Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Tribute to Keith Jarrett’s American Quartet: Craig Taborn, Chris Potter & The Bad Plus killed it! 😊 000
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Impressed 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! 😊 011
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Talking about Sweelinck: 1562 born in this house in Deventer, the Netherlands 🫶 000
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Although ‘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 🙏 030
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Bravo 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! 👏👏👏 000
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Since 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! ❤️ 120
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Fraaie opening, heerlijke avond, cheers Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 🫶 000
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Early eighties I encountered HN in A.B. Spellman’s unsurpassed “Four Lives in the Bebop Business,” started listening to his music and to musicians influenced by him (such as Misha Mengelberg). Great mind, wonderful musicians, visionary composer ❤️ 010
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Lachenmann’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! 🫶 🙌 😊 010
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 18/07/2025After 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. 020
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Some 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 👇 010
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Funny 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 🙏 010
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Zeven 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! 030
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Impressive 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 010
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. 010
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 26/04/2025To 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 040
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 24/04/2025My 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 040
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Nature 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) 231
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Just unveiled at De Doelen Rotterdam, statue (by Stephan Balkenhol) of Dutch composer Willem Pijper 021
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Boulez100. 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. 030
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Wat mij betreft de allerleukste platenzaak van Parijs; loop altijd even binnen als ik in de lichtstad ben, vandaag was geen uitzondering 😉 030
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 13/03/2025RIP 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! 😔 0103
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 26/02/2025How Ornette Coleman’s ‘Shape of Jazz to Come’ is quoted in ‘A Complete Unknown’, check my post on LinkedIn 010
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 20/02/2025See also (Dutch only): @erikvoermans.bsky.social on Kyle Gann’s Nancarrow study 100
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 20/02/2025March 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 😊 171
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Wonderful 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. 140
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Some more tickets secured 😉, another country, another hero, looking forward to hearing My Melodies by Lachenmann 👍#wegaandegrensover 030
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Tickets secured 👍 ‘Rituel’ live (it’s been a longtime) looking forward 😊 #Boulez100 030
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Over talent en kansen gesproken. Olv Arjan Tien ‘deed’ het VU-Orkest Mahler9 in Het Concertgebouw. Topavond! Ontroerende klasse. Complimenten aan concertmeester Heleen Brüggen, alle musici én het bestuur 👏 👏 👏 (1/2) 130
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Ik ging voor De Staat naar Den Bosch en liep Lukas Vis tegen ‘t lijf die ‘t stuk destijds in première bracht #bienétonnés 000
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 17/01/2025After the concert Leo Samama presented ‘the book’ to Karina Canellakis on behalf of the Alphons Diepenbrock Foundation 020
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 17/01/2025As if she’s saying: “well played guys” 😉 Karina Canellakis & Radio Filharmonic Orchestra radiated in the Symphonic Suite ‘Elektra’ by Alphons Diepenbrock. 140
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 17/01/2025This impressed me; Bodemgruis (book of steel by @sophiadevries.bsky.social) 010
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Off to TivoliVredenburg Utrecht for Alphons Diepenbrock’s Symphonic Suite ‘Elektra’ by Radio Filharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis 040
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 12/01/2025I like composers who have something to say. Always did. In 1985 Morton Feldman mentioned Wolfgang Rihm in a lecture I attended. The name stuck. Rihm (his music in combination with his way of observing everything around him) impressed me (a lot). 1/2 150
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Two years later in 1988, count d’Ayala Valva a.k.a Giacinto Scelsi, born 1905 passed away in Rome. 110
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 08/01/2025He was 81 at that time. Never forget the moment he stept forward to receive the applause. The reviews that kept in my archive set me back 40 years. Strange how strong memories can be while reading: 100
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Sunny Christmas; enjoying clear blue skies while hiking the hills around La Ciotat, Côte d’Azur; bonnes fêtes à tous! 😊 010
Michaël Nieuwenhuizen @michaelnat.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Alphons Diepenbrock, Ivan Fischer and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; it’s a terrific match! Fischer’s poetic rendering of the ‘Marsyas Suite’ left everybody breathless 😊 and this orchestra (with so much young talented musicians) was absolutely fabulous. Many thanks to everyone involved 🙏 020
