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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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Jury audition 2026: Maarten Hillenius

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Saturday 24 January is the day. ArtEZ Conservatorium Zwolle will then host our annual audition. As every year, the jury consists of musicians who have earned their spurs on the song art stage. We put some questions to them. This time the reaction of pianist Maarten Hillenius: ‘Songs enrich you by touching the most beautiful lyrics and notes and different emotions. You don't have to throw a chair through a café window for that.’
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A Sunday afternoon of sung connection

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There are those afternoons when everything seems to fall together: the right place, the right people and, above all, the right tone. Such an afternoon was the Members-for-Members concert of the Twente branch of Vrienden van het Lied, held on Sunday 16 November 2025.
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Feelings of all times

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An intimate house concert with a delightful programme about love: that is what the Friends experienced in Amsterdam. Tenor Jan-Willem Schaafsma and pianist Phyllis Ferwerda convinced and let listeners experience that the romantic song is still relevant, because feelings are of all times.
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Women of all shapes and forms

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For the first time, Salon 1919 welcomed musicians all the way from Germany to perform for us. They were mezzo-soprano Julia Kurig Yazaki and pianist Sofi Simeonidis. Liesbeth and I had already seen them perform in Zeist and we were very impressed by these women.
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From Schubert to Silverstein

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Is it a nightclub or a concert hall? On Thursday night 13 November, the Kleine Zaal of the Nijmegen Vereeniging was both for a while. Mezzo-soprano Olivia Vermeulen effortlessly switched from classical to popular songs and back again. Thanks to a collaboration between concert hall de Vereeniging and Vrienden van het Lied, the duo was able to bring a heavenly performance to a completely sold-out hall.
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Jury audition 2026: Micha van Weers

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Saturday 24 January is the day. ArtEZ Conservatorium Zwolle will then host our annual audition. As every year, the jury consists of musicians who have earned their spurs on the song art stage. We put some questions to them. This time the reaction of pianist Micha van Weers, member of our artistic advisory board: ‘A song recital can be a mirror for the listener. If something is moving in the world, it expresses itself in art. And the song remains such a living thing!’
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Jury audition 2026: Jan Willem Baljet

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Saturday 24 January is the day. ArtEZ Conservatorium Zwolle will then host our annual audition. As every year, the jury consists of musicians who have earned their spurs on the song art stage. We put some questions to them. This time the reaction of baritone Jan Willem Baljet, member of our artistic advisory board: ‘Only a singer and pianist shape a recital. So you have to maximise your own creativity. A delightful challenge, then!’
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Jury audition 2026: Sasja Hunnego

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Saturday 24 January is the day. ArtEZ Conservatorium Zwolle will then host our annual audition. As every year, the jury consists of musicians who have earned their spurs on the song art stage. We put some questions to them. This time the reaction of mezzo-soprano and vocal pedagogue Sasja Hunnego: ‘In these times of impending impoverishment, we must not give up expressions of refinement in thought and feeling. It is a joy for me to work with young people on this every day and experience their inspiration.’
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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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Jury audition 2026: Lenneke Ruiten

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Saturday 24 January is the day. ArtEZ Conservatorium Zwolle will then host our annual audition. As every year, the jury consists of musicians who have earned their spurs on the song art stage. We put some questions to them. This time the response of soprano Lenneke Ruiten: ‘Song art is one of the purest forms of art, a whole world in itself.’
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Introducing: Madeline Saputra and Apollon Kalamenios

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In January, soprano Madeline Saputra and pianist Apollon Kalamenios were one of four song duos accepted after auditioning. ‘Friends of the Song is a platform on which we can experiment and offers us opportunities to build our career as a young song duo.’
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