menu

archive

Would you like to write a review or have you taken photos of a house concert? Do you have news that may be of interest to members and other interested parties? Let us know by sending an e-mail to nieuws@vvhl.nl. We love to share it!

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.

to news

Audition 2026: impressive stories and performances

  • archive
When you take a seat and someone raises a lied by Schubert, you know you are among friends. So it went at the audition day in Zwolle, which turned into a wonderful Vrienden van het Lied gathering. The jury faced the difficult task of making a selection, but after careful consideration, three duos were admitted to the list of musicians.
read more

Introducing: Ien Bouwmans and Mieke van Huijgevoort

  • archive
Ien Bouwmans and Mieke van Huijgevoort have taken the initiative to start providing concerts together for the Den Bosch region. Ien will offer her house in Rosmalen and grand piano (Sauter) for Vrienden van het Lied concerts; Mieke will be contact person for Vrienden van het Lied members and other interested parties in Brabant.
read more

‘Auch kleine Dinge’ must be experienced!

  • archive
What great soloists and accompanists we have at our association! This was demonstrated once again on Sunday 30 November at our house concert in Teteringen. We welcomed soprano Ellen Valkenburg, baritone Florian Just, and Maurice Lammerts van Bueren at the grand piano.
read more

A concert with obstacles

  • archive
By Sunday 11 January, the Netherlands had been flat for a week due to snow, ice and cold. Would the musicians manage to reach Zutphen on time by train from Germany?
read more

Heartwarming members-for-members Christmas concert Rotterdam

  • archive
Half the Netherlands sang at the members-for-members Christmas concert in Rotterdam on 14 December: from Utrecht and Woerden to Veldhoven, from Dordrecht and Den Bosch to Delft, singers and pianists came to Salon 1919.
read more

New programme: Amor, Sol, Saudade - South Song

  • archive
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.
read more
""

Introducing: Madeline Saputra and Apollon Kalamenios

  • archive
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.’
read more
to news