Month: December 2016

Thanks to the lobbying by Doek and other cultural organisations, the efforts of various political parties (notably SP, D66 and PvdA) and a petition signed by thousands of concerned citizens, the Dutch parliament passed an amendment awarding 10 million euros to arts funding for 2017. This means that Doek will have funding from the FPK for next year! We are very pleased to be able to continue supporting all of the various programs and events that Doek is involved in throughout the year, as well as the Doek Festival which seems to be growing stronger with each new edition.…

On Wednesday December 7, the Buma Boy Edgar Prize 2016 will be awarded to Doek founding member Wilbert de Joode during a festive concert evening in the Bimhuis. Wilbert has curated a very special programme especially for this occasion. There’ll be performances from the long-standing Kaufmann/Gratkowski/De Joode trio and the Ab Baars trio, who will be joined by the young pianist Marta Warelis. Wilbert has invited a number of kindred spirits – Peter van Bergen and Tobias Delius, saxophone and clarinets; Ada Rave, saxophone; and Michael Vatcher and Onno Govaert, drums – who, together with the trio musicians, will perform in all sorts of intriguing line-ups.…