auditon

The next audition will take place Saturday, January 25 2025 at the ArtEZ Conservatory, Aan de Stadsmuur 88 in Zwolle.

are you

interested in tapping into a bigger audience of art song lovers? Why not audition for the Vrienden van het Lied: the ultimate stage for everyone who loves art song. The association offers lied duos the opportunity to bring the intimacy of art song to an appreciative audience by hosting song recitals on small public stages and in private homes.

A jury of experienced art song performers will assess the proficiency and communicative capabilities of the participating duos.
A duo consists of a singer and an instrumentalist, the latter being pianist or otherwise.

The jury of the 2025 auditions:

  • Wilke te Brummelstroete, mezzo-soprano
  • Selma Harkink, soprano
  • Thomas Beijer, pianist and composer
  • Femke de Graaf, pianist
  • Sinan Vural, baritone
  • Joost van der Linden, Chairman and member of the board

important dates

The next auditions will take place on Saturday, January 25 2025, from 11:00 AM.

You can submit your application from September 1, 2024, until 24.00 hrs December 7, 2024. Please note that a maximum of 10 duos can be placed for the auditions.

You will be notified after December 15 2024, whether you will be invited to audition on January 25, 2025.

admission

You can apply for an audition when:

  • the singer of your duo can perform the audition repertoire by heart and
  • both of you are planning to give recitals together.

Please note that a duo cannot apply to audition more than twice.

after admission

All musicians performing for Vrienden van het Lied are, in addition to their fees, eligible to have travel expenses reimbursed to some extent. Please be informed that the first 200 km travelled within the Netherlands will not be compensated. Above that, reimbursements are calculated over the total amount of kilometers travelled in the Netherlands.

application

Registration is possible from September 1, 2024, by submitting a fully completed registration form.

Registration closes at midnight on Saturday, 7 December.

Registration forms received after this time cannot be processed.

On the form, you will be asked to submit a 15-minute audition programme containing at least:

  • one song by a Dutch composer, not necessarily in Dutch, from after 1900
  • one song in German from the German Romantic period
  • one song in French by a composer of your choice.

 

Please state per song:

  • title of the song and opus number
  • the composer and dates
  • the poet and dates
  • the exact duration of each song

 

Also, please upload the following:

  • a copy of a valid EU passport or  residence permit for both of you with the work status indication ‘arbeid is vrij toegestaan’ on your residence permit. The Dutch government requires this for contracts with musicians who will perform for the Vrienden van het Lied following a successful audition. 
  • recent videorecording(s) of you as a duo with three songs, including at least one song in German from the German Romantic period and one song in French by a composer of your choice.

All applications will be evaluated by the Board of Artistic Advice (RAA). Forms that are incomplete will not be taken into consideration.

 

Costs

The audition costs € 60,00 per duo. After notification of admission, please make sure to remit this sum before January 7, 2025, to the bank account number:

IBAN NL 70 INGB 0000 326 329. 
in the name of Vrienden van het Lied
stating your names and  ‘participation audition‘.

Your audition admission will be cancelled automatically if the audition fee is not received in time. Reimbursement is not possible. In exceptional cases, the treasurer will make a final decision one week before the audition date.

Please feel free to send an email to  auditie@vvhl.nl  if you have any questions about the auditions.

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location

ArtEZ Conservatorium
Aan de Stadsmuur 88
8011 VD Zwolle

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