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ART AND ORNITHOLOGY - INTERESTING EXHIBITION IN ROTTERDAM The Natural History Museum in Rotterdam is hosting the photography exhibition Ornithologie from 6 February to 5 June 2016. This exhibition offers unique observations of the world of birds, as seen through the camera viewfinders of the Dutch photographers and amateur ornithologists Anne Geene and Arjan de Nooy. The exhibition, arranged under the...
The Rijksmuseum showcases Dutch fashion from 1625 to 1960   Photo: Erwin Olaf | Model Ymre Stiekema, Wedding dress (1759).  From February 20 through May 16 2016, six galleries of the Philips Wing in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will be dedicated to fashion of the Dutch from 1625 to 1960. The exhibition has been designed by world-renowned Dutch...
Eja Siepman van den Berg - Timeless sculptor, beauty in repose This photo shows sculptor Eja Siepman van den Berg putting the finishing touches to Venus in her studio; an intense, painstaking task requiring the use of a modelling tool that belonged to her grandmother, who was also a sculptor.  Dutch sculptor Eja Siepman van den Berg (born in Eindhoven, 1943) lives and...
VIOLIN MAKER SASKIA SCHOUTEN PRESENTS HER 50th CELLO Renowned violin, viola and cello maker Saskia Schouten, who lives and works in her studio in the south of the Netherlands, recently presented her 50th cello, which she'd just varnished. For Saskia this instrument marks a special anniversary, but it's unfortunately not just a celebration, but also a commemoration of a sad tragedy....
OUDOLF CREATES AN EDUCATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN IN AMERICA "Always on the lookout for new challenges." In 2015, Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, who enjoys an international reputation as a dynamic, innovative expert in the field of plants was asked to take part in the design of an educational botanical garden in the American town of Dagsboro, located in the south of the state of Delaware. For...
AGNETA AND CAROLINA GYNNING IMPRESS WITH STUNNING EXHIBITION Swedish sculptor and designer Agneta Gynning, who lives in Malmö, Sweden, will have a new exhibition from the 25th of March until the 28th of March. This exhibtion will be held at the Saltsjöbaden Hotel, which was founded 110 years ago in Ystad, in the south of Sweden by the Baltic Sea. The town of Ystad in...
NEW CD LA FURIA - MAYKE RADEMAKERS AND MATTHIJS VERSCHOOR Having tackled Bach's Cello Suites, Dutch cellist Mayke Rademakers and her pianist Matthijs Verschoor concentrated on the cello literature and music of Spanish and South American composers. Mayke and Matthijs have had a life-long fascination with Spanish music, which has long been part of their repertoire.They both worked and studied in Spain, and...
LIGHT combines traditional and modern dance   LIGHT is a meandering dance poem, performed by a heterogeneous group of dancers, singers and musicians who all sing, dance and make music. It showcases a world in which cultural differences are not an obstacle, but instead a prerequisite for creation and communication. The dialogue between different cultures, languages, art forms and...
VISIONARY HARPIST RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS DUTCH MUSIC PRIZE "Tomorrow Eyes is the best thing I have ever created." The adventurous Dutch harpist and storyteller Remy van Kesteren (26) is broadening his musical horizons with his album Tomorrow Eyes, which was released on Friday 8 January 2016. This is a change of direction for the highly talented harpist, in which he focuses on...
ENSEMBLE MASQUES PREPARE FOR FESTIVAL DE SAINTES Ensemble Masques, © David Samyn  The baroque Ensemble Masques from France have a number of interesting months ahead. The ensemble was formed 15 years ago and was initially based in Canada. However, for the last six years, they have made Paris their home base and are holding concerts in...