Opening concert: Shifting Borders
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Thu 29 Oct 202618:30 - 19:45Grote Zaal
1 Normaal € 49,00 CJP € 39,00 Stadspas € 39,00 Early Bird (13-30jr) € 12,50 2 Normaal € 39,00 CJP € 39,00 Stadspas € 39,00 Early Bird (13-30jr) € 12,50
Program
18.00 / Entreehal / Official Opening Cello Biënnale
18.30 / Grote Zaal / Main program
Marie Jaëll Cello Concerto in F
Maurice Ravel La valse
Abel Selaocoe Lerato (Love) / Ka Bohaleng / Ibuyile l’Africa
Antonio Vivaldi Adagio from Cello Concerto in D minor
Giovanni Sollima The Family Tree
Credits
Abel Selaocoe cello
Raphaela Gromes cello
Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Candida Thompson direction & violin
The French composer Marie Jaëll (1846 – 1925) pushed the borders of the artistic world, which was completely dominated by men at the time. She was the first woman to be accepted into the Société Nationale de Compositeurs de Musique in 1879, studying with Camille Saint-Saëns. In 1882, she composed her Cello Concerto in F - the earliest-known cello concerto by a female composer. This lyrical concerto was forgotten for a long time, but is now fully back on the radar, thanks to the efforts of Raphaela Gromes.
When it comes to shifting borders, Abel Selaocoe is the person for the job. He moves effortlessly between a plethora of styles and makes connections between Western and non-Western music. He made his Dutch debut at the Cello Biënnale in 2018. Now his shows, in which the audience always plays an active role, bring him to all the major concert halls around the world. In this concert with Amsterdam Sinfonietta, he mixes traditional African music with classical and contemporary Western music – in his own characteristic way, of course: straight through all borders!
At 18:00, the official opening of this edition of the Cello Biënnale will take place in the Entreehal. Everyone is welcome.
