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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Tribute to Keith Jarrett’s American Quartet: Craig Taborn, Chris Potter & The Bad Plus killed it! 😊

Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Impressed by ‘Theory of Flames’ at Dutch National Opera. Many wonderful details, amazing technical realisation, lots to think about: Michel van der Aa @vanderaa.bsky.social is leading the way. Topman! 😊

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Dudok Quartet Amsterdam @dudokquartet.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

youtu.be/mgKcY8gu-yw line-up announcement 📢 and start of ticket sales 🎫 for our festival Dudok Muziekdagen 🚀 May 28-31!

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Dudok Muziekdagen 2026: het elftal is compleet en de kaartverkoop gestart!

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Although ‘Hamnet’ was pretty rough around the emotional edges, the catharsis moment was absolutely magical and moved me deeply. If you want to know what art is capable of, go see this movie. Well done Chloé Zhao & team including @maxrichtermusic.bsky.social for composing a wonderful score 🙏

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Michel van der Aa @vanderaa.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Tomorrow my new work for reed quintet, "Link," will be premiered at the Muziekgebouw by the fabulous Calefax. "Link" was written to celebrate Calefax's 40th anniversary. 40 reed quintets from around the world joined forces, and performed a part of the piece: link.reedquintet.net

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Bollington Chamber Concerts @bollchamberconcert.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This Saturday, the @dudokquartet.bsky.social bring a powerful programme to #Bollington - from Saariaho’s Terra Memoria to Mussorgsky’s Songs & Dances of Death, ending with Schubert’s iconic Death and the Maiden. 📅 22 Nov, 7:30pm 📍 Bollington Arts Centre 🎟 bollington-chamber-concerts.org/dudok/

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Bravo Orchestra 18th Century and Jorinde Keesmaat for unveiling some of the hidden depths in ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ by using Beaumarchais’ original source material. It takes guts to put on a production like this but you nailed it. Well done, congratulations! 👏👏👏

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Since my first ‘Music for 18 Musicians’ (1990 @paradisoadam.bsky.social, Wim Vos 🙏 cueing on xylophone) I heard the piece many times live (one time including Steve Reich on piano 🫶); simply love that piece. Congrats @hetmuziek.bsky.social & friends at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam; excellent performance! ❤️

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Will Mason @willmasonmusic.com · 22/10/2025

great piece on Berio in the Times by Jeff Brown. The embedded musical examples were very welcome, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/a...

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His Music Saw Our Age of Information Overload Coming

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Fraaie opening, heerlijke avond, cheers Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 🫶

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Lachenmann’s compositional signature is as unique as amazing and results in instant recognition. What a terrific composer! Next November 27th Lachenmann will celebrate his 90th birthday. Gratuliere! Many more happy returns maestro! 🫶 🙌 😊

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

After a brilliant performance of his ‘Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied’ (by the Diotima Quatuor and Gürzenich Orchester Köln conducted by Oscar Jockel) I bumped into Helmut Lachenmann backstage at the Kölner Philharmonie.

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Some save their Springsteen, Beyoncé or Radiohead tickets. I saved my Andriessen tickets and treasure memories of great musical events. While reading ‘Groots is de Liefde’ the wonderful biography by Jacqueline Oskamp a lot of those memories bounced up spontaneously from the past; like this one 👇

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Funny how the brain works, 25 years later the memory of that opera event suddenly becomes crystal clear. Believe me, it was a fan-tas-tic summer evening in New York! Tempus fugit, sure, fortunately Louis Andriessen was able to freeze time into great art 🙏

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Zeven dagen Ferrara in de voetsporen van Georgio Bassani, Ali Smith, @bertwagendorp.bsky.social en vele anderen. De boeken kwamen helemaal tot leven. Wat een heerlijke stad!

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Vanuit het thema ‘Grenzeloos’ vormt Kampen opnieuw het decor van de Dudok Muziekdagen. Vier dagen lang live muziek op unieke locaties in de historische Hanzestad. Top! 👌 Check: dudokmuziekdagen.nl

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Dudok Muziekdagen 2025

Bezoek het kamermuziekfestival in Kampen van 22 t/m 25 mei 2025. Ontdek concerten, wandelingen en topmusici tijdens de Dudok Muziekdagen 2025.

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Impressive kickoff at Internationaal Lied Festival Zeist by the amazing Christoph Prégardien and Hans Eijsackers. Combining Wolfgang Rihms Song cycle “Ende der Handschrift” with Schubert was a fantastic decision. It opened up an inspiring depth in the context of the German Lied tradition. ilfz.nl

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

“Hier” (zei mijn vrouw - we gaan er eind van de maand naartoe) “lezen!” Ik heb ‘t verslonden.

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

To experience the cascades of sounds, I took my place between the brass section of the tutti ensemble, the cimbalon and the pianos, which made my fifth ‘Répons Live’ extra sparkling 😊 #Boulez100

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

My first ‘Répons Live’ experience was in 1990. It just blew me away. Looking forward to hearing it live for the fifth time tonight at the Muziekgebouw Amsterdam #Boulez100

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Nature is never finished” (Robert Smithson) 54 years later Broken Circle / Spiral Hill @brokencircle.bsky.social still creates a magical place (even with high ground water)

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Just unveiled at De Doelen Rotterdam, statue (by Stephan Balkenhol) of Dutch composer Willem Pijper

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Boulez100. Celebrating his centenary, l’Orchestre de Paris performed a vintage Boulez programme at the Philharmonie: Stravinsky’s Octet, Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion in combination with Boulez’ monumental ‘Rituel’ sounding utterly compelling. Esa-Pekka Salonen was on top of his game.

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Wat mij betreft de allerleukste platenzaak van Parijs; loop altijd even binnen als ik in de lichtstad ben, vandaag was geen uitzondering 😉

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

RIP Sofia Gubaidulina Her death triggers many memories; two stand out: 1989 (Russian Music at Holland Festival) and 1993 (Jetzt immer Schnee, Netherlands Chamber Choir & Schönberg Ensemble). Such a great composer! 😔

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Bruce Hodges @brucehodges.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“You Americans take jazz too lightly. You seem to feel that it is cheap, vulgar, momentary. In my opinion, it is bound to lead to the national music of the United States. Aside from it you have no veritable idiom as yet.” —Maurice Ravel, via @natechinen.bsky.social in his savvy article for WRTI

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What Maurice Ravel got from jazz, and what jazz took from Ravel

The French composer Maurice Ravel was deeply enamored of jazz. Generations of jazz musicians have returned the compliment.

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

How Ornette Coleman’s ‘Shape of Jazz to Come’ is quoted in ‘A Complete Unknown’, check my post on LinkedIn

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Dudok Quartet Amsterdam @dudokquartet.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Thanks 🙏 😊 for your kind words about our first Tchaikovsky album… and happy to share the news that the release of Vol. 2 is less then one week away!

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

March 1987 Conlon Nancarrow visited Amsterdam. Wonderful memories. Almost 40 years later I’m rereading Kyle Gann’s book (1996 review 👇 by @erikvoermans.bsky.social ) while listening to the wonderful arrangements (2008) for Reed Quintet & piano made by @raafhekkema.bsky.social @calefax.bsky.social 😊

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Wonderful performance of Helmut Lachenmann’s ‘My Melodies’ by HR-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt (including eight solo horns) conducted by Matthias Hermann. After following his works from the late eighties this piece seems to be his magnum opus.

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Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Tomorrow I’ll take the train to Frankfurt for a 45 minute experience (some pieces just have to be listened to live) #MyMelodies

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