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Hannes Minnaar performs World Premiere on Live Stream
Hannes Minnaar will perform the world premiere of Robert Zuidam's "Nox", on a live stream for Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw on Sunday 14th March 2021. Full details can be seen here. The Zuidam work, whose name lends itself to the title of Hannes's brilliantly reviewed CD... read more »
Quartet's festival directorship postponed whilst new disc receives high praise.
In a year that has turned artist's calendars upside down, the Armida Quartet festival directorship of the Mecklenberg Vorpommern festival in Rügen is postponed to October 2021 with miraculously little change to the ten day festival programme. See the full programme here. Schedule disappointments are outweighed... read more »
Dutch press rank Hannes Minnaar's "Nox" CD highly.
The Dutch press has consistantly put Hannes Minnaar's "Nox" in its top 2020 selections; NRC.nl put Ravel's Ondine at No. 9 in a 100 favourite 'songs' playlist (mixed genres); De Volkskrant placed Nox at No. 11 in the best 40 albums of the... read more »
November 2020: Armida Quartet release next disc Mozart
"Mozart interpretation and quartet playing at its finest hour" . The new CD of the Armida Quartet is out! The quartet’s latest CD release (CAvi Music) marks the half way point of the recording cycle of the complete Mozart string... read more »
Maria and Nathalia Milstein bring romantic french repertoire to Venice
Venice's Palazzetto Bru Zane which focuses its musical commitment on the (re)discovery of the french repertoire featured an Autumn festival of Camille Saint-Saëns. Maria and Nathalia Milstein performed a french programme which also drew works from their two CD releases of works of Saint-Saëns... read more »
Hannes Minnaar releases fourth solo disc, Nox
For his first solo album in four years, Hannes Minnaar returns with the CD “Nox”. Derived from the Latin word for “night” the disc’s compositions by Ravel, Schumann and Robert Zuidam are less the beautiful evocations of the... read more »
Van Baerle Trio performing on tour again
As the Van Baerle Trio receives high accolades for their recent release, the fifth and final recording of the complete Beethoven works for piano trio, the artists travel to the Casa da Música Porto, for a performance of Beethoven's Triple Concerto under the baton... read more »
Van Baerle Trio to perform the Prinsengrachtconcert
On Saturday 22nd August the Van Baerle Trio will perform the famous annual Prinsengrachtconcert in the fairytale courtyard of the Pulitzer Hotel, Amsterdam. "We didn't hesitate for one moment when we were asked to play at the Prinsengracht concert. For decades, this concert has... read more »
The stage is set for Hannes Minnaar to record the Goldberg Variations
De Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam is all set for Hannes Minnaar to record Bach's monumental Goldberg Variations this week on the Chris Maene straight string piano. After last month's successful ten performance tour of the Goldberg Variations across Holland in some of its' magnificent churches,... read more »
Hannes Minnaar performs live again on a special tour of the Goldberg Variations
In an initiative conceived by Hannes Minnaar during the Corona Virus lockdown, Hannes performs a 9-concert tour of the Goldberg Variations in 6 magnificent Dutch churches in July. Observing the correct social distancing procedures a 100 tickets have been made available for each performance,... read more »