who almost made the reed quintet seem the best musical format on the planet. - The Times
More about Calefax
Uğurcan Öztekin is the winner of our international composition competition for reed quintet. He won the first prize with his composition Conference of the Birds Amsterdam .
From Thursday 26 March untill Sunday 5 April, 2020, Calefax travels to the USA for a series of concerts in a.o. Lewisburg and Nashville.
During the first years of our existence, Helena Rasker used to be our go-to vocalist. Many years and grand careers later, we join the stage once again for a tour from 24 February untill 8 March.
Calefax tours six to eight concertprogrammes per season in the Netherlands and tours abroad to a.o. the USA, China, Japan, UK, Eastern-Europe and Germany.
| Wed 26 Feb | 20.00 | Dancing on the vulcano | TivoliVredenburg | Utrecht / NL | Info | Tickets |
| Thu 27 Feb | 20.15 | Dancing on the vulcano | Stadsgehoorzaal | Leiden / NL | Info | Tickets |
| Fri 28 Feb | 20.15 | Dancing on the vulcano | Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ | Amsterdam / NL | Info | Tickets |
| Thu 5 Mar | 20.15 | Made in Amsterdam | The Concertgebouw | Amsterdam / NL | Tickets | |
| Sun 8 Mar | 12.00 | Dancing on the vulcano | Podium Zuidhaege (Muziekkamer Assen) | Assen / NL | Info | Tickets |
| Thu 26 Mar | 21.00 | tour USA 2020 | Weis Center Season | Lewisburg (PA) / US | Info | Tickets |
Uğurcan Öztekin (Turkey) is the winner of our international composers competition for reed quintet.
Artist Hedy Tjin made beautiful felt pen illustrations for our project Dido & Aeneazz with renowned trumpeter Eric Vloeimans.
Out now: our new album Dido & Aeneazz! A recomposition of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas by Raaf Hekkema, combined with newly-composed music by Eric Vloeimans.