Ai vida ... Natura!
Saturday 23 May / 14.30 - 15.30 hours
Presentation recital by participants in the masterclass for amateur lied duos by Annelies van Gerven, singing teacher and Lidwien Boumans, piano teacher
Suffering from love, feelings of loneliness or the sadness of life, these are universal themes recognised by all and lead to the most beautiful liederen and liedjes. The liederen of romance are famous for it and Portuguese fado is steeped in it. But it is also found in Dutch in lifelied, nederpop and kleinkunstliederen. Just think of Paul van Vliet's catchy A howl like a thunderstorm hangs in each of us. But when the crying fit is over and the thunderstorm is over, we can enjoy everything else in life too. And thank God there is nature!
Master class participants Ai vida ... natura worked with vocal teacher Annelies van Gerven and piano teacher Lidwien Boumans on liederen reflecting nature and sometimes putting it in a new light. During the presentation recital, they will take up the challenge of showing what they have learned in front of an audience.
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Small Hall
Evangelical Brotherhood
Zusterplein 20, 3703 CB Zeist
Annelies van Gerven / singing teacher
Annelies van Gerven studied singing at the Utrecht Conservatory. At the second International Song accompaniment Competition in 1988, she won the prize for best Dutch duo together with pianist Lidwien Boumans. For Annelies, teaching is a greater passion than being on stage herself. She teaches young and old in both musical and classical repertoire. At KunstenHuis Idea music department in Zeist, she led Het Zangtheater for almost thirty years. From September 2025, she gives private lessons for advanced singers and coaches ensembles. For her, there is nothing more fun than turning your hobby into your profession.
Lidwien Boumans / piano teacher
Lidwien Boumans studied piano at the Utrechts Conservatorium with Herman Uhlhorn and lied accompaniment with Thom Bollen. With singer Annelies van Gerven, she won the prize for the best Dutch duo at the International Song Accompaniment Competition. She took singing lessons with Michel de Kort.
Boumans was correpetitor to Meinard Kraak, her great mentor and inspiration in poetry and music. She became a sought-after lied accompanist at concerts and competitions. She devised the Song Class for amateur duos. In her own music company De Toetsenhoek, she teaches piano and coaches lied duos. She also sings self-translated Portuguese fado and her own Dutch-language work in Huis van de Weemoed.