of the Royal Conservatory. They literally take over the Zuiderstrandtheater and play in all kinds of areas of the building. Students Alfian and Francesco talk about their collaboration for this day.…

Pianos in the news

For the closing concert of Festival Dag in de Branding on 29 June we transported five pianos to the beach. In the days before the festival, four of these pianos can already be seen on the sand next to the famous beach animals by artist Theo Jansen. Dutch newspapers Telegraaf…

Rehearsals Maxim Shalygin in full swing

Todos los fuegos el fuego by composer Maxim Shalygin will premiere on June 29 during our festival in the Zuiderstrandtheater, performed by the Amstel Quartet and the Keuris Quartet. The rehearsals are in full swing and luckily we can occasionally watch through the beautiful videos that they make. Check the…

Rehearsals Maxim Shalygin

View the first images of the rehearsals of Todos los fuegos el fuego by composer Maxim Shalygin. This will premiere on June 29 during our festival in the Zuiderstrandtheater, performed by the Amstel Quartet and Keuris Quartet. Ukrainian composer Maxim Shalygin lives in The Hague, from where he has built an…