The Billy Joel Experience (ft. La Finesse String Quartet) - Nocturne

Name: The Billy Joel Experience (ft. La Finesse String Quartet) - Nocturne
Start: 2027-08-15
Location: De Nieuwe Kolk

Sun, 15 Aug 2027

De Nieuwe Kolk, Assen

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The Billy Joel Experience performs on Saturday, 3 October 2026 at De Nieuwe Kolk in Assen, joined by La Finesse String Quartet for an evening programme. This is one of three Dutch dates for the group this season. De Nieuwe Kolk, Assen's central cultural venue on Weiersstraat, provides an intimate setting for this blend of classical influences and popular repertoire. The programme highlights the classical elements woven through Billy Joel's catalogue, supported by La Finesse's string arrangements.

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About: The Billy Joel Experience

Alexander Broussard and his five-piece band cover the full range of Billy Joel's catalogue, from anthemic rock to intimate ballads. In the Nocturne concert series, German string quartet La Finesse joins them to bring out the classical roots running through Joel's music.

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What's new

2026-02
The Billy Joel Experience tour is active with the crossover production Nocturne, in which the German string quartet La Finesse highlights the classical dimension of Joel's music.
2025-06
In June 2025, the band played three exclusive concerts with Liberty DeVitto, Billy Joel's original drummer, at the AFAS Circustheater Scheveningen, the Beatrix Theater Utrecht and the Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen.
2025-02
Stage Entertainment announced that the band will begin their fifth national theater tour in October 2025.

Tour

ScheveningenUtrechtAntwerpenHoofddorpZevenaarPapendrechtEindhovenPurmerendRoermondGroningen

Tracks

Piano ManIconic sing-along number by Billy Joel, a permanent part of every show

Uptown GirlPopular hit, regularly played during the Greatest Hits tours

Goodnight SaigonEmotional highlight in the repertoire

We Didn't Start the FireEnergetic rock number, part of the regular setlist

She's Always a WomanSensitive ballad, also performed in the Nocturne production with string quartet

About: La Finesse String Quartet

Four virtuoso string players from Germany, La Finesse bridges classical tradition and modern music in a single performance. Alongside The Billy Joel Experience in Nocturne, the quartet reveals the classical thread running through Billy Joel's entire catalogue.

Regular touring partner of The Billy Joel Experience on the Nocturne tour through the Netherlands

What's new

2026-03
La Finesse will perform in March 2026 with The Billy Joel Experience in Nocturne at Parktheater Eindhoven.
2026-02
In February 2026, the quartet Nocturne performed at Cultureel Centrum Bullekerk in Zaandam.
2025-11
In November 2025, La Finesse performed with The Billy Joel Experience on the stage of Theater en Buitensociëteit Hanzehof in Zutphen.

Tour

PapendrechtHoofddorpZutphenZevenaarZaandamPuttenEindhovenPurmerendDrontenNunspeet

Tracks

Classic on CatwalkCharacteristic crossover number: classical pieces with rock accents

Spiel mir das Lied vom TodString quartet version of the iconic Sergio Leone theme

Wellerman (Play Along)Part of the educational project Music For All, supported by GEMA

GRENZENLOSTitle number of the theater program of the same name from 2020

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