Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore recently visited the Netherlands during the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), in collaboration with BUMA in Motion, where I had the honor of interviewing him. The […]
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Category: Report
The World of Hans Zimmer – 2019-11-11, Amsterdam
“A Symphonic Celebration” Hans Zimmer can be seen as a rock star of film music. Even people who are not really into soundtracks know him and have heard about, or […]
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WAD Live – 2019-09-08, Assen
A couple of months ago I saw the announcement of a very interesting project. In 2017 a nature documentary about the sea and its surroundings in the north of the […]
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‘Film and TV Classics’ – 2019-08-27, Groningen
Because of a promise in the report on the ‘BankGiro Loterij’ concerts, I still owe you a report on one of these concerts. Fortunately, I did not have to travel […]
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‘BankGiro Loterij’ Summer concerts – Amsterdam
Each year during July and August, concerts are being held almost daily in ‘Het Concertgebouw’ in Amsterdam, which, as I have mentioned many times, is one of the best concert […]
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Michael Giacchino – 2019-06-21, Dublin
“A Celebration of the Music of Michael Giacchino” To my big surprise two concerts with composer Michael Giacchino were announced in Dublin. Hearing his music live in a concert, with […]
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‘Musical Movie Stars’ – 2019-05-24 Drachten
Every time The North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (NNO), a local professional orchestra, announces a concert with film music, I try to attend the concert in my hometown of Groningen. When […]
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Krakow Film Music Festival 2019
The Film Music Festival (FMF) in the Polish city of Krakow is a festival which I have attended since 2011, and have written reports about since 2017. It is still […]
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Harry Potter in Concert – 2019-05-11, Rotterdam
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Screenings of a movie with a live orchestra have been getting more popular in the last couple of years. The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra […]
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Joe Hisaishi Symphonic concert – Prague, 2019-05-05
On this website I have mentioned before that Joe Hisaishi is is one of my favorite film music composers, and I also said that he tends to rarely leave his […]
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