Calliope Tsoupaki is the guest curator of this two-day festival edition, centred around the theme Ars Nova. She presents a panorama of the newest music of all times. We open with a concert by the Residentie Orkest, featuring two works by Tsoupaki. During this concert, she will also be awarded the Johan Wagenaar Prize. The following day takes us on…
Clarinetist and interdisciplinary maker Michele Mazzini is the guest curator of this edition, which revolves around CONTRASTS. The Residentie Orkest combines a new piano concerto by Willem Jeths with Stravinsky’s Sacre du Printemps, and at the other locations we also go from one extreme to the other. In Korzo we start with the avant-garde pop music of Laura Nygren (Show…
We dive into the fascinating world of composer, sound artist and performer Evelien van den Broek (aka Leafsheep). She chose the theme PLAYFULNESS and gives it substance with verve, with performances by Neo-Fanfare 9x13, the Spaceship Ensemble and a performance by composer Huba de Graaf who “dances from her own work”. In addition, 7090 performs B[L]OOM. In the evening, Het…
This edition of Festival Dag in de Branding is entirely dedicated to wood. Wood for carpentry, wood for building instruments, but also the wood from the trees that we need to survive. The theme originated from guest curator Helena Basilova, pianist and composer, who curated a diverse programme. As the final highlight, Helena will present her own latest project: Arbor…
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…
Klaas de Vries, one of the Netherlands’ greatest composers, turned 80 this summer and… he has just written a major new orchestral work. Reason enough for Festival Dag in de Branding to honour De Vries with a festive and extra-long edition, which he was invited to guest curate. This edition also celebrates another great composer of our time: Hungarian grandmaster…
The sound of saxophones is all over this edition of Festival Dag in de Branding, thanks to the contribution of our guest curator, composer Jan-Peter de Graaff. De Graaff fell in love with the instrument when he was eight years old, and he firmly believes saxophones should be a regular fixture in the symphony orchestra. ‘I try to include a…
The presentation of the Willem Pijper Award takes centre stage in this edition of Festival Dag in de Branding from 31 May to 2 June. Composers Cecilia Arditto and Trevor Grahl will be presented with this composition award from The Hague City Council by alderman Saskia Bruines in Amare. Of course, Arditto and Grahl’s work can be heard in the…
She is one of the most remarkable composers of the young generation: Mathilde Wantenaar. As guest curator of this edition of Festival Dag in de Branding, Mathilde has put together an exciting programme of music she wants to bring to our attention. On 15 and 16 March 2024, Dag in de Branding presents six events, including performances by ensembles like…
On 21 October 2023, composer Lera Auerbach reaches her fiftieth birthday. From 15 to 22 October, we celebrate this occasion with a festival in The Hague entirely dedicated to her. Lera Auerbach is a particularly versatile artist: a composer, but also a concert pianist, conductor, poet and visual artist. Her repertoire is richly varied – delicate and bold, worldly and…
Festival Dag in de Branding kicks off the summer with an extra long and festive edition. The day begins in the warm sands of Scheveningen beach with a performance by Neofanfare 9x13 and ends in the Nieuwe Kerk with the presentation of the Kees van Baaren Prize to Dutch-Korean composer Seung-Won Oh. The musicians chosen to perform her mesmerising work…
The combination of music and technology yields endless new artistic possibilities. This edition of Festival Dag in de Branding sees an encounter of two worlds: the centuries-old tradition with its familiar acoustic instruments, versus the modern age with its ever-changing technology.
Today there is a tendency to emphasize cultural differences between people. In this edition of Festival Dag in de Branding we do just the opposite: we emphasize bridging differences.
During Festival Dag in de Branding, the venues and ensembles of The Hague introduce you to the newest music. They selected three talented alumni of the Royal Conservatoire as artists in residence: composers Thomas van Dun and Julian Maple-Oliveira, and harpist Michela Amici.
What kind of world are we living in now? With the pandemic lasting much longer than anyone would have thought two years ago, artists too feel the need to reflect on the consequences of global social disruption. This includes the composers during Dag in de Branding on 26 February.
