She has performed at festivals such as the International Lied Festival Zeist, the Grachtenfestival, Gaudeamus Music Week and November Music, and as a soloist with orchestras such as the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Holland Baroque. Together with pianist Willem van den Dool, she forms a successful lied duo, having won prizes at the International Student Lied Duo Competition and the Grachtenfestival Conservatoire Competition. They have attended masterclasses at the Lied Festival Zeist in 2023, the Udo Reinemann Masterclasses in Brussels (2023–2024), SongEasel (2025) and the Schubertíada in Barcelona (2026). On the opera stage, she has performed roles such as Cherubino (Mozart), the Fox (Janáček) and Medea (Handel).
Additionally, she is developing as a maker and went in 2025 The Bubbles of Babel premiered at the Delft Fringe Festival, with which she won the Delft Chamber Music Festival Award. Jasperina graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with distinction for ‘a mesmerizing marriage between body movement and musicianship across all styles’. Supported by the Van den Ende Foundation, she also studied opera in Gothenburg for six months.
Jasperina Verheij, mezzo-soprano
Willem van den Dool, piano
At a time when we increasingly reflect on our impact on the world and the rise of lifelike technologies, we ask the question: What makes us human? A question that may have no answer, but does serve as a starting point for a profound programme. With plenty of lieding on themes such as our search for meaning, our relationship with nature, identity, love and dealing with mortality. In this recital, alongside well-known works such as Schumann's Liederkreis, you will also hear pieces by lesser-known composers such as Muriel Herbert and Margarete Schweikert.
But this concert is more than just a listening experience. What does it mean to you to be human? Your answer can become part of the music—perhaps your thought will be brought to life in a unique improvisation…
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