A man from Syria and a man from Colombia, two different backgrounds, each rooted in his own history, strangers at arrival. But are we not all strangers in our own country?
This performance offers a whole range of cultures and musical styles, confirming that music can cross boundaries to bring hope, comfort and joy. Music is from the soul and in here lies is the power of art, rendering us all equal and melting frontiers. Especially for this performance, Monique Krüse wrote a new song in Dutch.
Bariton Michael Wilmering is doing very well. He works with directors like Lotte de Beer, performs in productions of the Nationale Opera, Oper Stuttgart, is very successful with his song duet and he is also nominated for the GrachtenfestivalPrijs 2017.
Violinist Elise Besemer, cellist Ella van Poucke and bariton Michael Wilmering have been nominated this year for the GrachtenfestivalPrijs. It will be awarded on Wednesday 16 August at the Avond van de GrachtenfestivalPrijs in the Wintertuin of Hotel Krasnapolsky. The GrachtenfestivalPrijs is awarded each year to a young musician who excels and drew attention by an extraordinary achievement. The nominees will be monitored for an entire season by a jury, consisting of well-known musical journalists. This year the jury is Frederike Berntsen (Trouw), Biëlla Luttmer (de Volks- krant) and Joep Stapel (NRC Handelsblad).