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19 May 2025
20 May 2025
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23 May 2025
24 May 2025
25 May 2025

Moving Music Festival

Classical festival

Conservatorium Maastricht, Bonnefantenstraat 15

19 May 2025

20 May 2025

21 May 2025

22 May 2025

23 May 2025

24 May 2025

25 May 2025

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This academic year, the Moving Music Festival will take place for the first time! From 19th to 25th May, the entire week will focus on collaboration between genres and arts. There will be room for experimentation and a focus on contemporary music and interdisciplinary cooperation. We will open our doors and show Maastricht who we are as arts institutions.

About Conservatorium Maastricht:
Conservatorium Maastricht is a leading international conservatory located in the heart of Europe. It offers a dynamic and inspiring environment for young musicians to develop their skills and artistry. With a focus on musical interplay and personal development, Conservatorium Maastricht prepares its students to become the music leaders of tomorrow

Thinking Out of the (Music) Box with Health Technology | Healthcare Biometrics

Date: May 19, 2025, 13:00 – 14:30
Location: Conservatorium Maastricht

A round-table discussion led by three experienced colleagues from Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (departments of Health Technology | Healthcare Biometrics and Physiotherapy). They will explore the possibilities of measuring body-related parameters such as stress, muscle activity, breathing, heart rate, lung function, posture, balance, voice quality, and dexterity—focusing on applications for musicians.

Together with:

  • Jiska Balk
  • Ferdinand Bergamo
  • Dennis Odekerken

Electronic Night

Date: May 22, 2025 – 19:30
Location: ROM Zaal Wyck

Our Electronic Music Performance (EMP) department has been working with guest teacher Frank Wienk throughout the academic year to create their own repertoire. This inaugural department presentation takes place during our first-ever cross-department festival! Coached by Frederik Tings and regularly joined by guest teachers Frank Wienk and Paul Frick, expect an evening of diverse setups—some combining electronics with live jazz instruments, others presenting fully electronic solo sets.

With music by:

  • Hendrik Akyel
  • Francisco Lomba
  • Yusuf Kohen

Folk Cabaret

Date: May 23, Time T.B.A.
Location: Theater aan het Vrijthof, Salon

A programme of arrangements for voice and marimba, exploring the plain-spoken, ironic, and vulnerable nature of both cabaret and folk music.

Participants:

  • Teodora Drozdik-Popović – Mezzo-soprano
  • Colin Crandal – Marimba

A Sacred Concert

Date: May 23, 2025, 20:00
Location: Bonnefantenstraat 15

Duke Ellington - Selections from The Best of the Sacred Concerts
Conservatorium Maastricht presents a very special collaboration of all its departments. At the initiative of classical solo singing teacher Yvonne Schiffelers, Ellington's Sacred Concert was suggested as a chance to form a choir with students from the classical, jazz, and music in education departments. Marking the 50th anniversary of Ellington’s passing, this performance is the first of hopefully many cross-department events. 

Participants:

  • Conservatorium Maastricht Big Band led by Sven Heinze
  • Soloists and Choir (Singers from all departments)
  • Saxophones: Finn Grah, Paul Saumets, Sam Teeuwen, Carmen Williams, Junhao Yan
  • Trombones: Yannes Hendriks, Borja Ruiz Gómez, Dries Verberckt
  • Trumpets: Ella Brieskorn, Simon Lutgens, Tycho Polman, Kirill Zeoli
  • Piano: Maxime Mion
  • Bass: Hyeon Seok Jeon
  • Drums: Minsu Kim
  • Soloists (Jazz): Alessia Doko, Gabe Kruse, Morena Farina
  • Classical soloists and choir participants (To be announced)

Beauty Will Save the World

Date: Saturday, May 24 at 20:30
Location: Theater aan het Vrijthof, Bovenzaal

An interdisciplinary project by Conservatorium Maastricht, the Academy of Fine Arts, and the Smart Urban Redesign research centre. Guided by Dostoevsky’s quote, “Beauty will save the world,” this project explores the deep connecting power of art, focusing on the beauty of nature, surroundings, and human emotions. Classical and contemporary music will be presented within a completely new visual concept.

Participants:

  • Piano: Aleksis Delimpaltidis, Dew Bordoloi, Sofija Subbotina
  • Voice: Andreea Agiurgioaei
  • Clarinet: Elena Loaiza Roman
  • Bassoon: Eva Boudreau
  • Saxophone: Jorge Gomez Josa
  • Composition: Matías Noreña Muriel, Sara Carmona Murillo
  • Cello: Péter Massányi
  • Harp: Petra Barišić
  • Visuals: Anne van Eck, Floor Starmans, Huub van Doorn, Imke Lemmens, Nino Cordaro

Between Jazz and Classical

Date: May 25 at 11:30 AM
Location: Willem Hijstek Hall, Conservatorium Maastricht, Bonnefantenstraat 15, Maastricht

Music from the interbellum balancing on the thin line between jazz and classical:
Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man / Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue / Strawinsky - Ebony Concerto / Antheil - A Jazz Symphony

Participants:

  • Piano Soloists: Vasileios Gavvaris, Conrad Nuijts
  • Strings: Tamami Torsellini, Tiago Lozano Chagas, Zowy Bahnen, Minami Sato, Samia Moissavi, Eric Diaz Vera, Freya Wolff (alumni)
  • Flute: Lance Weisen
  • Clarinets: Stefano Rivetti, Tomasso Torrigiani, Elena Loaiza Roman, Lucia Molina Cano, Nordin Trifiro
  • Saxophones: Sam Teeuwen, Leo Mao, Finn Grah, Paul Saumets, Yunhao Yan
  • Horns: Alessandro Lago, Maria Arrocha Rojas, Marina Mielgo Martin, Jork Coenen
  • Trumpets: Vinita Rodriguez Buergo, Ramon Rodriguez Luque, Fabrizio Delle Vedove, Mar Coque Calatayud, Matthias Debrabandere, Nazar Chybrisov
  • Trombones: Dries Verberckt, Yannes Hendriks, Martin Garnier (alumni)
  • Tuba: Elza Vaessens (new student 25/26)
  • Piano: Antonio Mattos Ferreiro
  • Guitar/Banjo: Li Yang Li
  • Harp: Petra Barisic
  • Percussion: Guillaume Strijdhagen, Magi Llaster Torres