{"id":6524,"date":"2022-07-19T11:50:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T09:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vvhl.nl\/?p=6524"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:49:21","slug":"ellen-valkenburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/ellen-valkenburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Valkenburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6524\" class=\"elementor elementor-6524\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-464e623 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"464e623\" 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-0945bea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0945bea\" 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-eb95afa elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb95afa\" 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\">Ellen Valkenburg<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ea6d4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"3ea6d4a\" 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-a7b29ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"a7b29ff\" 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\tEllen Valkenburg graduated with distinction from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. She forms a duo with pianists Maurice Lammerts van Bueren and Andrea Vasi, with whom she has given numerous concerts, and is a member of the Coco Collective. As a soloist, she sang with various companies. Valkenburg was winner of the Margit Widlund Stipendium, which is intended for young singers with a special stage presentation.\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-8ab3474 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ab3474\" 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-e7fe14c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7fe14c\" 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=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ellen-Valkenburg_\u00a9-Maurice-Lammerts-van-Bueren-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11809\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ellen-Valkenburg_\u00a9-Maurice-Lammerts-van-Bueren-2.webp 1200w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ellen-Valkenburg_\u00a9-Maurice-Lammerts-van-Bueren-2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ellen-Valkenburg_\u00a9-Maurice-Lammerts-van-Bueren-2-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ellen-Valkenburg_\u00a9-Maurice-Lammerts-van-Bueren-2-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\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-22c4267 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22c4267\" 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-29663f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29663f9\" 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-38982c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38982c8\" 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-b2aa908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2aa908\" 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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ellen Valkenburg studied voice at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. She obtained her bachelor with distinction \u2018for authenticity in the choice and performance of the programme\u2019. In 2014, she completed her Master's degree in voice at the same conservatoire with Maria Acda and Sasja Hunnego.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/maurice-lammerts-van-bueren\/\">Maurice Lammerts van Bueren<\/a> Ellen forms a duo. Together, they performed recitals in Slot Zeist and for the Friends of the Song, among others. In 2021, the Zefir Records label released their first duo CD <em>Les Apaches<\/em> out, for which they received many rave reviews.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/andrea-vasi\/\">Andrea Vasi<\/a> Ellen performed concerts for, among others, the NJO Muziekzomer, the Grachtenfestival, Opium on Radio 4, the Concertgebouw and the television programme <em>Free sounds<\/em>. In 2011 they won the Musico song competition and in autumn 2013 they were admitted to the Friends of Song Association's soloist database. In September 2014, they won the Friends of the IVC Prize in the final of the International Vocal Competition \u2019s-Hertogenbosch and in spring 2015 they won second prize at the International Liedduo Competition in Enschede.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March 2012, Ellen was awarded the Margit Widlund Stipendium from the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund. This scholarship, established by writer Anna Enquist and her husband in memory of their deceased daughter, is intended for young singers with a special stage presence.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, Ellen is part of the ensemble Coco Collectief, consisting of five singers and pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren. With this ensemble, she sang in Opium on Radio 4 and the Concertgebouw, among others. In October 2017, they released their first CD <em>Winterreise<\/em> worldwide from the renowned label Etcetera.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ellen sang as a soloist with the Residentie Orkest conducted by Jan Willem de Vriend, worked as a soprano soloist with many oratorio companies, gave concerts for the Dutch Reisopera and sang at several editions of the International Song Festival in Zeist.<\/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-bf7158d elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bf7158d\" 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.ellenvalkenburg.com\" 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-35d17dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35d17dd\" 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-f4545f2 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f4545f2\" 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-fe220dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe220dc\" 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-92b65e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"92b65e1\" 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-1530\" 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-1530\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Les Apaches <\/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-1530\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddff1a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddff1a7\" 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-428f7a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"428f7a2\" 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>Ellen Valkenburg<em>, soprano<\/em><br \/>Maurice Lammerts van Bueren<em>, piano<\/em><\/p><p>The title of this programme was the name of a group of artists in Paris in the early 20th century, consisting of painters, writers, composers and musicians. This recital features songs from a short period, but the diversity is great with composers such as Delage, de Falla, Ravel, S\u00e9v\u00e9rac and Strawinsky. Ellen Valkenburg performs this concert with pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren.<\/p><p>Click here for the <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/VALKENBURG-LAMMERTS-VAN-BUEREN_Les-Apaches_mei24.pdf\">programme<\/a> &gt;<\/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-1531\" 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-1531\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Bist du bei mir <\/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-1531\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0772d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e0772d5\" 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-13d6336 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13d6336\" 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>Ellen Valkenburg, <em>soprano<\/em><br \/>Maurice Lammerts van Bueren, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Netherlands, it is tradition to perform Bach's great passions in the run-up to Good Friday. However, this fine tradition is hardly reflected in the field of song: during Passion time, song gives way to the St Matthew Passion or St John Passion and the world of song lies silent for a few weeks. Ellen Valkenburg and Maurice Lammerts van Bueren thought it would be nice to put together a song recital focusing on the Passion period.<\/p><p>Click here for the <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/VALKENBURG_LAMMERTS-VAN-BUREN_Bist-du-bei-mir-een-liedpassie_feb26.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">programme and a brief explanation<\/span> &gt;<\/a><\/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-1532\" 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-1532\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> L'affaire Dreyfus <\/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-1532\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deb8262 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"deb8262\" 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-4244195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4244195\" 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>Ellen Valkenburg, <em>soprano<\/em><br \/>Maurice Lammerts van Bueren, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>L'affaire Dreyfus with works by Gabriel Faur\u00e9, Vincent d'Indy, Alfred Bruneau, Edvard Grieg, Claude Debussy and Jules Massenet, among others.<\/p><p>\u2018J'accuse...!\u2019 It is perhaps one of the most famous quotes in French history, uttered in the wake of the so-called \u2018l'affaire Dreyfus\u2019. But what exactly was this Dreyfus affair about? And what on earth does this event have to do with a song recital?<\/p><p>Based on the story of the Dreyfus affair, you will hear songs written during this period. The composers featured all played a part in this musical struggle.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/VALKENBURG_LAMMERTS-VAN-BUREN_Laffaire-Dreyfus_feb26.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Click here for the explanation<\/span>\u00a0&gt;<\/a><\/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-1533\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1533\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Auch kleine Dinge <\/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-1533\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ce1f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1ce1f5\" 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-e512fe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e512fe9\" 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>Ellen Valkenburg, <em>soprano<br \/><\/em>Florian Just, <em>baritone<\/em><br \/>Maurice Lammerts van Bueren, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>\u2018Auch kleine Dinge k\u00f6nnen uns entz\u00fccken.\u2019 With these slightly ironic words, Wolf begins his impressive cycle of short songs set to translations of Tuscan rispetti: <em>Das Italienische Liederbuch<\/em>.<br \/>These masterpieces on scale - some songs last less than a minute - are all about love, and in far from all cases that equals sweet romance ... Everyday street scenes are interspersed with desperate cries of longing, jealous bickering and brisk rejections. Also, a serenade in love sometimes turns out to sound quite false and the ladies not infrequently have their trousers on.<br \/>Ellen Valkenburg, Florian Just and Maurice Lammerts van Bueren select the most beautiful songs from this level musical soap opera and string them together in a dazzling scenic performance. Complementing this mini opera are beautiful French and German duets by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Faur\u00e9 and Berlioz, among others. The concert concludes with an out-of-the-box encore.<\/p><p>Click here for the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VALKENBURG-JUST-LAMMERTS-VAN-BUEREN_Auch-kleine-Dinge_SEPT25.pdf\">programme<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&gt;<\/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>Ellen Valkenburg graduated with distinction from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. She forms a duo with pianists Maurice Lammerts van Bueren and Andrea Vasi, with whom she has given numerous concerts, and is a member of the Coco Collective. As a soloist, she sang with various companies. Valkenburg was winner of the Margit Widlund Stipendium, which is intended for young singers with a special stage presentation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[244],"tags":[157],"post_folder":[238],"class_list":["post-6524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sopraan","tag-sopraan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ellen Valkenburg - vvhl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/ellen-valkenburg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ellen Valkenburg - vvhl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ellen Valkenburg studeerde met onderscheiding af aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag. 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