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Diamanda La Berge Dramm’s Violin Feels Like a Part of Her Body
27 May 2020
Violinist and singer Diamanda La Berge Dramm is one of the most notable arrivals on the Dutch contemporary music scene. The tiny, hyper-expressive musician is rewriting the rules of the classical music concert-world and is stringing genres together to make them sound as if they have always been clos
The Ex: Forty Years of Innovation and Rebellion
28 August 2019
In 2019 the legendary Dutch underground band The Ex is forty years old. As befits this whimsical group, always changing their image, they’re celebrating with both feet firmly planted in the present. As ever, socially critical, faithful to their DIY principles and with a musical view of the world.
Yannis Kyriakides: Experimental Explorer of Sounds in Search of Harmony and Identity
26 August 2019
Cypriot composer Yannis Kyriakides came to the Netherlands from England to study under Louis Andriessen and grew to be one of the Netherlands’ most exciting contemporary composers. Central to his music is experimentation with new techniques and conceptual problems, amidst a continual quest for cul
Broeder Dieleman and the Rise of Dutch Dialect Singers
21 March 2019
On his fourth album ‘Komma’ (Comma) Tonnie Dieleman, alias Broeder Dieleman, tells tales from and about his native soil, the district of Axel in Zeelandic Flanders. Because you just do not feel as connected to anywhere else as the clay where you were born and raised. A lesson that more and more