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Pavel Kolesnikov + Samson Tsoy (photo Joss McKinley)
Festivals and specials 25-26

Ragged Music Festival 2026

Chamber music according to Kolesnikov and Tsoy / 21 + 22 March 2026

In this second edition of the Ragged Music Festival, the passionate pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy celebrate the great themes of life in five rites: freedom, joy, time, memory, and the exuberant spring of Stravinsky’s Sacre du Printemps. Spanning past and present, and together with their friends, including legends like violinist Gidon Kremer, pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja and choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker.

The Ragged Music Festival is the brainchild of Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy, two young Russian pianists from London who are praised for their innovative way of connecting classical and modern music. The Ragged School Museum in London provided the perfect setting for their festival of uncompromising chamber music. In 2023, they created an Amsterdam version for the Muziekgebouw, which left everyone eager for more.

Events in this theme

  • The Rite of Spring

    Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy + Elisabeth Leonskaja
    Sat 21 Mar 2026 16:00

    Celebration of spring by three pianists
    Rachmaninov, Schnittke

    Grote Zaal
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  • The Rite of Memory

    Gidon Kremer, Madara Pëtersone, Alban Gerhardt, Pavel Kolesnikov + Samson Tsoy
    Sat 21 Mar 2026 19:30

    Melancholy and the pursuit of essence
    Pärt, Chopin, Weinberg, Schubert

    Grote Zaal
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  • The Rite of Freedom

    Pavel Kolesnikov + Samson Tsoy
    Sat 21 Mar 2026 22:15

    A late-night concert charged with intensity
    Rzewski, Janáček, Skrjabin, Beethoven

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  • The Rite of Joy

    Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy, Alina Ibragimova + HIIIT
    Sun 22 Mar 2026 11:30

    An energetic morning with a fiery, colourful castanet performance
    Glass, Mozart, Reich, Messiaen, Ravel

    Grote Zaal
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  • The Rite of Time

    Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy, Alina Ibragimova, Alban Gerhardt, Nicolas Baldeyrou + HIIIT
    Sun 22 Mar 2026 15:00

    Consolation in the face of time’s unyielding march
    Schnittke, Schubert, Feldman, Feldman, Reich, Messiaen

    Grote Zaal
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