The Netherlands Chamber Choir, blending individual voices in perfect harmony. A community of artists coming together in choral singing at the highest level. Based in the choral city of Utrecht, we push the boundaries of the genre with innovative, urgent projects.
We perform the most beautiful choral music, often addressing societal themes, and collaborate with artists from various disciplines such as actors, dancers, VJs, and poets. We also collaborate with individuals from the fields of healthcare, education, and science. This way, we enrich the perspective on society for both our audience and ourselves.
We are dedicated to fostering a thriving, vibrant choral world. This includes initiatives like NKK NXT, our training program for young professionals, and our Singing Days across the country, investing in the wonderful Dutch amateur choral community. With NKK NOW, we explore how choral singing can connect young people aged 9 to 18.
If you would open any biography of Franz Liszt, you would probably mostly read about his disquiet life as a piano virtuoso, his passionate love life, and the return to his catholic roots at the end of his life. Although all of this might be true, it only scratches the surface of his comprehensive musical personality. Liszt was a pianist, conductor, teacher and organiser, but above all he was a composer of a voluminous, capricious body of work. Even though his piano works formed his core business, he gave rise to the symphonic poem, got rid of the organ's stuffy appearance, and reinvigorated the oratorio. Moreover, with his piano transciptions of Bach's organ works and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, he was an advocate of both old and new music.
Together with his son-in-law Richard Wagner, he was in the forefront of the Romantic movement and anticipated the musical revolutions of the early 20th century with his new composition techniques.
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