The genuine barbarian beauty of East European folk music was a great source of inspiration to Telemann, infusing him with huge amounts of energy and new ideas. Il Suonar Parlante shares his joy in this unspoiled melodic and harmonic richness. The ensemble combines this music with a few rare, virtuoso concertos for viol and orchestra. Johann Gottlieb Graun takes the viol to the limits of its technical possibilities. Vittorio Ghielmi offers a fine example of Bohemian mastery.

11 February, 2018 15:00 -- amuz

The British choreographer Wayne McGregor is no stranger to international contemporary dance stages. In Atomos, he presents us with an immersive experience: bodies, movement, film, sound and light merge into an intense sensation. Atomos expands from the smallest unit of matter into a panoply of extraordinary choreographic material. To quote The Guardian, you can expect thrilling flights of grandeur and lyricism, a perfect intro to this edition of inPRIMETIME.

14 February, 2018 21:00 -- cinema-zuid

In the last couple of years Jef Neve has become a versatile cross-genre composer. His latest album, Spirit control, illustrates this beautifully. His piano music – as we know it from the album One – takes on a new dimension here with drums, electronics and compelling strings. Jef Neve will also play a selection of the most beautiful piano compositions by Nils Frahm, Max Richter and Dustin O’Halloran. Enjoy the rhythm of our time!

15 February, 2018 21:00 -- amuz

The houseboat and the moon, the debut solo album (2014) by the Milanese composer and pianist Federico Albanese immediately went down a storm: One of the most beautiful modern classical albums of the past year, wrote music magazine Rockerilla. His most recent album, The blue hour has also been heaped with praise: One of the most hauntingly beautiful records youll ever hear. Albaneses music is nothing short of musical poetry: a lyrical, rhythmic and emotional sound that combines the classical and the modern. At AMUZ he will also play music from his new album due in February 2018.

16 February, 2018 21:00 -- amuz

Amiina rose to international fame as the string ensemble with the popular Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. Many other instruments have since been added to the original strings: singing saws, kalimbas, music boxes, electronics and pretty much anything you can strum, bow or strike. They create a unique sound environment, which The Guardian calls a strange, powerful place between sophistication and innocence. At AMUZ, Amiina presents a live soundtrack for the 1913 silent film Juve contre Fantômas by Louis Feuillade: melancholy, ethereal, but also full of tension, exhilarating rhythms and compelling melodies.

17 February, 2018 21:00 -- amuz

In 2009, choreographer Wayne McGregor created Dyad 1909 as a tribute to the famous Ballets Russes. Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds wrote a score that combines the emotion of strings and piano with the electronic avant-garde. The dance production Infra is another of McGregors creations, commissioned by the Royal Ballet, for which he worked with visual artist Julian Opie and composer Max Richter. Max Richters music for this dance production was praised in the press as “achingly gorgeous [and] uncomplicated.”

18 February, 2018 11:00 -- cinema-zuid