The Valerius ensemble was founded in 1988 and is the only professional chamber music ensemble in the province Overijsel in The Netherlands. Depending on the program, they perform with various casts and the number of musicians varies from two to ten or even more. Most of...
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Started in 1992 as a band of twelve friends, selected and conducted by Eeuwe Zijlstra, Cantatrix has in its fifteen year history grown into a mature chamber choir, professionally performing in various concert series every year. In all those years the typical sound of the...
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Frits Damrow started his musical carreer as principal trumpet of the Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Netherlands when he was 21 and still had to finish his studies at the Maastrichts Conservatory. After 9 years he was appointed as principal trumpet of the Royal Concertgebouw...
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Boris Tsoukkerman, violin Born in 1947 in Moscow started taking violin lessons when he was 6 years old. Over the years Weniamin Bytsjkov, Wolodar Bronin and Mikhail Pitkus have been his violin teachers. In 1970 Boris graduated at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moskow. After having settled...
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After the alto Lysbeth Riemersma completed her Performer’s Certificate at the Zwolle City Conservatory, she continued her opera training with the Youth Opera Forum. In the autumn of 1987 Lysbeth took part in Elisabeth Schwartzkopf’s masterclasses, where she was selected to perform in the closing...
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Niels’ love for the tenor saxophone began as a 12-year-old under the inspiring tutorship of Willy van Diepen in Haaksbergen. During the early years Niels was mostly active in Big Bands and Blues and Jazz bands (including founder of the blues band Cuban Heels), but later...
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