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Start in Splendor: Ainsi la nuit
The Cello Biennale and Splendor Amsterdam gave a young cellist carte blanche for one evening in Splendor: Kalle de Bie won the Start in Splendor Prize during the National Cello Competition 2016. Ainsi la Nuit was the result. Featuring Kalle de Bie (cello), Cordelia Paw and Tim Brackman (violin), Martin Moriarty (viola), Nadav Katan and Seán Morgan-Rooney […]
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Impression Sneak Preview Cello Biennale 2018
Watch the impression video of the Sneak Preview, in which Giovanni Sollima, Victor Julien-Laferrière, Alexander Warenberg, Mela Marie Spaemann, Chesaba, Adam Laloum, Candida Thompson and Amsterdam Sinfonietta reveal what is going to happen during the Cello Biennale 2018!
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Theo Loevendie writes commissioned work for National Cello Competition
The father of Dutch composition, Theo Loevendie (87), is composing the commissioned work for cello solo, which will be performed by each participant of the National Cello Competition 2018. The National Cello Competition is taking place for the seventh time, and is part of the Cello Biennale. The international jury is formed by Reinhard Latzko […]
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In 2018, another Cello Biennale will take place!
Next year, from October 18 to 27, 2018, Amsterdam will yet again be the centre of the international cello world: the Muziekgebouw and Bimhuis will be bursting at the seams for ten days during the 7th Cello Biennale Amsterdam! How special is this Biennale going to be? What will the festival theme be, and which […]
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Winner Queen Elisabeth Competition will attend Cello Biënnale 2018
For the first time the famous Queen Elisabeth Competition was a cellocompetition. Over 200 cellists from around the world registerd, 70 were selected and only 12 got to play a cello concerto of their choice during the finals. “The Competition” was won by the french cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière (27). Victor will be visiting the Cello […]
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Throwback to the Cello Biënnale 2016
The brothers Henk and Jan-Bastiaan Neven, togehter with pianist Thomas Beijer, played this beautifull Lullaby of Michail Glinka during the Cello Biënnale 2016.
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Hello Cello is succesful!
Hello Cello is the educative program of the Cello Biënnale. Hello Cello promotes classical music and the cello at elementary schools, among other places. The project De Bestorming is an important part of that. Right before the festival, elementary schools in Amsterdam are “stormed” by the eight cellists from Cello8ctet Amsterdam. For the whole school, the entire […]
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New video
During the last Biënnale, a lot of video and audio was recorded. You can now watch the video of the Agnus Dei, from the Requiem by Gabriel Fauré, arranged by Jacobus den Herder for choir (Cappella Amsterdam led by Daniel Reuss) and 10 cellists, those being Nicolas Altstaedt, Larissa Groeneveld, Martti Rousi, Timora Rosler, Bruno Philippe, Aurélien Pascal, Jeroen […]
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Second edition ‘Four Variations for cello’
Jan Brokken, Marente de Moor, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer and Annelies Verbeke, commissioned by the Cello Biënnale, each wrote a story revolving around the cello, assembled in the bundle Vier variaties voor cello (“Four Variations for Cello”). The first print is sold out, and a second edition has now appeared. The bundle can be purchased at […]
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100CELLOS
On May 5, 6 and 7, the Italian city Lucca was the cello capital of Italy. Cello virtuoso Giovanni Sollima took over the walled city with his festival 100CELLOS: for three days the Sollima-circus gave concerts in churches and monasteries, and did cheerful flashmobs on streets and squares. Maarten Mostert and Johan Dorrestein from the […]
