{"id":6741,"date":"2022-07-20T11:04:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T09:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vvhl.nl\/?p=6741"},"modified":"2025-01-29T14:06:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T13:06:54","slug":"vincent-kusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/vincent-kusters\/","title":{"rendered":"Vincent Kusters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6741\" class=\"elementor elementor-6741\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1f3600 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1f3600\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\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\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50d224eb\" data-id=\"50d224eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e02526c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e02526c\" 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\">Vincent Kusters<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1076bac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"1076bac3\" 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\">baritone<\/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-4be1c7e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"4be1c7e9\" 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\tLimburg baritone Vincent Kusters is a sought-after concert and Lieder singer who is at home in both oratorio and opera and has a great affinity for classical song. His repertoire includes works from the Renaissance to contemporary compositions, some of which are dedicated to him.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f907aa elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"3f907aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-626181ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"626181ca\" 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=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vincent-Kusters.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-524\" alt=\"Vincent Kusters-baritone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vincent-Kusters.webp 450w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vincent-Kusters-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vincent-Kusters-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vincent-Kusters-80x80.webp 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ad14fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ad14fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f354787\" data-id=\"f354787\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f714b2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f714b2f\" 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-c4b26d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4b26d6\" 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;\">Vincent has soloed in numerous orchestral productions, including Bach's great oratorios and numerous of his cantatas, the oratorios of Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn, masses by Mozart, Beethoven and Britten, as well as works by contemporaries such as Jenkins, Rutter and Chillcot.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vincent graduated in voice and piano at the Maastricht Academy of Music , with Mya Besselink and Joop Celis respectively, and attended several international master classes. As a song interpreter, he won many prizes at international competitions, including the Vocallis Liedprijs (Vaals, 2017 and 2018) and he is a prize winner of the Schumann Wettbewerb (Zwickau, 2020\/2021). Together with his duo partner pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/charlie-bo-meijering\/\">Charlie Bo Meijering<\/a> won the \u2018Friends of the IVC\u2018 prize (\u2018s-Hertogenbosch, 2019), and twice in a row the 1st prize at \u2019Liedkunst im Schloss vor Husum\u2018 (2021\/2023), the \u2019Young Artist Platform\u2018 of International Lied Festival Zeist (2021) and the prize for \u2019die beste Interpretation eines Schubert-Liedes\u2018 at the Ersten Internationalen Lied-Wettbewerbes Bolko von Hochberg 2022 \u2019Hellas', which led to numerous performances at home and abroad, including at the renowned Oxford International Song Festival (GB). Vincent is also a recurring singer at the International Song Festival Zeist (NL) and the International Song Festival Vocallis (NL).<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a pianist, Vincent focuses on accompanying singing. He is also a member of the Schola Maastricht and connected to three churches in and around Maastricht as organist, conductor and cantor. Since 2023, Vincent has been artistic director of the J.M. Vogl Foundation \u2018for the art of singing\u2019. <\/span><\/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-f2116a0 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f2116a0\" 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.vincent-kusters.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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e69e75d\" data-id=\"e69e75d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db71d8b elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"db71d8b\" 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-5ae0426 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ae0426\" 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-9d58f73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-accordion\" data-id=\"9d58f73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t            <div class=\"eael-adv-accordion\" id=\"eael-adv-accordion-9d58f73\" data-scroll-on-click=\"no\" data-scroll-speed=\"300\" data-accordion-id=\"9d58f73\" data-accordion-type=\"accordion\" data-toogle-speed=\"300\">\n            <div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"journeys-end-in-lovers-meeting\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1641\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">Journeys End in Lovers\u2019 Meeting<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1641\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-labelledby=\"journeys-end-in-lovers-meeting\"><p>Vincent Kusters, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Charlie Bo Meijering, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>After winning the first Young Artist Platform of the International Song Festival Zeist in 2021, Vincent and Charlie Bo were invited to perform a concert in both the upcoming Zeist festival and the Oxford Lieder Festival. In 2022, the theme of the latter festival was \u2018Friendship in song\u2019. This theme inspired them to put together a programme highlighting the friendship within the composer's circle of artists and those involved in the creation and performance of his songs. Think of the composer's friendship with the poet, with the performers and with other composers.\u00a0<\/p><p>For the programme notes <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Journeys-End-in-Lovers-toelichting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p><p>For more programme details <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KUSTERS_MEIJERING_Journeys-End-in-Lovers-Meeting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"die-schne-mllerin\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"2\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1642\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">Die sch\u00f6ne M\u00fcllerin<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1642\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" aria-labelledby=\"die-schne-mllerin\"><p>Vincent Kusters, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Charlie Bo Meijering, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>Franz Schubert's beloved song cycle set to poems by Wilhem M\u00fcller.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"nachtzauber\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"3\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1643\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">Nachtzauber<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1643\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" aria-labelledby=\"nachtzauber\"><p>Vincent Kusters, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Charlie Bo Meijering, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>This recital is entirely devoted to songs on texts by Joseph von Eichendorff. <br \/>Eichendorff, a renowned and beloved poet of the German language, knows how to touch many people with his accessible and relatively straightforward poems.<\/p><p>Click here for the <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KUSTERS-MEIJERING_Nachtzauber.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full program<\/a> and read <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KUSTERS-MEIJERING_Toelichting-Nachtzauber.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the explanation<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"winterreise\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"4\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1644\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">Winterreise<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1644\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" aria-labelledby=\"winterreise\"><p>Vincent Kusters, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Charlie Bo Meijering, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>Vincent Kusters and Charlie Bo Meijering are great admirers of Franz Schubert's music. After a highly successful series of performances of Schubert's other great cycle <em>Die Sch\u00f6ne M\u00fcllerin<\/em> - also on texts by Wilhelm M\u00fcller - the two have now latched onto the masterpiece <em>Winterreise<\/em>. One of Schubert's most famous works and perhaps the cycle of the entire song repertoire. Will you come and listen?<\/p><p>Click here for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KUSTERS-MEIJERING_Winterreise.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full program<\/a> and read <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KUSTERS-MEIJERING_toelichting_Winterreise.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the notes.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fiat-voluntas-tua-uw-wil-geschiede\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"5\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1645\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">Fiat Voluntas Tua - Thy Will Be Done<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1645\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" aria-labelledby=\"fiat-voluntas-tua-uw-wil-geschiede\"><p>Vincent Kusters, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Charlie Bo Meijering, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p><em>Fiat Voluntas Tua - Thy Will Be Done<\/em> is a programme of religious music and songs with themes of faith, hope and love, offers listeners the opportunity to pause and reflect on the deeper aspects of life. The broad palette of emotions makes this religious music accessible to everyone, believer or not. You will listen to works by Cornelius, Brahms, Milhaud and Vaughan Williams. It is a programme ideally suited to the passion period and Easter.<\/p><p>Click here for the complete <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/KUSTERS-MEIJERING_PROG_Fiat-Voluntas-Tua_2024-09-06_Vincent-Kusters-Charlie-Bo-Meijering_sept24.pdf\">programme<\/a> and read the <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/KUSTERS-MEIJERING_TOEL_Fiat-Voluntas-Tua_2024-09-06_Vincent-Kusters-Charlie-Bo-Meijering_sept24.pdf\">explanation<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"i-have-trod-the-upward-and-the-downward-slope\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"6\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1646\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1646\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" aria-labelledby=\"i-have-trod-the-upward-and-the-downward-slope\"><p>Vincent Kusters, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Charlie Bo Meijering, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>In the song recital titled \u2018I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope\u2019, Vincent Kusters and Charlie Bo Meijering will take you on distant journeys, in the broadest sense of the word; in a literal as well as an emotional sense. Like the journey of life, marked by periods of happiness and adversity. The programme includes works by Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Poulenc and Von Weber.<\/p><p>Click here for the complete <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/KUSTERS-MEIJERING_PROG_I-Have-Trod-the-Upward-and-the-Downward-Slope_2024-09-06-Vincent-Kusters-Charlie-Bo-Meijering_sept24.pdf\">programme<\/a> and read the <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/KUSTERS-MEIJERING_TOEL_I-Have-Trod-the-Upward-and-the-Downward-Slope_2024-09-06-Vincent-Kusters-Charlie-Bo-Meijering_sept24.pdf\">explanation<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"je-bois-la-joie\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"7\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1647\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">Je bois \u00e0 la joie!<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1647\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" aria-labelledby=\"je-bois-la-joie\"><p>Vincent Kusters, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Charlie Bo Meijering, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) is one of the most important composers of the 20th century. With Claude Debussy, he is among the most important impressionists and is also considered a forerunner of expressionism.<\/p><p>2025 marks the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel's birth in Ciboure, French Basque Country. To mark the occasion, this programme has been put together, consisting of five complete song cycles. Three are by Ravel himself, one by his composition teacher Gabriel Faur\u00e9 and one cycle by his main student : Ralph Vaughan Williams.<\/p><p>Click here for the complete <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/KUSTERS-MEIJERING_PROGRAMMA-150-jaar-Maurice-Ravel-Je-bois-a-la-joie_jan25.pdf\">programme<\/a> and read the <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/KUSTERS-MEIJERING_TOELICHTING_150-jaar-Maurice-Ravel-Je-bois-a-la-joie_jan25.pdf\">explanation<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limburg baritone Vincent Kusters is a sought-after concert and Lieder singer who is at home in both oratorio and opera and has a great affinity for classical song. 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