Dutch Brass Ensemble: Strauss and Schönberg

Name: Dutch Brass Ensemble: Strauss and Schönberg
Start: 2027-04-10T20:15:00+02:00
End: 2027-04-10T23:15:00+02:00
Location: De Oosterpoort

Sat, 10 Apr 2027 · 20:15

De Oosterpoort, Groningen

concert Classical culture

The Dutch Brass Ensemble performs works by Strauss and Schönberg, exploring love as a central theme - from romantic longing to harsh reality.

Nederlands Blazers Ensemble — also plays in other cities (8)

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About: Nederlands Blazers Ensemble

Founded in 1959, the NBE has grown into one of the Netherlands' most distinctive ensembles, pairing virtuoso wind playing with theatre, narrative and cross-cultural encounters. Its Concertgebouw New Year's Concert - a television staple for decades - hits the road as a national tour for the first time in January 2027.

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submissions per year for the composition competition

1995

year of first TV broadcast New Year's Concert (Concertgebouw)

What's new

2026-07
The NBE announces its first national New Year's Concert on Tour for January 2027, with the ensemble leaving the Concertgebouw for the first time to bring the concert to theaters throughout the Netherlands.
2026-01
The New Year's Concert 2026 at the Concertgebouw is dedicated to the theme 'Breath of the City', with unexpected guests and the winners of the composition competition.
2025-11
The NBE celebrates fifty years of Surinamese independence with a special program at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, together with Denise Jannah and Black Harmony.

Tour

AmsterdamUtrechtTilburgHaarlemDen Haag

Tracks

Nieuwjaarsconcert (jaarlijks, Concertgebouw Amsterdam)National TV tradition since 1995, each year with new guests and young composers

Voices from the EastCollaboration with Iranian singer Mohsen Namjoo, live album released in 2017

Historias de VientoFlamenco program, in 2025 resumed after twelve years with Flamenco Biënnale

Fragile Earth / Broze AardeTheatrical concert inspired by poetry of South African writer Antjie Krog

Het Ultieme NieuwjaarsconcertCompilation of the finest moments from earlier New Year's concerts, on tour in 2025

Dutch Brass Ensemble: Strauss and Schönberg

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