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Sanne Thierens

Sanne Thierens

Sanne is passionate about music and theatre and interested in what happens when the two are combined. She studied Liberal Arts and Sciences with majors in Musicology, Theatre & Media Studies and Piano Performance. After completing her degree at University College Roosevelt (Middelburg, The Netherlands), Sanne moved to London where she obtained an MA degree in Musicology from King’s College, University of London.

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Anger, grief, and Philip Glass dominate Isabelle Beernaert's Glass

By Sanne Thierens, 11 January 2015

Emotions, mainly anger and grief, dominate Isabelle Beernaerts dramatic new dance show Glass, but to lesser rather than greater effect. Choreographed to music by Philip Glass.

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Anger, grief, and Philip Glass dominate Isabelle Beernaert's Glass

By Sanne Thierens

quartet-lab succeeds at musical experiment in the Concertgebouw

By Sanne Thierens, 23 October 2014

Think of a laboratory and you think of an experiment: quartet-lab's experiments in the Concertgebouw yield refreshing results.

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quartet-lab succeeds at musical experiment

By Sanne Thierens

Dutch National Ballet moved by Bach

By Sanne Thierens, 12 October 2014

With Back to Bach the Dutch National Ballet shows that Bach and ballet go together perfectly.

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Dutch National Ballet moved by Bach

By Sanne Thierens

Silk Road Ensemble brings joy to the Concertgebouw

By Sanne Thierens, 10 September 2014

The Silk Road Ensemble together with Yo-Yo Ma brings music by composers and performers from all over the world to The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

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Silk Road Ensemble brings joy to the Concertgebouw

By Sanne Thierens

Listen with your eyes: Etienne Abelin and the Music Animation Machine

By Sanne Thierens, 12 July 2014

Etienne Abelin and others make music visible with the Music Animation Machine.

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Listen with your eyes: Etienne Abelin and the Music Animation Machine

By Sanne Thierens

Fate decides: scratchcard concerts in Utrecht

By Sanne Thierens, 29 June 2014

Janine Jansen's International Chamber Music Festival offered a special treat this year: scratchcard concert, where a scratchcard determined which concerts one got to see.

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Fate decides: scratchcard concerts in Utrecht

By Sanne Thierens

Music and cycling on the Tour d’Utrecht

By Sanne Thierens, 28 June 2014

The International Chamber Music Festival offered a cycling tour along some of the finest buildings in Utrecht, where music was performed in this special setting.

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Music and cycling on the Tour d’Utrecht

By Sanne Thierens

Meet the Royal Concertgebouw with Eight Seasons from Vivaldi and Piazzolla

By Sanne Thierens, 27 June 2014

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra surprises by breaking conventions in their 2014 Kennismakingsconcert ('meeting concert'), combining Vivaldi's and Piazzolla's Four Seasons.

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Meet the Royal Concertgebouw with Eight Seasons from Vivaldi and Piazzolla

By Sanne Thierens

Renewing controversial classics: Introdans' Russian Rumour

By Sanne Thierens, 17 June 2014

Introdans brings news interpretations by contemporary choreographers of the controversial classics L'Après-midi d'un faune, The Firebird and Le Sacre du Printemps in their programme Russian Rumour.

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Introdans' Russian Rumour

By Sanne Thierens

Dvořák 1-0 Football: the Gelders Orchestra scores at the Concertgebouw

By Sanne Thierens, 13 June 2014

While people gathered near big screens at the Museum Square to see the Dutch football team play, metres along the road another crowd gathered to hear the Gelders Orchestra play Dvořák's Cello Concerto and Ninth Symphony.

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Dvořák 1-0 Football: the Gelders Orchestra scores at the Concertgebouw

By Sanne Thierens

Grandiosity from members of the Dutch National Ballet Junior Company

By Sanne Thierens, 09 May 2014

The Dutch National Ballet presents its Junior Company in their first tour. This performance is much more than an introduction: it is a full-length programme filled with variation and energy.

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Dutch National Ballet Junior Company

By Sanne Thierens

The mise-en-scène is the star in this Amsterdam Bohème

By Sanne Thierens, 15 April 2014

Stichting Internationale Opera Producties presents a romantic production of Puccini’s La bohème with the State Opera of Plovdiv.

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The mise-en-scène is the star in this Amsterdam Bohème

By Sanne Thierens

Interdisciplinary art in Dutch Doubles

By Sanne Thierens, 16 April 2014

The Dutch National Ballet presents four brand new choreographies in Dutch Doubles, working together with acclaimed artists from different fields.

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Dutch National Ballet: Dutch Doubles

By Sanne Thierens

Dale Duesing and Nationale Reisopera bring Bach's St John Passion to life

By Sanne Thierens, 05 April 2014

Dale Duesing triumphs with a staged version of J.S. Bach's St John Passion performed by the Nationale Reisopera.

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Dale Duesing and Nationale Reisopera bring Bach's St John Passion to life

By Sanne Thierens

What happened after Dido died? BarokOpera Amsterdam’s Dido and Aeneas

By Sanne Thierens, 16 March 2014

BarokOpera Amsterdam tells Virigil’s tale of Aeneas’ travels through the underworld in an extended version of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

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What happened after Dido died? BarokOpera Amsterdam’s Dido and Aeneas

By Sanne Thierens

A legitimate masterpiece: Béjart Ballet dances Bolero and Light

By Sanne Thierens, 19 March 2014

Béjart Ballet Lausanne dances Maurice Béjarts masterpiece Bolero, preceded by an enchanting performance of Light. In Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam.

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Béjart Ballet's Light and Bolero

By Sanne Thierens

Ballet for Life: an ode to the dead and famous

By Sanne Thierens, 15 March 2014

Maurice Béjart honours Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Freddie Mercury and Gianni Versace in Ballet For Life, at the Royal Theater Carré, Amsterdam.

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Béjart's Ballet for Life

By Sanne Thierens

Kataklò Athletic Dance Theatre: Puzzle

By Sanne Thierens, 27 February 2014

Italian Dance Theatre company, Kataklò, makes a tour around the Netherlands with their show Puzzle. At the Meervaart Theatre, Amsterdam.

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Kataklò's Puzzle

By Sanne Thierens