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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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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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Contacts wanted

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Without contacts, no house concerts. It's as simple as that. Do you love the lied and want others to enjoy this intimate art form? And do you live in the region: Friesland, Leiden or Limburg? Become a contact at Vrienden van het Lied, because together we will put the lied on the map!
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Breathtaking love in The Hague

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A recital about love in all its facets, the programme notes of ‘I'm a stranger here myself’ promised. Soprano Claudia Patacca and pianist Wouter Munsterman more than fulfilled that promise on 9 November in The Hague. For me, at least, it was love at first sight.
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Julia Mikhailova

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Julia Mikhailova studeerde cum laude af aan het het Tsjaikovski Conservatorium in Moskou en wijdt zich sindsdien aan het kunstlied.
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