News
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Sollima receives Anner Bijlsma Award
Artist in Residence Giovanni Sollima received the Anner Bijlsma Award tonight! Job Cohen handed over the international prize, which is awarded once every so often to a person or institution that has proven to be of outstanding value to the cello or the cello repertoire. The prize of fiftythousand euros goes to the stimulation of young talent.
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Listen live to Radio 4
The flags are waving, the technicians are pulling cables and hanging the lights, the first musicians have arrived and rehearsals are in full swing. The Muziekgebouw quivers, the seventh Cello Biennale is beginning! The opening concert is sold out, but fortunately you can listen live with NPO Radio 4! Check out which other concerts are broadcasted live […]
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Concert sold out?
Is the concert you want to attend sold out? No reason to stress, there are often still places available. Please call the box office of Muziekgebouw (020 – 788 2000) and register for the waiting list of the concert. Muziekgebouw will contact you when tickets become available. On the day of the concert the waiting list […]
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Try out new cello’s and bows at the festival market
The hall and foyer of the Muziekgebouw are filled with sounds made by instruments and bows by various cello and bow makers. The Cello Biënnale enthusiastically supports the making of new instruments and bows, and the exposition at the festival is specially meant for makers of new instruments. In addition to the luthier exhibit, there […]
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They are here!
The young cellists from the West Bank arrived at Schiphol today! The children have studied cello for months with cellist Fabienne van Eck (Musicians without Borders, Sounds of Palestine) to play in the Hello Cello Orchestra. Director Shariff Nasr is making a documentary of the project together with Interakt Productions. The film crew records the […]
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NES at Podium Witteman
Frontlady of the band NES, Nesrine Belmokh, is playing this sunday at the Dutch television program Podium Witteman! The French-Algerian cellist and singer gives a taster of her concert during CELLOFEST on 20 October. There are still some tickets left!
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Call to all cello students! Participate in the famous jazz workshop by Arnold Dooyeweerd
That the cello is more than just a classical musical instrument is made more than clear by the Cello Biennale. Do you also want to broaden your musical horizons? Come to the free workshop of Arnold Dooyeweerd on Tuesday 23 October at 20.00h at Bimhuis. For fortyfour years, the jazz bassist gives tips to anyone […]
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Het Parool Cello Lounge in the late hours
Even after the evening concerts the Biennale is not over yet! Come to Het Parool Cello Lounge in 4’33 grand café to enjoy five free accessible concerts with surprising cello pop, jazz and impro. Read the program here.
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Children from the West Bank and El Salvador are joining the Hello Cello Orchestra
Together with Musicians without Borders and Sounds of Palestine, the Biennale is bringing fourteen kids from a refugeecamp in Palestine and from El Salvador to the festival to play in the Hello Cello Orchestra
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Hello Cello Days in four different cities
On 6, 7, 13 and 14 October the Hello Cello Days will be held in Zwolle, Eindhoven, Den Haag and Amstelveen. This family-event starts just like a real Biennale-day with Bach&Breakfast, and afterwards workshops, masterclasses, the brand new family show Cellokrijgers by Cello Octet Amsterdam and Oorkaan (which is also shown during the Cello Biënnale) and […]
