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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 […]
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My Daily Shot of Culture vlog
The Dutch culture vloggers from My Daily Shot of Culture made a new vlog about CELLOFEST! They interviewed the men from BartolomeyBittmann and followed them to the stage of the Uitmarkt in Amsterdam where they kicked off the cultural season. Watch the vlog here!
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World premiere new live score Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde
The 22nd of September is the premiere of the new soundtrack for this 1920 classic during the Cello & Film mini festival in Eye Filmmuseum. Composed by Florian Magnus Maier, and performed live by Cellokwartet Ferschtman (Dmitry Ferschtman, Larissa Groeneveld, Kete Roinishvili and Emile Visser). Dr. Jekyll, a respected surgeon in Victorian London, has become fascinated by the […]
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Cello & Film Trailer
Watch the new trailer for Cello & Film, a mini film festival in EYE around the cello, with new cello music for silent films, documentaries, motion pictures, special guests and premieres.
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BartolomeyBitmann opens the cultural season on behalf of Cello Biënnale Amsterdam
This friday, jazz-rockduo BartolomeyBittmann is opening the cultural season in the Netherlands, during the opening concert of the Uitmarkt 2018, which will be shown on the Dutch television (NPO2). At 21:10 cellist Matthias Bartolomey and violist-mandola player Klemens Bittmann will climb the main stage as a preview for their performance on 21 October during CELLOFEST, the brand-new, non-classical […]
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CELLOFEST flyers arrived!
Het interessantste uit de wereldwijde cello-underground. 8 avonden, 16 optredens met cellospelende singer-songwriters, wereldmuziek, jazz- en popmusici, improvisatie, video- en performancekunstnaars. Deze mooie folder kom je straks overal tegen, tickets natuurlijk nu al te koop via cellofest.nl The most interesting from the worldwide cello-underground. 8 evenings, 16 concerts with cello-playing singer-songwriters, world music, jazz- and […]
