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Ensemble Musikfabrik (photo Janet Sincia)
Ensemble Musikfabrik (photo Janet Sincia)

Carter and more

Ensemble Musikfabrik, Pierre-Laurent Aimard + Bas Wiegers
Thu 14 Jan 2027 20:15 - 22:00
Thu 14 Jan 2027
20:15 - 22:00
  • Thu 14 Jan 2027
    20:15 - 22:00
    Grote Zaal
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Program

19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 /  Pre-concert talk
By Thea Derks

20.15 / Grote Zaal /  Main program
Rebecca Saunders All that Dust (Dutch premiere) for string quintet and solo percussion
Elliott Carter Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano
Mathias Spahlinger New work (world premiere*)

* Commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW

Credits

Ensemble Musikfabrik 
Benjamin Kobler harpsichord
Bas Wiegers conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano

An evening filled with musical discoveries

There is much to discover this evening. At the heart of the programme is Elliott Carter’s rarely heard Double Concerto, a fascinating work in which the piano and harpsichord each lead their own ensemble. Framing it is fresh repertoire: Rebecca Saunders’ All that Dust for string quintet and solo percussion, and a brand-new work by Mathias Spahlinger which is having its world premiere tonight.

Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, this season’s ‘artist in focus’ at the Muziekgebouw, will perform the programme together with Ensemble Musikfabrik, one of Europe’s leading new-music ensembles, under the baton of Bas Wiegers. Aimard, who trained in the circle around Pierre Boulez and the Ensemble intercontemporain, has been one of the foremost advocates of contemporary music for decades. In Carter’s multi-layered Double Concerto, these influences come together: two ensembles, two soloists and a fascinating interplay of collaboration and contrast.

Focus on Pierre-Laurent Aimard 2026/2027
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard: pianist with a vision

A conversation with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, our focus artist for 2026–27.
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A portrait of conductor Bas Wiegers

Read Joep Stapel’s interview with conductor Bas Wiegers, who is involved in no fewer than three projects at Muziekgebouw in 26/27.
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