News
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Festival theme 2022 announced
The Cello Moves! The cello moves, makes you move and… moves you. During the Sneak Preview on November 12th 2021, the theme of the 9th edition of the world’s largest cello festival was announced: The Cello Moves! From 20 to 29 October 2022 the Cello Biennale presents programs and new productions in which dance, movement, […]
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Registration open for National Cello Competition
The National Cello Competition is an integral part of the Cello Biennale Amsterdam. Talented cellists of Dutch nationality or studying in the Netherlands will have the opportunity to present themselves to an international jury in three rounds. After the qualifying round at June 27th a maximum of 16 participants will be admitted to the First […]
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How to play the Corona – A webinar on entrepreneurship for young professionals
Get ready for some inspiration for a career in the music industry! On Friday the 23rd of April, there will be three online sessions about how to keep yourself in the picture, how to make money, and how to increase your visibility on social media during these rough Corona times… Because you don’t want people […]
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Johan Dorrestein is leaving the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam
As of 1 January 2021 Johan Dorrestein will step down as Managing Director of the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam. Johan is leaving after no less than eleven years in which six Biënnales took place. Johan: After eleven intensive years and six editions of the Biënnale, the most recent of which I will surely remember for a […]
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Benjamin Kruithof wins National Cello Competition
Op de laatste avond van de Cello Biënnale Amsterdam, dit jaar een volledige online editie, vond de Finale plaats van het achtste Nationaal Cello Concours. Dit spannendste onderdeel van de Biënnale is gewonnen door de talentvolle Benjamin Kruithof. ‘Jij bent een complete speler, kalm benader jij elk werk met gepolijst cellospel en tegelijkertijd met een […]
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Four candidates in Final National Cello Competition
The most exciting part of the Cello Biënnale is nearing its end. On Tuesday 27 October the last five candidates of the combined First and Second Round played different works from various periods: from a sonata from Boccherini till ‘It sings, it whispes’ the commissioned piece composed by our composer-in-residence, Martijn Padding . The following four(!) […]
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News: Cello Biënnale 2020 transforms into online festival
Cello Biennale transforms into online festival without an audience Because of the new corona measures that were announced on October 13, the Cello Biënnale 2020 cannot take place in its original form. Under the new measures a maximum of 30 people are allowed at indoor seated venues such as concert halls. Beside this travel to […]
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Ticket sales started
Despite the threat of being silenced by a virus, we are happy to announce that the festival still stands! From October 22nd until 31st, the highest level of cello playing across the globe will come together at the eighth Cello Biënnale Amsterdam. Ten days filled with live music, the National Cello Competition, masterclasses, concerts, and […]
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The Cello Biënnale Amsterdam 2020 is officially a go!
For months it was uncertain if the biggest cello festival in the world could go on because of the corona virus. But thanks to extra help of our patrons, extra resources from the gouvernment as well as it’s easing the regulations around the virus, and thanks to our collaboration with the NTR – which will […]
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The Cello Takes Over
‘Everything sounds better…on a cello!’ Of course that slogan doesn’t apply to everything, but it is true that a huge variety of music written for other instruments sounds just as good on the cello – or even better! That’s what the next Cello Biënnale is going to show us: The cello will be disguised as […]
