World Sessions & GROUNDS present: The music of Los Van Van This edition, we celebrate the music of the legendary Cuban band Los Van Van. Bring your dancing shoes, because their unique fusion of charanga, timba, and songo will transport you straight to Cuba! This special tribute features a line-up of well-known musicians from the… Continue reading World Sessions: Los Van Van
Archives: Concerten
Melina
Playful, honest and extremely infectious: Melina is a fresh, up-and-coming artist who loves to experiment with traditional sounds. With her enchanting voice, this Greek Siren will lure you relentlessly to GROUNDS on 8 May, where she will seduce you into following her to her wonderful world. Melina was born into a family where the oral… Continue reading Melina
Culture Unlimited Festival: Meral Polat
Meral Polat is a renowned actress, singer-songwriter, and theatre maker in the Netherlands. A graduate of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, she specializes in drama and contemporary music theatre and has developed a multidisciplinary career spanning theatre, film, and music. In this intimate duo setting, Meral Polat is joined by guitarist and pianist Chris… Continue reading Culture Unlimited Festival: Meral Polat
Choro Festival
| A variety of tickets are available for purchase. For each part of the day and for students a different price applies. Full day/evening ticket: €25* Afternoon ticket (excl. concert): €10* (15:30-18:00) Kids (up to 12 years, full day ticket): €5 Codarts students/ 12-21 years old (full day ticket): €15 EPM students (full day ticket):… Continue reading Choro Festival
Lamisi
Lamisi’s powerful, soulful voice bridges traditional northern Ghanaian rhythms with contemporary sounds, creating an Afro-fusion pop that is both ancient and brand new. Inspired by the music of Miriam Makeba, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and Angelique Kidjo, she thus makes a powerful and important contribution to feminist music. From leading The Patch Bay Band across… Continue reading Lamisi
Ntjam Rosie
Ntjam Rosie is one of the most distinctive voices on the Dutch soul, pop and jazz scene. Her music pays tribute to her dual identity: African roots and European influences. And she does so with a clear goal in mind: to connect people and touch their souls. The Cameroon-born singer blends jazz, soul, pop, R&B… Continue reading Ntjam Rosie
Women’s Voices
| This concert takes place at the Pelgrimvaderskerk, Aelbrechtskolk 20, 3024 RE Rotterdam. On Thursday 16 April, Maryana Golovchenko will bring the magic of Ukrainian female singing to the Pilgrim Fathers Church in Rotterdam. This versatile Kyiv-born singer connects the East and West, past and present in her music. Accompanied by cellist Pau Sola Masafrets,… Continue reading Women’s Voices
Culture Unlimited Festival: Prince Achmed
Composer and alto clarinettist Steven Kamperman has created a new original soundtrack for Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, the legendary animated film by Lotte Reiniger. Made in 1926, it is considered the first full-length animated feature film in cinema history. Unlike later animation techniques, Reiniger’s film was not drawn but meticulously cut from paper silhouettes,… Continue reading Culture Unlimited Festival: Prince Achmed
Fanfare Ciocarlia
Fanfare Ciocărlia is one of the world’s greatest gypsy brass bands, a 10-legged Balkan brass beast whose eastern funk groove and Balkan brass sound has torn up halls and festivals across the planet. Their energetic performances and musical ingenuity have attracted fans from Bucharest to Brasilia, Melbourne to Memphis, and Guangzhou to GROUNDS. Anyone who… Continue reading Fanfare Ciocarlia
Roda da Holanda
Roda da Holanda represents an evening that revolves around Brazilian samba, dancing and connecting with the music and each other. What does that look like? The musicians are sitting around a table and you, as a listener, are standing next to them among countless others who are drawn to the stirring rhythms and melancholic sounds.… Continue reading Roda da Holanda