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August 11th 2010
Navarra Quartet, Ralph Rousseau & Eef van Breen at Grachtenfestival

Starting the 14th of August until the 22nd Amsterdam will be full of music like every year at the Grachtenfestival. This will be an excellent start of the (classical) music season, on 50 special locations around the city. The concert tickets are very cheap or even for free.

Of Challenge Records there will be some artists performing on this festival.

The Navarra String Quartet will release their debut-album in september (so available within a couple of weeks!) on Challenge Classics with String Quartets nos. 1-3 of composer Pëteris Vasks. This cd has become utterly touching and will astound many listeners. The depth and understanding of these four musicians of the works of this composer are very profound. Vasks himself was present at the rehearsals during the recordingsessions and they learned so much from him. In turn he was deeply touched by the way the quartet played his works. 

Navarra String Quartet: Magnus Johnston, violin; Marije Ploemacher, violin; Simone van der Giessen, viola; Nathaniel Boyd, cello

Watch the enchanting video of the rehearsals and an interview with the Navarra Quartet : here (or see below)

Here a list of the Challenge Artists in Concert that will appear at the te Grachtenfestival next week:

Eef van Breen Group
With: Eef van Breen, trumpet/vocals/composition; Walter Wolff, piano; Brice Soniano, cdoublebass; Merel Junge, violin; Cecilia Bernardini, iolin; Genéviève Verhage, cello; Eva Tebbe, harp
15/8 - M-Lab (Aambeeldstraat 10 E, Amsterdam) - 20u

Ralph Rousseau - Ralph Rousseau takes little children (0-4 years) by the hand on a journey through the seven strings of his viola da gamba
17/8 - Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam (Location: Oostelijke Handelskade 34) - 10u - 2-4 years of age
17/8 - Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam - 11u - 1-2 years of age
17/8 - Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam - 12u - 0-1 years of age
18/8 - Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam - 10u - 2-4 years of age
18/8 - Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam - 11u - 1-2 years of age
18/8 - Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam - 12u - -1 years of age

Navarra String Quartet
Mendelssohn is the Mozart Romantic period and Mozarts Dissonancequartet salutes  Haydn.
17/8 - De Bazel Conference Centre (Vijzelstraat 32 , Amsterdam) - 13u
This concert will be recorded by Concertzender and aired on a Later date.

Ralph Rousseau will start, during the new season, a very interesting childrentheater programme called 'Steen Papier Schaar'. More information about this new programme will folow Later this month!

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Artists
Navarra String Quartet
Ralph Rousseau
Eef van Breen
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Silence-Ralph Rousseau
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String Quartets nos. 1-3-Navarra Quartet
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Playing Games-Eef van Breen
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On Christmas Night-Ralph Rousseau ft. Lenny Kuhr
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Gambomania-Ralph Rousseau
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Chansons d'amour-Ralph Rousseau
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Tourdates
16-02: Ralph Rousseau Woerden
Theater Het Klooster

16-02: Ralph Rousseau Woerden
Het Klooster

21-02: Ralph Rousseau Haarlem
Philharmonie

21-02: Ralph Rousseau Haarlem
Philharmonie

22-02: Eef van Breen Den Haag
Fokkerterminal

23-02: Eef van Breen Den Haag
Fokkerterminal

24-02: Eef van Breen Den Haag
Fokkerterminal

25-02: Ralph Rousseau Massluis
JP KCOV Excelsior Maassluis

25-02: Ralph Rousseau
Grote Kerk Maassluis

25-02: Eef van Breen Den Haag
Fokkerterminal