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Thursday, 24 September 2026, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Pop-up concert
ANGEL – A Concert in Three Acts
Lyatoshinsky Trio | Mykhaylo Zakharov violin | Susanne Szambelan cello | Artem Yasynskyy piano | Antonii Baryshevskyi piano
- Maxim Shalygin ANGEL (trio version)
- Borys Lyatoshinsky Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 41
- and works by Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg and Maxim Shalygin
This concert is a collaboration with the Austrian Embassy and the Ukrainian Institute.
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Friday, 2 October 2026, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Pop-up concert
Tristan Keuris at 80
Animato Kwartet | Inga Våga Gaustad violin | Tim Brackman violin | Elisa Karen Tavenier viola | Pieter de Koe cello | Jelmer de Moed clarinet
- Tristan Keuris String Quartet No. 1 (1982) – Clarinet Quintet (1988) – Canzone for solo clarinet (1990)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat major, K. 589
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Festival
Ars Nova: Calliope Tsoupaki’s Choice
Composer Calliope Tsoupaki is guest curator of the Dag in de Branding festival. Together with the festival, Classical NOW! presents three concerts: at the Paleiskerk and at the Old Catholic Church.
Tsoupaki travelled from Greece to The Hague in the late 1980s to study at the Royal Conservatoire, and went on to become one of the leading composers in the Netherlands. Her music gives voice to her Greek and Byzantine roots in a contemporary language. From 2019 to 2021, she was Composer Laureate of the Netherlands.
The festival theme is Ars Nova: new music through the ages. Tsoupaki pays tribute to the three composers with whom she studied in The Hague: Louis Andriessen, Diderik Wagenaar and Gilius van Bergeijk. The programme also brings together her spiritual mentors from the past, from Monteverdi to John Cage. In addition, we present the final concert of Classical NOW!’s brand-new composition workshop.
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Saturday, 17 October 2026, 14:00 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Ars Nova: Calliope Tsoupaki’s Choice
The Hague School: Three Composers Who Changed Dutch Music
- New European Ensemble ensemble
- Reinier van Houdt piano
- Diderik Wagenaar Cat Music
- Gilius van Bergeijk De Elementen, for electronics and piano
- Louis Andriessen Symphony for Open Strings (1978)
In Collaboration with festival Dag in de Branding
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Saturday, 17 October 2026, 16:00 Oud-Katholieke Kerk, The Hague
Ars Nova: Calliope Tsoupaki’s Choice
Kindred Spirits Across Seven Centuries
- Ai Horton soprano
- Lydia Gardiner soprano
- Mieneke van der Velden viola da gamba
- Joel Boone organ
- John Cage Litany for the Whale (1980)
- Calliope Tsoupaki Fleur Muette, for solo viola da gamba
- Claudio Monteverdi Lamento d’Arianna
- Sigismondo d’India Piangono al pianger mio
- and works by Josquin des Prez, Lydia Gardiner, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Guillaume de Machaut
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Saturday, 17 October 2026, 17:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Ars Nova: Calliope Tsoupaki’s Choice
Composition Workshop: Final Concert
- Trio from the Royal Conservatory
- Various Composers Results from Composition Workshop Classical NOW!
A collaboration with festival Dag in de Branding
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Festival
Composer’s Day
Composer’s Day has grown into a major national celebration, now in its fifth edition. Around 20 June, the richness and diversity of composing in the Netherlands is celebrated across the country, with 150 concerts and events in 15 cities.
As a prelude, Classical NOW! presents a festival in four parts. Two winners of the prestigious Boy Edgar Prize open the series with music created in the moment. Mathilde Wantenaar and Willem Jeths enter into dialogue with Schumann, Berg and Brahms, showing how the Romantic tradition still resonates in our time. Four composers from Rotterdam introduce their own work, performed by pianist Matthijs van Wijhe. And composers from The Hague let their voices ring out literally over the city’s rooftops, from the carillon of the Grote Kerk.
Festival pass € 65
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Friday, 19 June 2026, 12:00 Grote Kerk The Hague
Composer’s Day
Towards Victory
- Gijsbert Kok carillon
- Henk Badings Suite III (1953)
- Gilius van Bergeijk Blue Bells (2015)
- Cornelis de Bondt Carillon Catalogue 333 (2015)
- Wim Franken Six Rhythmic Studies (1963)
- and works by Geert D’hollander, Yota Morimoto and Roel van Oosten
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Saturday, 13 June 2026, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Composer’s Day
The Landscape – Ode to the Rotterdam School
- Matthijs van Wijhe piano
- Christina Viola Oorebeek Radial Web (with electronics)
- Jelle Roozenburg Toon (2025)
- Klaas de Vries 4 Pianostukken (2018)
- Peter-Jan Wagemans Het landschap (1989)
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Friday, 12 June 2026, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Composer’s Day
O, a Lyrical Intermezzo
- Jelmer de Moed clarinet
- Rik Kuppen piano
- Maud Vanhauwaert recitation
- Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke op. 73
- Alban Berg Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier op. 5
- Mathilde Wantenaar Nocturne
- Willem Jeths Lèthè
- Johannes Brahms Allegro amabile from Clarinet Sonata op. 120 nr. 2
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Thursday, 11 June 2026, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Pop-up concert
Two Boy Edgar Prize Winners in One Evening
- Tony Roe piano
- Doriene Marselje harp
- Monica Akihary voice, bass kalimba, shell, electroacoustic sounds
- Niels Brouwer 7-string classical guitar, electroacoustic sounds
- BOI AKIH Entangled
- Tony Roe & Doriene Marselje Tony Roe & Doriene Marselje
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Thursday, 9 April 2026, 20:00 The Globe The Hague (Waldorpstraat 15)
Pop-up concert
Percussion at an Exhibition
- Konstantyn Napolov percussion
- Christiaan Richter Droplets
- John Psathas Atalanta
- Louis Andriessen Woodpecker
- Nicolas Martynciow Tchik
- and works by Tansy Davies, Mark Glentworth and Iannis Xenakis
In collaboration with Triple A Projects (exhibitions at special locations).
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Saturday, 14 March 2026, 16:00 Goodmesh The Hague (Javastraat 80D)
Pop-up concert
Chopin in a salon
- Antonii Baryshevskyi piano
- Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 – Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 – Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 – Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 – 24 Preludes, Op. 28
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Saturday, 7 March 2026, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Pop-up concert
Animato Kwartet & Khorshid Dadbeh
Animato Kwartet | Inga Våga Gaustad violin | Tim Brackman violin | Elisa Karen Tavenier viola | Pieter de Koe cello | Khorshid Dadbeh tanbur
- Claudio Monteverdi Darà la notte il sol
- Henri Dutilleux Ainsi la nuit (1976)
- Aftab Darvishi When the Sky Burns Red (2024)
- Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D 887
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Saturday, 24 January 2026, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Unbroken: Voices from Ukraine
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
- Anna Antipova violin
- Katherine Ziabliuk piano
- Maryana Golovchenko voice and traditional Ukrainian instruments
- Een betoverende dialoog tussen livemuziek en Sergei Parajanovs legendarische film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
Dit concert is mogelijk gemaakt dankzij steun van V Fonds, Gemeente Den Haag en Fonds Podiumkunsten.
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Friday, 23 January 2026, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Unbroken: Voices from Ukraine
The Silence Broken: Masterpieces of Borys Lyatoshinsky
Antonii Baryshevskyi piano | Viktoriia Vitrenko soprano | Shannon Lee violin | Orest Smovzh violin | Oksana Mukosii viola | Aleksey Shadrin cello
- Borys Lyatoshinsky Violin Sonata in D minor, Opus 19 – Five Preludes, Opus 44 for solo piano – Moon Shadows, Opus 9 song cycle – Ukrainian Folk Songs for soprano and piano
This concert has been made possible thanks to the support of V Fonds and Ukrainian Institute.
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Thursday, 22 January 2026, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Pop-up concert
Parisian Cello Sonatas
- Lidy Blijdorp cello
- Tobias Borsboom piano
- César Franck Sonate voor viool en piano
- Nadia Boulanger Trois Pièces
- Claude Debussy Sonate pour violoncelle et piano
- Matthijs Vermeulen Sonate pour violoncelle et piano
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Friday, 16 January 2026, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
The World of Ravel
Stars from Heaven
- Ives Ensemble 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, string quartet, piano
- Keren Motseri soprano
- Igor Stravinsky Trois Poésies de la Lyrique Japonaise
- Piet-Jan van Rossum woord (2025)
- Maurice Ravel Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
- Aldo Clementi Impromptu (1979)
- Richard Rijnvos Riflesso sull’aria (2025)
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Thursday, 4 December 2025, 19:30 Nijmegen: Stevenskerk
Unbroken: Voices from Ukraine
To All Resurrected – A Living Anthology of Ukrainian Music
Kamerorkest van het Noorden | Maryana Golovchenko soprano | Antonii Baryshevskyi piano | Maxim Shalygin conductor | Nico de Rooij lighting design
- Maxim Shalygin To All Resurrected (2020) – Satarsa – Drop after Drop
- Svyatoslav Lunyov Tristium
- and works by Vitaliy Hodziatsky
A coproduction by Classical NOW! and Ukrainian Institute. This concert has been made possible thanks to the support of V Fonds.
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Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 19:45 Amsterdam: De Duif
Unbroken: Voices from Ukraine
To All Resurrected – A Living Anthology of Ukrainian Music
Kamerorkest van het Noorden | Maryana Golovchenko soprano | Antonii Baryshevskyi piano | Maxim Shalygin conductor | Nico de Rooij lighting design
- Maxim Shalygin To All Resurrected (2020) – Satarsa – Drop after Drop
- Svyatoslav Lunyov Tristium
- and works by Vitaliy Hodziatsky
A coproduction by Classical NOW! and Ukrainian Institute. This concert has been made possible thanks to the support of V Fonds.
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Festival
The World of Ravel
Experience the timeless fascination of Maurice Ravel’s music in our festival celebrating his 150th birth year. Twenty inspired musicians and singers bring his musical world to life in a four-day programme of songs, chamber music and piano works, framed by music of kindred spirits. Around four themes, works are heard in varied line-ups. Each concert is a carefully built total experience in three parts, immersing us in Ravel’s enchanting music.
Festival pass for four concerts: € 100
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Saturday, 15 November 2025, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
The World of Ravel
Timeless Beauty
Kira van der Woerd violin | Kalle de Bie cello | Peter Gijsbertsen tenor | Rik Kuppen piano | Brackman Trio | Tim Brackman violin | Kalle de Bie cello | Rik Kuppen piano | Animato Kwartet | Inga Våga Gaustad violin | Tim Brackman violin | Elisa Karen Tavenier viola | Pieter de Koe cello
- Maurice Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello
- Ralph Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge
- and works by Roel van Oosten and Maurice Ravel
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Friday, 14 November 2025, 19:30–20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
The World of Ravel
Along the Edges of the Night
Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano | Vassilis Varvaresos piano | Shannon Lee violin | Antonii Baryshevskyi piano | Tim Brackman violin | Kira van der Woerd violin | Elisa-Karen Tavenier viola | Pieter de Koe cello | Jelmer de Moed clarinet & live electronics
- Erik Satie Chansons
- George Gershwin Songs uit musicals (1920s–30s)
- Maurice Ravel Vioolsonate nr. 2 in G-groot
- and works by Ernest Chausson, Maurice Ravel and Pierre Boulez
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Thursday, 13 November 2025, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
The World of Ravel
The Enchanted Garden
Antonii Baryshevskyi piano | Jelmer de Moed clarinet | Felicia van den End flute | Doriene Marselje harp | Hannah Strijbos viola | Pieter de Koe cello | Yulianna Bezyazychna & Mahault Ska piano duo (students, Davidsbündler Academy) | Shane van Neerden & Frank Peters piano duo
- Maurice Ravel Noctuelles
- Olivier Messiaen Abîme des oiseaux
- Toru Takemitsu And then I knew ’twas Wind (1992)
- and works by Maurice Ravel, Sofia Gubaidulina, George Crumb and Claude Debussy
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Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
The World of Ravel
Travelling without Luggage
Shannon Lee violin | Kira van der Woerd violin | Jelmer de Moed clarinet | Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano | Vassilis Varvaresos piano | Antonii Baryshevskyi piano | Frank Peters piano | Felicia van den End flute | Pieter de Koe cello
- Maurice Ravel La valse
- Darius Milhaud Suite d’après Le voyageur sans bagage (ca. 1936)
- and works by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Pablo de Sarasate
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Thursday, 30 October 2025, 19:30–20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Unbroken: Voices from Ukraine
Lux Aeterna Revoice – Debut of vocal ensemble Alter Ratio
- Alter Ratio vocal ensemble (12 singers)
- Olga Prykhodko conductor
- György Ligeti Lux Aeterna (1966)
- Maxim Kolomiiets Disappearing Voices (2023)
- Maxim Shalygin Sub Rosa (2023)
- Alla Zagaykevych Psalms of Falling (2023)
- Peter Kerkelov Phosphorus (2023)
This concert has been made possible thanks to the support of V Fonds, Gemeente Den Haag, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Ukrainian Institute and the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.
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Friday, 17 October 2025, 20:00 Nieuwe Kerk The Hague Tickets €30
Pop-up concert
350 Years of Spinoza’s Ethics
Anna Drijver actor | Bert Luppes actor | Israel Golani lute | Antoinette Lohmann baroque violin | Gijsbert Kok organ | Piet Boogaarts theatre text | Chyramain van Kempen direction | Bert Frijns glass objects
- Heinrich Biber Sonata from the Rosenkranz Sonatas
- Jean-Baptiste Lully Excerpt from Alceste (organ arrangement)
- Constantijn Huygens Instrumental fantasy
- Ignazio Albertini Sonata
- and works by John Jenkins and Dietrich Buxtehude
A production of Stichting Spinoza Den Haag, Het Nationale Theater and Classical NOW!
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Sunday, 5 October 2025, 20:15 Korzo The Hague Tickets €20,50
Rondom Maxim Shalygin
Amandante
Antonii Baryshevskyi piano | Silvia Gallego double bass | Maryana Golovchenko soprano | Anna Kirsh soprano | Andrii Koshman baritone | Ruslan Kirsh baritone | Oksana Mukosii viola | Fiona Robertson violin | Ketevan Roinishvili cello | Ernst Spyckerelle violin | Mikheil Menabde conductor | Nico de Rooij lighting design
- Maxim Shalygin Amandante
Amandante is a production of the Muziekgebouw Production House in collaboration with Nova Opera, the Greek National Opera and the Shapeshift Foundation.
Chamber opera in one act
Libretto: Paul van der Woerd
Based on Plato’s dialogue Symposion, translated by Percy Bysshe Shelley
New mise-en-espace with a lighting design by Nico de Rooij
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Saturday, 20 September 2025, 15:00 Elandstraatkerk The Hague Tickets €10
Messiaen’s Birds
Neuf Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité
- Bert den Hertog organ
- Olivier Messiaen Neuf Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité
A co-production of Classical NOW! and Stichting Orgel Elandstraatkerk.
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Tuesday, 29 July 2025, 20:15 Goodmesh The Hague (Javastraat 80D)
Pop-up concert
Post Scriptum
- Antonii Baryshevskyi piano
- Dmytro Udovychenko violin
- Ludwig van Beethoven Vioolsonate Nr. 3 in Es-groot, Op. 12, Nr. 3
- Valentin Silvestrov Post Scriptum, Sonate voor viool en piano
- Yevhen Stankovych Triptiek Na Verhovyni (In de Hooglanden)
- Maurice Ravel Vioolsonate Nr. 2 in G-groot
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