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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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That's why you want to be a member!

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Make full use of your membership during the 2025-2026 concert season and enjoy top-level song art together. Because in addition to all concerts with our own musicians - which you can attend for free as a member - your membership also offers attractive discounts on recitals in well-known concert halls such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Musis in Arnhem.
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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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Nights in Paris and Poets, Knights & Travellers

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Vrienden van het Lied regularly seeks collaboration with various conservatoires. This included a very successful student concert in Rotterdam last year - a collaboration with Podium 1919. On Sunday 15 March, Podium 1919 is organising an extra student concert. You are most welcome.
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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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Audition 2026: impressive stories and performances

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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.
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Golda Schultz and Jonathan Ware at Concertgebouw

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A journey through nocturnal thoughts: soprano Golda Schultz and pianist Jonathan Ware's Dark Matters programme features works by Clara Schumann and Florence Price, as well as Richard Strauss's Vier letzte Lieder and Crumb's cycle Apparition. Golda Schultz is a master storyteller, perhaps the night is not so dark when she is speaking.
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Lilian Farahani & Friends at Concertgebouw

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‘Sometimes the reason for a concert programme is very simple: love of music,’ soprano Lilian Farahani tells us. Brahms, Barbara, Piazzolla and Bernstein: it's just a selection, the surprises are many. During her debut in the vocal series, Farahani brings her favourite music together with her favourite musicians.
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Introducing: Ien Bouwmans and Mieke van Huijgevoort

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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.
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‘Auch kleine Dinge’ must be experienced!

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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.
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