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In connection with the summer holiday is the editor of the newsletter Saturday 2 to Sunday 24 August unable to respond to emails and submitted articles. From Monday 25 August, we will pick up the thread with news, retrospectives and more.

In connection with the holidays is the editor of Friday 19 December to Sunday 4 January unable to respond to emails and submitted articles. From Monday 5 January, we will pick up with news, retrospectives and more.

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May 16: Dag van het Lied

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Enjoy established and young musicians during three recitals, College Tour with Jan Willem Nelleke, the LiedLab and more! Members visit this day and the evening recital of International Lied Festival Zeist for only €38 (normally €63).
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General membership meeting 18 April

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The general members' meeting (ALV) will take place on Saturday 18 April from 11am to 1pm at Zalencentrum De Brug in Bunnik. After the meeting, attendees will be offered a sumptuous lunch, during which liaison officers, board members, committee members and other concerned members can interact informally.
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From Shakespeare to Johann Strauss

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It was full house at the welcoming venue in Houten, where soprano Elenora Hu and pianist Amy Chang gave a recital for the Utrecht section. Members from other regions had also come to this recital, observed Dinant Krouwel. It is a pleasant luxury that members can attend all department concerts for free.
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Two new programmes

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In recent months, two more special programmes have been added to our offerings that we would like to bring to your attention.
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A successful charm offensive

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Baritone Jared Michaud and pianist Christina Koti are a truly international duo. With their American, Canadian, English and Greek roots, the duo stepped into Nijmegen's living room from Paris on 1 February for the first of four planned performances of ‘An American in Paris’; A recital through which Jared and Christina sketch the atmosphere of Paris in the first half of the 20th century.
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Schubert feels closer to Bob Dylan than to Wagner.

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‘If you like singer-songwriters, visit a lied recital’ is what Lucky Fonz III would most like to convey to his audience. To board member Francine van der Heijden, he explained why classic lied and the compositions of contemporary singer-songwriters are not so far apart at all.
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L'affaire Dreyfus in The Hague

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On Sunday, February 1, an adventurous recital sounded in The Hague: soprano Ellen Valkenburg and pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren took the audience into a piece of history around 1900 in ‘L'affaire Dreyfus’, as a capstone for some of the most beautiful liederen from that era.
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New programme: Amor, Sol, Saudade - South Song

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After their first programme ‘And then she said’, a poetic exploration of extraordinary poetesses, Maria Portela Larisch and Jou-an Chen join forces again. ‘Amor, Sol, Saudade - Zuidzang’ is an ‘invitation au voyage’ in which the call of the south resounds.
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