Theo Loevendie - Celebration of the composer´s 80th birthday

Theo Loevendie´s 80th birthday on September 17 is celebrated in the Netherlands with a selection of concerts starting with a matinée on September 18 in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. On September 23 an all-Loevendie concert takes place at the Muziekgebouw featuring the Asko|Schönberg Ensemble.  

More than fifteen years Theo Loevendie was a full-time jazz musician. Today he is an internationally highly acclaimed composer. His work catalogue includes four operas, many chamber and ensemble works and five instrumental concerts. His most famous work is the music tale The Nightingale after Hans-Christian Andersen. With the new text written by the well-known dutch author Kees van Kooten, this work is a great success in the Netherlands. On november 7 the german premiere takes place in the Laeiszhalle Hamburg with KiKa moderator Juri Tetzlaff.

Links

• more about Theo Loevendie at Peermusic Classical
• Theo Loevendie´s official website
• Concertgebouw Amsterdam
• Muziekgebouw aan´t IJ

Archive
 

 Mieczyslaw Weinberg 

Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7

Upcoming Concerts

- Selection -

Tzvi Avni:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
1.9.2010 - Duisburg, Mercatorhalle
- world premiere -
2.9.2010 - Duisburg, Mercatorhalle
Duisburger Philharmoniker
Soloist: Heidrun Holtmann
Conductor: Jonathan Darlington

Arturo Márquez:
Danzón No. 2
7.9.2010 - Bilbao, Campos Theater (Spain)
8.9.2010 - Pamplona, Baluarte Hall
9.9.2010 - Donostia, Kursaal Hall
10.9.2010 - Vitoria, Principal Theater
Euskadi Orchestra
Conductor: Rubén Gimeno

Heitor Villa-Lobos:
Fantasia for Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra
10.9.2010 - Dabrowa Górnicza, Sala Teatralna Palacu Kultury Zaglebia (Poland)
Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Zabrzanskiej
Conductor: Slawomir Chrzanowski

Ahmed Adnan Saygun:
Inci'nin Kitabi (Inci's Book)
17.9.2010 - Recklinghausen, Festspielhaus
Sinfonietta Hungarica
Conductor: Nissim Frank