The worlds biggest cello festival will be back in 2020, from October 22 until 31
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Again more visitors!
Before you know it is already over… A record of visitors came to the ten overcrowded festival days of the seventh Cello Biënnale Amsterdam. During 31.000 visits people enjoyed over more than 90 concerts, performances, masterclasses and workshops by musicians, ensembles and orchestras from 27 countries. The festivaltheme was The Power of Music with artists […]
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Maarten Mostert knighted in the Order of Oranje-Nassau
During the closing evening of the seventh Cello Biënnale Amsterdam, a big surprise was waiting for Maarten Mostert, artistic director and spiritual father of the Biënnale. Instead of commencing the next cello act, deputy-mayor Marjolein Moorman walked on stage and began to speak loving words about Maarten Mostert. She announced him as Officer of the […]
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And the winner is … Eline Hensels!
The most exciting part of the Cello Biënnale has finished! After the nerve-racking finals of the National Cello Competition, where the three finalists played the fantastic and very difficult Schumann cello concerto, the jury decided that Eline Hensels is the First Prize Winner. The jury: “You are present, you take the musical space you need and you work energetically.” Hensels also […]
