Erik Bosgraaf & Cordevento

Name: Erik Bosgraaf & Cordevento
Start: 2027-02-04T20:15:00+01:00
End: 2027-02-04T23:15:00+01:00
Location: De Oosterpoort

Thu, 4 Feb 2027 · 20:15

De Oosterpoort, Groningen

concert Classical culture

Erik Bosgraaf is regarded as one of the most adventurous recorder players in the world. He performs with his ensemble Cordevento.

About: Erik Bosgraaf

Bosgraaf's range spans seventeenth-century dance music, Vivaldi, Boulez and his own compositions - a breadth that has firmly established the recorder as a concert-hall instrument. Few players have pushed the boundaries of early music as consistently as this Dutchman.

100+

compositions specially written for him

25000+

sold copies of the Van Eyck box (2006)

first recorder player ever to win the Dutch Music Prize (2011)

Telemann albums on Brilliant Classics

What's new

2026-02
De Volkskrant reported in February 2026 that Bosgraaf is increasingly establishing himself as a composer: on 1 March 2026 one of his own compositions was heard in the Kölner Philharmonie.
2026-03
On 1 March 2026 Bosgraaf performed at the Kölner Philharmonie with Concerto Köln in the programme 'Bridges', with music by Vivaldi, Händel, Telemann and his own compositions.
2025-08
In August 2026 Bosgraaf performed at the TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, his most recent performance in the Netherlands.

Tracks

Jacob van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-hofthree-part CD box from 2006, more than 25,000 copies sold and international breakthrough

Pierre Boulez: Dialogue de l'ombre doublerecorder arrangement with personal permission from Boulez, world premiere at Concertgebouw Amsterdam (2013), CD 2015

Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos (met Cordevento)first CD with Cordevento (2009), baroque classics in historically informed performance

Willem Jeths: Recorder Concertoconcert specially written for Bosgraaf, recorded with Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Challenge Records, 2015)

Telemann: Chamber Music with Recorder (met Cordevento)latest album on Brilliant Classics, released May 2025

About: Cordevento

The trio of Erik Bosgraaf, Izhar Elias and Alessandro Pianu brings 17th- and 18th-century music to life on period instruments, with a track record spanning the Concertgebouw, the Konzerthaus Vienna and an extensive catalogue on Brilliant Classics.

20+

CD recordings released, mainly at Brilliant Classics

100+

compositions written especially for Erik Bosgraaf

What's new

2025
Cordevento released the album 'Telemann: Chamber Music with Recorder' together with Erik Bosgraaf at Brilliant Classics.
2024-01
The ensemble participated in the CD 'Adriana' with oboist Thiemo Wind and Erik Bosgraaf, released in January 2024.
2024
Recorder player Erik Bosgraaf, artistic director of Cordevento, became artistic director of the London International Festival of Early Music in 2024.

Tracks

Vivaldi: Recorder ConcertosDebut album by Cordevento as a baroque orchestra, released in 2009 at Brilliant Classics

La MonarchaAlbum with 17th-century music from the Spanish territories, 2012 (Brilliant Classics)

Le PlaintifAlbum with French baroque music by Marais, Hotteterre and contemporaries, 2020/2021 (Brilliant Classics)

Telemann: Chamber Music with RecorderMost recent Cordevento album, released in 2025 at Brilliant Classics

AdrianaCollaboration with oboist Thiemo Wind, released in January 2024

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