It’s not hard to see why many artists are drawn to abandoned places in the (urban) landscape: these places breathe history, there is melancholy in their decay, and their emptiness leaves plenty of room for the imagination. ‘Abandoned places’ is the underlying theme in this edition of Festival Dag in de Branding.
The Nederlands Blazers Ensemble opens this day with The Unknown Chaplin, with music by Micha Hamel, Reza Namavar, Oene van Geel and others. The New European Ensemble plays a portrait of the Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir both on Saturday and Sunday. Composer Meriç Artaç presents the new work Zizos performed by Catchpenny Ensemble.
Meriç Artaç, who is artist in residence at Festival Dag in de Branding this year, is a composer whose work maintains a direct relation with what’s happening in the world around her. In this edition she again confronts her audience with key current topics. She takes us along the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in our country, asks…
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 opens the festival on October 12 with her own work on the Turkish coffee culture. Residentie…
Over the past two years, Saskia Lankhoorn has given centre stage to music of the 21st century at Festival Dag in de Branding, through projects that were a treat as well as a challenge to audiences’ ears and eyes. With her preference for interdisciplinarity, contrasts, intimacy and flexible arrangements (both on stage and in the auditorium) she has been able…
Festival Dag in de Branding is collaborating with Rewire in a musical route through surprising locations in The Hague. The collaboration features a special commission for organ and ensemble by British jazz pianist Kit Downes and Dutch new music group Ensemble Klang. The programme also features American percussionist, composer and visual artist Eli Keszler, Dutch violinist Diamanda Dramm, and the…
We’ve arrived at the 50th edition of Festival Dag in de Branding and that means it’s time for a party! And it’s a day of celebration too for Wim Boerman, the artistic director (and co-founder in 1979) of orkest de ereprijs. He is presented today with the Theo Bruins Award for his ‘unrelenting commitment to win over a larger audience…
Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina (1931) is one of the most remarkable voices in contemporary music. Her music is distinctly original, steeped in religion, crystal clear and ultra-precise. The New European Ensemble invited her to The Hague for a retrospective of her work. On 5 and 6 October 2018 the New European Ensemble, Residentie Orkest The Hague, and students of the…
This edition of Festival Dag in de Branding revolves around ‘spaces and fringes’.
To zero in on music now – that is Saskia Lankhoorn’s aim. It is her programming that will shape festival Dag in de Branding for two seasons, and she certainly realizes her ambition in this edition.
