who almost made the reed quintet seem the best musical format on the planet. - The Times
More about Calefax
Calefax brings the most beautiful organ music to concert halls in the Netherlands, England and Wales from 27 October untill 15 December.
Johan de Meij, an international celebrity in the world of the symphonic wind orchestra, is currently one of the most performed Dutch composers. We perform his grand new composition 'Un Momento Dado' with the renowned Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy on 10 and 31 January.
The shortest festival of the Netherlands! The PAN is Calefax’s annual festival concert between Christmas and New Year, on 28 December in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam.
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.
| Sat 28 Dec | 19.30 | PAN Festival 2019 | Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ | Amsterdam / NL | Tickets | |
| Sun 5 Jan | 14.30 | The Music Factory (6+) | Stadsgehoorzaal | Leiden / NL | Info | Tickets |
| Fri 10 Jan | 20.15 | Calefax & the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy | Theaters Tilburg | Tilburg / NL | Info | Tickets |
| Fri 31 Jan | 20.15 | Calefax & the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy | SPOT/De Oosterpoort | Groningen / NL | Info | Tickets |
| Sat 1 Feb | 20.15 | String Quartet Biënnale Amsterdam | Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (concluding concert) | Amsterdam / NL | Tickets | |
| Thu 6 Feb | 16.30 | Calefax XL (with students of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague) | Royal Conservatoire | The Hague / NL | Info | Tickets |
Calefax invites composers of all ages and nationalities to participate in the 12th annual 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.