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Anne in concert as pianist in Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo and new duos with Emile Kaper on French horn
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October 2010

CONCERTBLOG: House concert for your friends US tour: Boston; Newton, MA; Hampton, CT; Shelburne Falls, MA; Pelham, NY; Durham, NC; Phoenix, AZ; Houston, TX; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Maui, HI; Scranton, PA Please visit the Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo America Tour Schedule

September 2010

CONCERTBLOG: Getting to Heerlen and Valkenburg, 25 September 2010

13 - 26 September 2010 Den Bosch
48th International Vocal Competition: opera, lied, oratorio

22 September 2010 Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo in Zeist

19 September 2010 @ 15:00 Anne Ku in concert with Emile Kaper, French horn at Funen Park 125, Amsterdam

19 September 2010 @ noon Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo, Oosterkerk, Amsterdam FREE

CONCERTBLOG: Concert in Oosterkerk, Amsterdam, 6 September 2010
CONCERTBLOG: What is stopping you from attending a free concert, 29 August 2010
CONCERTBLOG: Zeeland tour 5 concerts in 3 days, 18 September 2010

14 - 16 September 2010 Zeeland
Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo on tour in southwest Netherlands

12 September 2010 Utrecht Uitfeest


August 2010

27 August 2010 Piano / cello concerts in Warnsveld

23 August - 15 October 2010
BUSN 2750 Undergraduate statistics at Webster University in Leiden

CONCERTBLOG: Impromptu barbecue and concert for Ayyub Malik's 75th birthday, 21 August 2010

9 - 18 August 2010 London

3 - 9 August 2010 Bristol, Bath, Oxford, Maidenhead

2 August 2010 @ 18:30 Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo concert, Bilthoven

1 August 2010 @ 16:00 Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo concert, Bilthoven


July 2010

duo concerts Rotterdam (10th), Zeist (18th), Warnsveld (23rd), Amsterdam (25th), Rotterdam (30th)

29 July 2010 American violin and guitar duo contemporary programme in house concert on Bickersgracht, Amsterdam (1-page PDF)

25 July 2010 Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo Crowd Pleasers Transcriptions concert at Funen Park, Amsterdam (1-page PDF)

CONCERTBLOG: Funen house concert in Amsterdam, 26 July 2010
CONCERTBLOG
:
Turn your home into an art gallery and concert hall, 26 July 2010
CONCERTBLOG
: Organic wine tasting at house concert in Funen Park, Amsterdam, 26 July 2010

20 July 2010 Bon Journal Review: Ricciotti Ensemble premieres Pinocchio in Love

16 July 2010 @ 19:00 Riciotti Ensemble premieres "Pinocchio in Love" the opera by Guus Jansen, Festival de Parade in Utrecht, Moreelsepark

15 July 2010 Musicians trio tryouts and Asian barbecue

13 July 2010 @ 18:30 Rotary Club at Galerie Utrecht: Concertblog

10-11 July 2010 invitation to Salland, near Twente

4 July 2010 Birthday and anniversary in Utrecht + Cultural Sunday Kade Concert Handel's Water Music

3 July 2010 Barbecue house warming in Utrecht

2 July 2010 @20:30 Parnassos, Utrecht: Encuentro - soprano + piano (€15 incl. wine)


June 2010

26 June 2010 @ 19:30 Piano + guitar + cello house concert in Amsterdam Westerdok

25 June 2010 @19:30 Den Haag - Gustavo Corrales Romero piano solo concert (FREE)

24 June 2010 Bekkers Piano Guitar duo concerts in Weert and Venlo

23 June 2010 @16:15 Utrecht: Musicology seminar: Post-war women in Britten's Operas (FREE)

22 June 2010 @19:30 TUMULT Debate Centre Utrecht - AFELL movie and debate on Liberia (FREE)

duo concerts in Maarssen (13th), Den Haag(15th), Maastricht (16th), Zoetemeer (19th), Wassenaar (20th), and Amsterdam (26th)

Saturday 19th June from 17:30
Yoga session with yoga master Krishna from India followed by vegetarian dinner in Monument House

Rehearsal with cello in Den Haag: 15th (before duo concert), 20th (after duo concert)

9 - 12 June 2010
16th International Conference on Cultural Economics, Copenhagen Business School
"House Concerts for Art Music: multiple stakeholders, audience development and sustainability"

  • House concerts for art music: paper 14 pages [PDF] Comments welcome!

CONCERTBLOG: Deciding which cultural economics sessions to attend
CONCERTBLOG:
Hypothesis formulation in cultural economics
CONCERTBLOG:
Free concert at the University of Copenhagen
CONCERTBLOG:
ACEI 2010: international conference on cultural economics in Copenhagen
CONCERTBLOG
: Future of music business models: contact with your fans
CONCERTBLOG
: Is a house concert an idea virus?
CONCERTBLOG
: New business model for classical music: house concert?
CONCERTBLOG
: The economics of producing house concerts

1 - 23 June 2010
Holland Festival, the biggest and most important cultural festival in Europe takes place in Amsterdam


May 2010

Sunday 23 May 2010
Glass Vase Concert: Monument House Concert Series
Utrecht

CONCERTBLOG: Musicologist reviews Glass Vase Concert
CONCERTBLOG: House concert producers at Glass Vase Concert
CONCERTBLOG: Egyptian dinner at house concert in Utrecht
CONCERTBLOG: Outsource and automate
CONCERTBLOG: Are house concerts profitable?
CONCERTBLOG: The guest book after the Glass Vase Concert
CONCERTBLOG: Concert exposure to weather risk
CONCERTBLOG: Who is joining us for Egyptian dinner?
CONCERTBLOG: Why attend a house concert?
CONCERTBLOG: House concerts for personal branding

Sunday 16 May 2010 @ 14:30
Turandot, Netherlands Opera Amsterdam
CONCERTBLOG: Jasmine Flower in Turandot Amsterdam

Friday 14 May 2010 Warnsveld
Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo concerts

Saturday 8 May 2010

Leiden
Faculty meeting and graduation ceremony, Webster University

Den Haag
American Women's Club 80th Birthday Party

Friday 7 May 2010 @ 14:30 Nieuw Vennep
Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo concert
In het Zomerpark, Remmersteinpark 3
Nieuw Vennep 2151-KE


April 2010

Wednesday 28 April 2010
Guest lecture: "Personal branding online"
Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen

Sunday 25 April 2010
Dutch/Indian Association gala dinner Voorschoten, Netherlands

Saturday 24 April 2010 evening, Heemstede
Soprano, guitar, piano concert

Tuesday 20 April 2010 Maastricht
Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo concerts

15 - 25 April 2010 Muziekgebouw aan't Ij, Amsterdam
Young Pianist Foundation Competition

Saturday 17 April 2010 @ 20:00, House Concert PLUS, Utrecht (17.50 euros)
Monument House Concert Series Advance reservations only

CONCERTBLOG: Reviving the Grand Potpourri National
CONCERTBLOG: Concert announcement or invitation
CONCERTBLOG: House concert for an artist

Thursday 8 April 2010 @ 12:30
Luncheon with Taton Rotary Club Taichung, Taiwan

Thursday 1 April 2010 @12:30
Luncheon with Rotary Club Taipei

31 March - 14 April 2010 Taiwan


March 2010

27 March - 9 April 2011 Utrecht
9th International Liszt Piano Competition, finals on 9th April 2010

Sunday 28 March 2010 @ 16:00, Bilthoven (FREE)
French horn and piano concert: works by F. Strauss, R. Schumann, Gliere, Saint-Saens, and Mozart

Saturday 27 March 2010 @ 20:15 Woerden
In Viaggio -- premiere
Le Bon Journal Review forthcoming

Wednesday 10 & 24 March 2010
Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo

Monday 8 March 2010 @ 19:30 Amsterdam
Emanuel Ax Masterclass, Concertgebouw

Saturday 6 March 2010 @ 18:30 Utrecht
Rotary Club Utrecht International 5th Anniversary Charity Gala Dinner
CONCERTBLOG: Foreground vs background music

Friday 5 March 2010 @ 20:15 Utrecht
Jacob ter Veldhuis: Piano Concerto No.2 'Sky Falling' - premiere
Ronald Brautigam, Radio Kamerfilharmonie, Thierry Fischer
Vredenburg Utrecht
CONCERTBLOG REVIEW: Brautigam premieres new concerto of Jacob TV

Thursday 4 March 2010 @ 12:30 Amsterdam
Stadsdeelkantoor Oud Zuid, Koninginneweg 1, Amsterdam (FREE)
Anny Coronel-Plesman (piano), French programme: Rameau, Fauré, Chabrier, Franck

Tuesday 2 March 2010 @14:30
Press Conference, Holland Festival, Muziekgebouw aan 't Ij


February 2010

Friday 26 February 2010 @ 20:00, Arto Nivo, Brugge, Belgium (FREE)
Gaea Aeolus exhibition and performance, results of week-long collaboration with artists in Paleochora, Crete
CONCERTBLOG: Art and music at Artonivo in Bruges, Belgium
CONCERTBLOG: Creativity and economics in Crete and Belgium

Thursday 25 February 2010 @ 19:15
Calefax premiere of Reed by F. Rzewski, Muziekgebouw aan 't Ij in Amsterdam

Composition seminar, Amsterdam Conservatory @ 14:00 Room 445

Tuesday 23 February 2010 @ 18:30 Utrecht
Rotary Club Utrecht International dinner & talk

CONCERTBLOG: Death and the blogmaiden

Wednesday 17 February 2010 afternoon
Rehearsal with cello

Tuesday 16 February 2010 @ 20:30
World premiere: "Love Dolls" Stadschouwburg, Utrecht

Tuesday 16 February 2010 afternoon
Rehearsal with French horn

Sunday 14 February 2010 evening
Chinese opera in Amsterdam

Sunday 14 February 2010 Bussum
Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo

Saturday 13 February 2010 @ 20:15 Utrecht
violin + piano tryout house concert

Wednesday 10 February 2010 @ 16:15, Utrecht University Drift 21, room 1.04 (FREE)
Beating Time: Tempo and Duration in Nonlinear Music of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Louis Andriessen
by Jochem Valkenburg (University of Leuven)

Tuesday 9 February 2010 @ 18:30 Utrecht
Rotary Club Utrecht International dinner & talk

Tuesday 9 February 2010 @ 12:00 Utrecht
Rehearsal wtih French horn

Saturday 6 February 2010
Meeting on cover design for new CDs

Friday 5 February 2010 @ 19:00, Amsterdam Conservatory Bernard Haitinkzaal (FREE)
Marriage of Figaro with Amstel Orchestra and soloists (doors open 19:00)

Monday 1 February 2010 afternoon
Rehearsal wtih French horn


January 2010

Sunday 31 January 2010 @ 14:30, Amsterdam
Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo concert

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 18:00 Amsterdam
Private invitation: 20th anniversary

Thursday 28 January 2010 @ 15:00 Amsterdam
SICA debate: Tolerance or hospitality - artist-in-residence in the Netherlands

Saturday 23 January 2010 @ 19:00 Amsterdam
Private invitation: birthday party
Allan Segall "When JS Bach, Igor Stravinsky, and the WHO Met"

Saturday 23 January 2010 afternoon
Rehearsal wtih French horn

Friday 22 January 2010 Amsterdam
REVIEW: New Music from China in Amsterdam, Nieuw Ensemble premieres

Thursday 21 January 2010 Doorn, concert
Premiere of new programme for 2010, Bekkers Piano Guitar Duo

Wednesday 13 January 2010 afternoon
Rehearsal wtih French horn

Tuesday 12 January 2010 CONCERTBLOG
House concert for an artist, how an idea develops into a collaboration between artists and musicians