{"id":6500,"date":"2022-07-19T11:37:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T09:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vvhl.nl\/?p=6500"},"modified":"2025-06-24T13:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T11:23:44","slug":"mijke-sekhuis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/mijke-sekhuis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mijke Sekhuis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6500\" class=\"elementor elementor-6500\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0ac46b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c0ac46b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;triangle-asymmetrical&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M738,99l262-93V0H0v5.6L738,99z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be0076a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be0076a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57bd8a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57bd8a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mijke Sekhuis<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40020c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"40020c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8a51cc5 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">soprano<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9872ed7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"9872ed7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMijke Sekhuis was studied classical singing at the Royal Conservatoire and the Dutch National Opera Academy in The Hague. Since then, she has been active as a song, concert and opera singer at home and abroad in the classical and contemporary repertoire.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb3625f elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb3625f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e95bb53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e95bb53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Mijke-Sekhuis.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-403\" alt=\"Mijke Sekhuis-Sekhuis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Mijke-Sekhuis.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Mijke-Sekhuis-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Mijke-Sekhuis-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Mijke-Sekhuis-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4146e64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4146e64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f36c11e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f36c11e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a648f97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a648f97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af9df59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af9df59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mijke Sekhuis studied classical solo singing (opera and Lied) at the Royal Conservatoire and the Dutch National Opera Academy in The Hague. She then joined the Centre National d'Insertion Professionelle d'Artistes Lyriques in Marseille, France. She took master classes with Tom Krause, Mady Mespl\u00e9, Nathalie Stutzmann, Elly Ameling, Michael Chance and Graham Johnson, among others.<\/p><p>Mijke Sekhuis is active as a song, concert and opera singer at home and abroad in the classical and contemporary repertoire. She has worked with the orchestra of the Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich, as well as several of the major Dutch orchestras, including in the Concertgebouw's Saturday Matinee series.<\/p><p>In contemporary and 20<sup>e<\/sup>-century repertoire, she participated in premieres of operas and solo works by composers such as Klaas de Vries (<em>Wake<\/em> - Nederlandse Reisopera), Martijn Padding (<em>Laika<\/em> - DNO) and Willem Jeths (<em>H\u00f4tel de P\u00e9kin<\/em> - Dutch Travel Opera, <em>Monument to a Universal Marriage<\/em>).<\/p><p>Mijke Sekhuis plays contemporary and classical chamber music repertoire with ensembles such as the Doelen Quartet, Domestica Rotterdam and Ensemble Cam\u00e9leon. In 2007, as a song duo with pianist Saskia Lankhoorn, she won the press and audience award of the Vriendenkransconcours of the Concertgebouw and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, among others. With pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/shuann-chai\/\">Shuann Chai<\/a> she recently blew the dust off the forgotten song cycle <em>Les Chats<\/em> of the first Composer of the Fatherland Willem Jeths.<\/p><p>She gives song recitals with pianist Shuann Chai and with (forte) pianist Vaughan Schlepp.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff9d8a elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4ff9d8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mijkesekhuis.nl\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ab7b76 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ab7b76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-607bafe elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"607bafe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b09ab43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b09ab43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">programmes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ee1ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"62ee1ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1030\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1030\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Heimat, homesickness &amp; heartbreak <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1030\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c30a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78c30a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7e759d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7e759d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Nije Trio<\/strong><br \/>Mijke Sekhuis, soprano<br \/>Hanka Clout, clarinet<br \/>Vaughan Schlepp, piano<\/p><p>Soprano Mijke Sekhuis, together with clarinettist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hankaclout.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hanka Clout<\/a> and fortepianist Vaughan Schlepp the Nije Trio. The combination of soprano and clarinet with the unique sound of the fortepiano allows the Nije Trio to showcase beautiful music for different instrumentations. The programme is built around two highlights of the repertoire for this combination: Schubert's <em>Der Hirt auf dem Felsen<\/em> and the fierce aria <em>Parto, Parto<\/em> by Mozart. Let yourself be drawn into the world of Mozart and Schubert, but also be surprised by the music of their contemporaries Schumann and Spohr. Burgeoning romance full of echoes from deep valleys, shepherds on high peaks and palpitations of desire ...<\/p><p>Spohr - out <em>Sechs deutsche Lieder<\/em> No. 1,2,4,5<br \/>Mozart -<em> As Luise<\/em> and <em>Abendempfindung<\/em><br \/>Schumann - <em>Aus den \u00d6stlichen Rosen<\/em>, <em>Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt<\/em>, <em>Sehnsucht<\/em><br \/>Mozart - <em>Parto, parto<\/em> from <em>La Clemenza di Tito<\/em><br \/>Schubert - <em>Sonatina<\/em> in g D 408 op. 137, <em>Romanze<\/em> from <em>Die Verschworenen<\/em> and <em>Der Hirt auf dem Felsen.<\/em><\/p><p>This programme is suitable for rooms without a grand piano, but can also be played in the classical setting with a grand piano if necessary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1031\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1031\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Sehnsucht <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1031\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48241ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48241ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc913b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc913b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mijke Sekhuis, soprano<br \/>Vaughan Schlepp, (forte) piano<\/p><p>In this song recital, Mijke Sekhuis and Vaughan Schlepp follow the development of the art of song from the High Classical period to the early Romantic period with a special focus on the possibilities and qualities of the fortepiano as an accompanying instrument. From Ariadne's longings in Haydn's <em>Arianna a Naxos<\/em>, we end up via Mozart's <em>Luise<\/em> to the romantic settings of Goethe's tragic heroines like Mignon and the girl in love from Mendelssohn's <em>Die Liebende schreibt<\/em>.<\/p><p>At the heart of this recital is Mignon's singing <em>Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt<\/em> Central: in as many as ten different settings, we discover how composers such as Schubert and Schumann, but also Zelter, Fanny Mendelssohn and Beethoven were inspired by this Romantic poetry.<\/p><p>Haydn - <em>Arianna a Naxos<\/em><br \/>Mozart - <em>As Luise<\/em> and <em>Der Zauberer<\/em><br \/>Beethoven, Loewe, Von Hiller, Reissiger, Zelter, Schubert, Fanny Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann - <em>Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt<\/em><br \/>Felix Mendelssohn - <em>Neue Liebe<\/em>, <em>Die Liebende schreibt<\/em>, <em>And'res Maienlied<\/em><\/p><p>This programme is suitable for rooms without a grand piano, but can also be played in the classical setting with a grand piano if necessary.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1032\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1032\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Galerie M\u00e9lancolie - Of desire and the things that go by <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1032\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5be367f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5be367f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea211c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea211c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mijke Sekhuis, soprano<br \/>Shuann Chai, piano<\/p><p>A French programme with music by Dutchman Jeths and American Barber: how French will that sound?<\/p><p>American Samuel Barber composed on five French texts by Rainer Maria Rilke (also no Frenchman) and drew inspiration from the grandmasters of French M\u00e9lodie. The completed cycle <em>M\u00e9lodies passag\u00e8res<\/em> was dedicated to the duo Pierre Bernac and Francis Poulenc, who premiered the work in Paris in 1952. Surely there is quite a French air about that somewhere.<\/p><p>More famous grandmasters of French song visit Mijke Sekhuis and Shuann Chai, of course. With the cycles of Ravel and Debussy, they are assured of longing and melancholy, of velvet and birdsong, of burning sun and endless rainy afternoons.<\/p><p>Finally, they blow the dust off three early songs by Dutch composer Willem Jeths. In his short cycle Les Chats, after three poems by Baudelaire, he explores the language of these sphinxes of our living rooms: sensual, quirky and mysterious.<\/p><p>Claude Debussy - <em>Ariettes oubli\u00e9es<\/em><br \/>Samuel Barber - <em>M\u00e9lodies passag\u00e8res<\/em><br \/>Maurice Ravel - <em>Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/em><br \/>Willem Jeths - <em>Les Chats<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mijke Sekhuis was studied classical singing at the Royal Conservatoire and the Dutch National Opera Academy in The Hague. 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