News
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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 […]
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Residentie Orkest and Alexander Rudin
Accompanied by the Residentie Orkest, Russian cellist Alexander Rudin performs the second cello concert by Dmitri Shostakovich. Watch the second and third movement here.
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Start in Splendor: No Tomorrow
Cellist Lidy Blijdorp presents a concert about the different atmospheres of the night. Together with Splendor’s cymbal virtuoso Vasile Nedea, the versatile French pianist and composer Julien Brocal and story teller Bram van der Vlugt, Lidy explores the nocturnal side of life. An evening about intimacy and alienation, about loud partying after sunset, but also […]
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Queen Elisabeth Competition now includes a cello category
Up to now, the most renowned music competition in the world included three categories: violin, piano and singing. Now, a fourth category has been added: cello. The Queen Elisabeth Competition 2017 (May 8 – June 3) is a cello competition for the first time, and will be every four years from now on. Many of […]
