On Friday 10 October a concert will take place in the Cellebroederskapel Maastricht, as a prelude to the International Festival Vocallis 2025. This year's theme is HAPPINESS. You will hear works by Bach, Čiurlionis and Jean Lambrechts, among others. The well-known concertmaster of philzuid, Lei Wang, the young soprano Davinia Van der Zee-Kropivsek and […]
Slowly but surely, attention is growing for the oeuvre of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911), the Lithuanian composer and painter who died young. In his native country, he is a national hero. The symphony orchestra of the art school named after him – the National MK Čiurlionis School of Arts Lithuania – is a logical advocate of his music, […]
Rokas Zubovas, piano Sonata Deveikyté-Zuboviené, piano Grieg Peer Gynt, suite Čiurlionis The Sea, symphonic poem, arranged for piano four hands Čiurlionis Sonatas Rokas Zubovas, a great-grandson of Čiiurlionis, together with his wife Sonata will perform this unique storytelling concert about his great-grandfather, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, the artistic all-rounder from Lithuania who will be the focus of the 2025 edition of […]
Storytelling concert Jan Brokken Marcel Worms, piano Ursula Schoch, violin On Wednesday 22 October, Jan Brokken will once again give one of his famous storytelling concerts in Boekhandel Dominicanen, this time focusing on Čiurlionis and the work of other Baltic composers. You can enjoy works by Pärt, Mägi, Eller, Vasks, Čiurlionis and Gaizauskas. Be quick because […]
Claudia Couwenbergh, soprano Pascal Pittie, tenor Alice Hendriks, piano Happiness is the theme of our festival this year. Artistic director Gert Geluk: “As a child I heard operetta music at home, it moved me, especially the “Wolgalied” from “Der Zarewitsch” by Lehár - I often played the 78 rpm record on our record player, Marcel Wittrisch sang - and my father would then […]
The work of Siegfried Wagner (the son of...) is almost never heard in the Netherlands. It is late romantic in sound and he wrote many operas, a symphony, violin concerto and symphonic poems.(read more)
