A range of cultural events and special activities take place in Maastricht during TEFAF. From concerts to lectures and exhibitions within the fair as well as in and around Maastricht, they provide the ideal way to entertain and be informed about the wider issues of the world of fine art.
During TEFAF festival
The ‘During TEFAF’ festival offers visitors to TEFAF an international programme of dance, jazz, classical music and theatre lasting the whole evening. A number of tickets will be reserved for TEFAF visitors. More information/reservations: +31 (0)43 350 55 55
(Monday-Saturday, 1 pm - 6 pm).
Zomertrilogie – Toneelgroep Amsterdam (in Dutch)
Tuesday 9 March and Wednesday 10 MarchIvo van Hove directs this light-hearted comedy. The wealthy Filippo and his daughter Giacinta are preparing for a holiday, along with her fiancé Leonardo and his sister
Vittoria. They have less money than Filippo, but still take part in the rat-race of consumption and decadency on credit. A number of comical situations arise when Giacinta’s lover Guglielmo appears on the scene. More information:
www.toneelgroepamsterdam.nl
Endless Song of Silence – Nanine Linning
Friday 12 March
The choreographic works of Nanine Linning are a perfect combination of dance, music and style, dealing with familiar emotions. Endless Song of Silence is a brand-new revision of a duet that she created in 2005 when she left Scapino Ballet Rotterda
m. More information:
www.naninelinning.nl
Een nieuw Requiem/A new Requiem – Muziektheater TransparantSaturday 13 MarchMuziektheater Transparant has put together an exciting team for this revision of Mozart’s Requie
m. Author Jeroen Brouwers wrote a new libretto and the prominent Belgian artist Roger Raveel designed the stage. The musical style creates a beautiful contrast with this modern approach. I Solisti del Vento play a specially-written arrangement with echoes of the brass/woodwind sections that were popular in Mozart’s time. More information:
www.transparant.be
Conductor Composer – intro/in situ: The Simons Ensemble
Saturday 13 MarchThey have been around throughout the history of music: conductors who compose, composers who conduct. This was the inspiration for the young composer, conductor and violinist Marijn Simons. The programme includes works by Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez and Simons himself. More information:
www.introinsitu.nl
Muziek voor de lijdenstijd/Music for the Passion – Agimont Ensemble
Sunday 14 March
The repertoire includes works by Giovanni Felice Sances, Heinrich Ignace Franz von Biber and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The ingredients of this concert are Italian pathos, German virtuosity and French elegance, showing the various musical ways in which 17th and 18th century composers managed to represent the Passion.
More information:
www.agimont.nl
TEFAF concert – Amati Ensemble
Sunday 14 March
Mozart, Piano Trio in C, KV 548, Schumann, Frauenliebe und Leben, opus 42, Mozart, L’ Amero - concert aria from Il Re Pastore and Schumann, Piano Quartet in E flat, opus 47. Especially for TEFAF, the musicians are providing a link between Schumann’s romantic music and the treasures of the art fair. Idith Zvi has returned to
Maastricht after three years. Turid Karlsen studied in
Maastricht and is one of the leading sopranos.
More information:
www.amati-ensemble.nl MarizaTuesday 16 March
The world-famous fado singer Mariza has entered a new creative phase with her latest album Terra. In this performance she will not only be singing familiar fado music, but also will introduce her eclectic interests in world music. Her many international performances over the years let her meet other people, cultures and musical styles. In a totally natural way this resulted in a shift towards other musical styles, but without her compromising her own roots.
www.mariza.comMathilde – Theater Zeelandia (in Dutch)Wednesday 17 March
In its new musical production Mathilde, Theater Zeelandia dives into the life of Mathilde Willink, a Zeeland-Flemish woman who was the main inspiration for the painter Carel Willink and the icon of the Dutch jet-set of the Seventies. Under the subheading ‘How a girl from
Zeeland became a living work of art’, Louis van Beek tells the tragic story of a lonely woman who only existed by the grace of others and whose own creation ruined her.
www.theaterzeelandia.nlJazz Maastricht Masters
Friday 19 MarchThere has been increasing interest in the Maastricht Masters every year. The festival presents both famous names and interesting modernists, with artists from
Holland and surrounding countries. This has allowed Jazz Maastricht Masters to develop a formula of its own. More information:
www.jazzmaastricht.comSchubert à quatre mains – Oudemuziek 09/10
Saturday 20 March Although Jos van Immerseel has built a reputation as the director of Anima Eterna since the Eighties, he is just as productive as a pianist. In this concert, he will perform with his permanent soloist and piano partner Claire Chevallier. The programme is entirely dedicated to Schubert’s piano duets: original material, in which this skilled chamber music composer shows his most expressive side.
Wowwowwonders in me – anoukvandijk dcSaturday 20 March
Paintings by Nik Christensen (1973) are the guideline and inspiration in this new work by Anouk van Dijk. In Wowwowwonders in me, Van Dijk and her permanent group of dancers give us a magical interplay of movement, breath, heartbeat and rhythm, centred on the paintings. A recurrent theme in Van Dijk's work is being in control of your own body and your own identity. More information:
www.anoukvandijk.nl
Jazz Maastricht MastersSaturday 20 MarchSecond and final day of the annual Jazz Maastricht Masters festival; conclusion of the duringtefaf festival. More information:
www.jazzmaastricht.com Fine Art and Art Fair. Academic reflections.
Maastricht University, 15 to 19 March 2010
Mosagne Academie offers a special programme during TEFAF 2010: a series of lectures on art and art market from various academic perspectives such as art history, economics, law and cultural policy. Programme coordinator dr Joop de Jong will accompany you to TEFAF. The academic speakers will furthermore enjoy your company over dinner. Also included is an invitation to Guus Röell’s Collectors’ Dinner in Maastricht’s old city centre.
More information: www.mosagneacademie.nl
This page offers information about other current exhibitions in the Netherlands and Europe that may be of interest to you.
Hermitage Amsterdam - 6 March to 17 September 2010The Hermitage in St Petersburg has one of the finest collections of French painting from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. This remarkable part of the collection comprises hundreds of masterpieces by artists regarded as pioneers of Modernism, including Matisse, Van Dongen, De Vlaminck, Derain and Picasso. For the first time highlights of this ‘modern’ collection will be seen in the Netherlands. For more information:
http://www.hermitage.nl/en/
The Bonnefantenmuseum is presenting the first comprehensive retrospective of Elizabeth Peyton's oeuvre on the European mainland, which comprises over 90 works (paintings, watercolours, drawings and lithos) from the past 18 years (1991-2009). From her first portraits of 19th-century heroes to her more recent works, peopled with friends from the world of music, fashion and literature, Elizabeth Peyton has presented herself as a contemporary 'painter of modern life'. More information:
www.bonnefanten.nlIn the region