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AmsterdamHUSH: Saariaho and Thorvaldsdottir

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Saariaho, Thorvaldsdottir
Ernest Martínez Izquierdo; Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg); Joseph Puglia; Verneri Pohjola

The HagueThe Desert Music

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Reich: The Desert Music
Nederlands Kamerkoor; Ensemble Klang; HIIIT; New European Ensemble

AmsterdamHoketus 50!

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Gordon, Andriessen
Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg)

The HagueUnderstanding

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de Senleches, Krzanowski, Miller, Hirs, Vivier, Gérin-Lajoie, Mitchell
Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg); Elisabeth Hetherington

AmsterdamBrigitta Muntendorf's Last Show

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Muntendorf: Last Show
Xizi Wang; Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg)

AmsterdamLandscape and myths

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Kyriakides, Tsoupaki, Larcher
Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg); Katrien Baerts; Awoiska van der Molen
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Immersive cinematic experience: Reich/Richter in Amsterdam

Asko|Schönberg performs Reich/Richter © Melle Meivogel (2023)
British percussionist Colin Currie joins Asko|Schönberg at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ for performances of Reich/Richter, a visual and musical feast. 
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Blinding ice: Finsterer's frozen Antarctica at the Sydney Festival

Antarctica © Wendell Teodoro
Gorgeous music by Mary Finsterer and an evocative setting by Elizabeth Gadsby transport you to the ends of the earth.
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A portrait of Hans Abrahamsen at the Concertgebouw

For a programme given by Asko|Schönberg at the Concertgebouw, Hans Abrahamsen’s choice of his own works spans an important and transitory period of creative stillness.  
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Pulsating new Andriessen at Holland Festival

Louis Andriessen’s new opera is a masterly expedition into the grand and grotesque mind of Athanasius Kircher, polymath and fantastist, but it is hampered by a clumsy libretto.
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Noordegraaf musical theatre captivates

Arnoud Noordegraaf’s As Big as the Sky received more than the usual attention at the Holland Festival due to his collaboration with Ai Weiwei.
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Asko|Schönberg premières Rzewski

A Dog's Life – Frederic Rzewski's 2nd Piano Concerto – is full of playful detail, but a little too long.
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AmsterdamSunday Morning Concerts: Harden, Andriessen and Davies

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Harden, Andriessen, Davies
Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg)
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Something completely different: the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ

The Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ and BIMHUIS © Nico Anselmgeest
With an eclectic programming ethos, and some of the finest acoustics in the Netherlands, the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ is about as adaptable as it’s possible for a modern concert hall to be.