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De Duitse tenor Christoph Prégardien (69) is al decennialang een veelgevraagd zanger en hartstochtelijk podiumkunstenaar die de eeuwige jeugd lijkt te hebben. Vrijdag opent hij het Internationaal Lied Festival Zeist. Journaliste Maartje Stokkers vroeg hem naar zijn levenselixir en het bijzondere repertoire dat hij in Zeist zingt. Dat is een mix van Schubert en speciaal voor hem gecomponeerde, duistere liederen van Wolfgang Rihm (1952-2024).

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In de periode van 9 tot en met 19 mei sluit Rijkswaterstaat de A12 van Veenendaal richting Utrecht - tussen knooppunt Maanderbroek en knooppunt Lunetten - volledig af om groot onderhoud te kunnen verrichten. Houd daarom rekening met langere reistijden wanneer u ons tijdens het openingsweekend (16 t/m 18 mei) bezoekt.

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24classics en Internationaal Lied Festival Zeist slaan de handen ineen! Op donderdag 24 april wacht u een verrassingsconcert op een nu nog geheime locatie met niemand minder dan sopraan Laetitia Gerards en pianist Thomas Beijer.

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Als gastouder zit je in je eigen huis dicht op de muziek. En wat is er nou leuker dan je onder te dompelen in het festival door jonge musici onderdak te bieden.

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During the first weekend of November, we already took a small advance on the festival in May 2025 and enjoyed that unique festival atmosphere. But unfortunately, a weekend is over in no time. Luckily, festival photographer Mel Boas captured everything for us. This way, you can reminisce for a while.

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Making music helps you forget about your worries and builds friendships. A feeling you recognized. Your donations before, during and after the Benefit Concert for Armenia raised more than € 1,700, with which 20 children can receive music lessons.

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We look forward to welcoming Roderick Williams again this year as one of our performing artists and artist-in-residence. We spoke to him and everything he said radiated his enthusiasm for art song and teaching.

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Thursday, February 15, we received the sad news that Rudolf Jansen passed away on Monday, February 12. He was 84 years old. For over 55 years, he worked as a song pianist with well-known singers ....

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On Thursday 28 March, The Passion is coming to Zeist. Because singing together connects, the Internationaal Lied Festival Zeist has taken the initiative to commission a song on the occasion....

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Soprano Karola Pavone and pianist Boris Radulović participated in the very first master classes in 2016, gave a recital for emerging talent and won the first edition of the Young Artist Platform in October 2021. This gave them the opportunity to perform on stage with us again in 2022 as well as at the Oxford International Song Festival. So a lot has happened.

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Baritone Tomas Kildišius and pianist Gustas Raudonius both participated in our master class in 2022. Admittedly with different duo partners, but there the seeds were sown for further musical cooperation. And what a collaboration it was!

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Baritone Tomas Kildišius and pianist Ani Ter-Martirosyan won the third Young Artist Platform yesterday. According to the jury, they understood the art of uniting as a duo.