Programme 

One Ocean

Small Island Big Song

Artists from islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans bring an ode to resilience, culture and the ecological vulnerability of their habitat. Live music and film footage interweave traditions and generations into a Gesamtkunstwerk.

Muziekgebouw

Blind Date Trajal Harrell & Craig Taborn

Trajal Harrell, Craig Taborn

Associate artist Trajal Harrell and musician Craig Taborn come together for an improvised performance.

Likeminds

Told by My Mother

Ali Chahrour

Explosive dance performance with live music, inspired by stories of mothers, director Ali Chahrour’s family history and the collective memory of Lebanese people.

Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Holland Festival x BIMHUIS: Craig Taborn Residency

Craig Taborn ft. Okkyung Lee, Sun-Mi Hong & Alessandro Fongaro

Craig Taborn – phenomenal improviser and pioneer in jazz and experimental music – will work with musicians from the Amsterdam improvisation scene on new material during a short residency at the BIMHUIS.

BIMHUIS

Meet the Artist: Ali Chahrour

Ali Chahrour

After the performance of Told by My Mother, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in a conversation with dancer and choreographer Ali Chahrour.

Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Atlas Orchestra

Joël Bons, Atlas Orkest

Atlas Orchestra brings over 40 musicians from various cultures together in a unique and exciting sound palette in which centuries-old instruments converge in an entirely new composition.

Het Concertgebouw

Holland Festival x Africadelic: From Kuduro to Afrotech

Batida, Noite e Dia, Nídia, Prince Pasensi, Chinnamasta

Holland Festival and Africadelic celebrate 750 years of Amsterdam while reflecting on 50 years of ‘in’dependence of five African countries and Suriname. Featuring live performances by Batida and DJ sets by Nidia, Prince Pasensi, amongst others.

Parallel

Late Night: Craig Taborn Solo

Craig Taborn

The pianist and composer improvises in a unique set-up.

Likeminds

Freie Form

Marc Vanrunxt

A sublime dialogue between dancer Samantha van Wissen and mezzosoprano and composer Els Mondelaers about the possibilities of free form in movement and music, in which compositions by Morton Feldman and Yoko Ono resonate.

Theater Frascati

Meet the Artist: Marc Vanrunxt

Marc Vanrunxt

What do you want to know about choreographer Marc Vanrunxt? You can ask him during this Meet the Artist.

Theater Frascati

Study for Life

Kaija Saariaho, Tero Saarinen, Asko|Schönberg, Tero Saarinen Company

Grand visual tribute to composer Kaija Saariaho in which five of her compositions are performed. Six dancers move in a special hall arrangement where the musicians are not just static participants.

Muziekgebouw

Star Returning

Lemi Ponifasio

With breathtaking vocals and deep symbolism, the performance powerfully and poetically showcases the rituals and traditions of the Chinese Yi people. This performance is taking place in The Hague.

Amare Den Haag