Prix Annelie de Man

03/02/2024

While we fill Orgelpark with contemporary music for most of the time of the festival, here and there we like to include little rays of something different to balance out the scales.
Menno van Delft and Rie Kimura performed works by Marco Uccellini and Heinrich Ignaz Biber in the closing concert, and here's a little proof of it:

Enjoy the video and have a lovely weekend!
Credit: Kees Jongboom

31/01/2024

Still awake?
During the 2023 edition of the festival, we hosted a Late Night Special: a concert, which was experienced by our audience in a slightly different way.

On this video, you can see Geerten van de Wetering, Matthijs Koene and Beate Loonstra performing Canto Ostinato (1973-76) by Simeon ten Holt (1923-2012), which the audience listens to lying down on mats. Is this something you'd enjoy, too?

Video credit: Kees Jongboom

29/01/2024

Nikodem Kluczyński (1999), Polish composer, was selected as a finalist of the Ensemble Black Pencil Prize category of our competition with his work Black hole disco interference (2023).

The premiere of this work for blockflute, panflute, viola, accordion and percussion took place on 30th November 2023 in Orgelpark, and here you can listen to a short snippet of it.

Video: Kees Jongboom

27/01/2024

Our competition is a big celebration of contemporary music, and we want to encourage our artists to discover the rich and varied repertoire coming from right here in the Netherlands.

Enjoy a short preview of Dutch composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis' work 'The Storm' (1995), performed by our 2023 finalist Daria Vorontsova.

Video credit: Kees Jongboom

25/01/2024

Have you heard György Ligeti's work for harpsichord, Hungarian Rock (1978)?

If not, maybe you'll be intrigued to discover it through this short snippet of our 2nd Prize winner, Yihan Zhao, performing it at the final of the competition, which took place on the 2nd December 2023.

Video credit: Kees Jongboom

23/01/2024

Like during every edition of the competition, also this year we have met many fantastic young harpsichord players and listened to music of young and up-and-coming composers.

Here you can enjoy both: a short snippet of 1st Prize winner, Elena Khurgina, performing 'Wat Blijft' for harpsichord and live electronics (2023) by Dutch composer Wytze Minne de Swart (1996).

Video credit: Kees Jongboom

22/01/2024

During Prix 2023 we made new music, we learned new things and we met new people.

That's the spirit of Prix Annelie de Man: we want to make sure that new becomes familiar, and that we find joy in it.

What was your favorite part of the festival?

Photos by Co Broerse

21/01/2024

Need something to listen to tonight?

Give a stream to this recording of Wraith II by Ruud Roelofsen, the winner of the Ensemble Black Pencil Prize 2023 at the Prix Annelie de Man competition, performed by the namesake ensemble it was written for!

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21/01/2024

Dear friends of Prix Annelie de Man: it's been a while since we wrapped the latest edition of our festival and competition, and maybe our memories are starting to fade a little? Need not worry, we have a photo report from the lens of Co Broerse, to remind us of the vivid colours of four winter days filled with harpsichord and new music.

In the upcoming days we will share not only images, but also video retrospective from the festival. See you there?

21/01/2024

30/12/2023

Dear friends of Prix! We wish you all only the best for the upcoming year. May your 2024 be full of inspiration, joy, creativity and exciting new discoveries!

We have taken a few weeks to rest and recharge, but videos and photos from Prix 2023 are coming your way soon!

Bur for now, let's step into the new year right!
All the best from the team of Prix Annelie de Man