Moving Music Festival 2026 - Programme

Trough the eyes of a child 
11:00, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Papyruszaal.
Vrijthof 47, Maastricht

Programme
works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Janssen, Albéniz and de Falla.

Description
Through curious eyes and through open ears we will rediscover Maastricht, simply by changing our perspective. In the big hall of Vrijthof, drawings of schoolchildren relating to major historical events of Maastricht and its surroundings will be projected. These drawings will be accompanied by live music from musicians that previously went to the schools of these children and had interactive workshops with them. It will all be smoothly narrated by an actor. 

It shows us Maastricht as we've never seen it before: through the eyes of a child.  Furthermore, it unites people of all ages and backgrounds in the heart of the city: the theatre. Schoolchildren, their families and teachers, but also external public will come together in the Papyruszaal. They will not only see Maastricht in a different light, but also each other.

We collaborate with three schools in Maastricht, Theater aan het Vrijthof and the narrating actor. 

Collaboration
- OBS Binnenstad Maastricht 
- Bernard Lievegoed School Maastricht 
- Op de 10 Bunder Wijlre 
- Toneelacademie Maastricht 
- Visuele Communicatie Maastricht Institute of Arts 
- Theater aan het Vrijthof 

Performers
Theodore Kim (violin), Uxue Medrano Lopez (violin), Helena De Bruyn (viola), Péter Massányi (cello), Gerard Gallego Recasens (clarinet), Tommaso Torrigiani Malaspina (clarinet), Javier Ribes Arenzana (clarinet), Lucía Molino Cano (clarinet), Maria Delgado Jimenez (clarinet), Maria Jose Gonzalez-Conde Oñate (clarinet), Mats Heijnen (clarinet), Carlos Gonzáles Lázaro (clarinet) Laisy Soleny de Andrade Rodrigues (actor), Nick Miesen (visual artist/ technician), Xaime Irisarri Izquierdo (conductor)

Nefelibata - Nomads II

19:00, Willem Hijstek Hall, Classical Department Conservatorium Maastricht. 
Bonnefantenstraat 15 Maastricht

Programme
Francis Poulenc: Sinfonietta, FP 141 III. Andante cantabile 
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Flute Concerto “Dances with the Winds” Flute: Lance Weisen 
Casimir Chaudet: Nomads for chamber orchestra 
Capucine Seuret: Civilisations for chamber orchestra 
Hon Ning Cheung: Öö for two violins and chamber orchestra (Premiere) Violins: Hannah Tuulas & Tristan Spoor

Description
t.b.a.

Performers
Oboe: Stefanie Kindler, Livia Glavinović 
Flute: Liesl Vanoverberghe, Hannah Wout

Please note that any filming or audio recording is prohibited. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

An evening with the Jazz masters 
19:30, AINSI. 
Lage Kanaaldijk 112-113 Maastricht

Programme
Own compositions of all master jazz students for the following ensembles: Jazz Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, Vocal Combo, EMP Combo, Fusion Sextet (exact division per evening TBC)

Description
The master bands of the Conservatorium Maastricht have been rehearsing for the past weeks on student-made arrangements for various ensembles featuring horns, electronics and vocals. This concert is the culmination of their efforts. For the first time they get to perform their works in a professional theater. Students have been coached on this process by Wolfgang Braun, Jesse Passenier, Mike Roelofs and Greg Torunski.

Performers
JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Yilmazcan Ersayin (Trumpet), Leo Mao(Alto Sax 1), Mingyin Liang (Alto Sax 2), Felipe Oliveira De Sousa (Tenor Saxophone), Lori Van Gremberghe(Piano/Keys), Ģirts Celmiņš (Guitar 1), Abhig Y. Bharati (Guitar 2), Dominic Jung (Double Bass/Bass Guitar), Gaël Thiry (Drums)  

VOCAL ENSEMBLE: Sanya Fernandes (Lead Voice), Mingyin Liang (Alto Saxophone),  Felipe Oliveira De Sousa (Tenor Saxophone), Žan Bračun(Guitar), Dominic Jung  (Double Bass/Bass Guitar), Luca Pedana (Drums)  

VOCAL COMBO: Vocals - Alexandra Soupourtzi-Michalaki (vocals), Sanya Fernandes (vocals), Žan Bračun (guitar), Hyeon Seok Jeon (double bass), Wei Xu (drums) 

EMP COMBO: Li Yang (Guitar 1), Xiyue Jia (Guitar 2/Electronics), Gogo Aleksiev (Electronics/Guitar 3), Octavian Taborsky (Modular Synthesiser), Tom Schmit (Bass Guitar), Sima Dere (Drums) 

FUSION SEXTET: Yilmazcan Ersayin (trumpet), Leo Mao (Alto Sax 1), Junhao Yan (Alto Sax 2), Li Yang (Guitar), Tom Schmit (Bass guitar), Gaël Thiry (Drums)

Elements: A live response
20:00, Banka Studios. 
Bankastraat 3 Maastricht

Programme
The installation divides the space into four zones, each corresponding to a classical element: Air, Earth, Fire, and Water. Each element has distinct acoustic and physical characteristics, creating a unique environment that engages the senses and invites exploration.

Description
This project transforms a space into an acoustic energy field, where the audience activates or modifies the sounds through their movement and presence. To offer visitors a fully immersive, interactive experience, where sound, space, and movement merge. Participants are not just observers, they become co-creators of the sonic environment, discovering how their presence and actions transform the musical landscape.

Musicians and the audience will shape sounds together in real time, co-creating a unique, immersive experience. It’s a creative and intimate journey, offering moments to reflect, interact, and enjoy the magic of shaping a soundscape together.

Performers
Sara Carmona (Coordinator and Tibetan Bowls), Aleksej Kropej (Visuals director), Matias Noreña Muriel (Facilitator)

Lidia Sanchez Nieves Plana (Viola), Phúc Nguyễn To Hoan (Electronics), Mario Calzada (Percussion), Jorge Mora Molina (Percussion), Ananya Samyt (Plant+ synth), Sinaí Gómez Oviedo (Violin), Ethan Blackburn (Claviola), Tim Peeters (Saxophone), Areti Mirali (Saxophone), Eva Boudreau (Bassoon), Chiara Lopes (Harp), Barbara Martinez (Flute), Azamat Mukhtaruly (Violonchelo)

Don Quijote to Dulcinea – A Love Story 
20:00, Boekhandel Dominicanen. 
Dominicanerkerkstraat 1 Maastricht

For this event, please make a free reservation via this link.

Programme
Maurice Ravel - Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M.84 (1932)
Jacques Ibert - Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte (1932)
12 Tonadillas en estilo antiguo, H. 136 (1913) 
Spanish traditional tuna music 

Description
Don Quijote to Dulcinea – A Love Story is a performance that weaves together classical music, literature, and theatre, reimagining the traditional art song recital. Inspired by Cervantes’ Don Quijote and featuring compositions by Maurice Ravel, Jacques Ibert, and Enrique Granados, and Spanish traditional songs performed by the Tuna de Maastricht, it tells an unconventional love story.

We trace a journey from the imaginary love of the knight Don Quijote to the real, flesh-and-blood experience of love embodied by the woman La Maja in Granados’s Hispanic songs. Inspired by Cervantes’s narrative, the first half follows a man consumed by tales of chivalry, who invents Dulcinea—the pure and perfect lady who exists only in his mind. Through the music of Ravel and Ibert, his world unfolds: one shaped by illusion, where desire transforms reality and dreams replace truth.

In the second half, illusion gives way to memory. Through the songs of Granados, a different woman emerges: La Maja—independent, witty, and deeply human. Unlike Dulcinea, she is not imagined but real.

This performance brings these two worlds into dialogue—the woman dreamed and the woman lived—and asks what remains of love when illusion.

Performers
Bálint Végh - baritone
Maria Kazaka - soprano
Guida Miró Rocavert - piano
Sandro Rodrigues - guitar
Roos van Marle - narrator
Members of Tuna de Maastricht

In collaboration with Boekhandel Dominicanen. 

J.S. Bach: Dance with Death
19:00, Opus 9. 
Sint Theresiaplein 9 Maastricht

Programme
J.S. Bach:
-Cello suite no. 5 in C minor
-Violin partita no. 3 in E major
-Orchestral suite no. 2 in B minor

Description
Art is immortal; human beings are not. At the threshold of death, a man engages in a final dialogue, seeking to understand mortality, the nature of true art, and whether life has purpose. Three philosophical dialogues, inspired by Platonic dialectic, precede three suites by Johann Sebastian Bach. Word and music intertwine, inviting the listener into attentive reflection, where sound becomes a path toward deeper awareness.

The performance transforms a classical concert into a philosophical experience. Instead of presenting Bach as repertoire, it frames his music within existential dialogue, inviting the audience into active reflection. The dialectical structure guides listening as a conscious act. Music becomes not background or entertainment, but a space of inquiry, where sound and thought converge.

Performers
Flute: Sara Lorenzo González 
Violins 1: Rodrigo Nogueira Teófilo, Mina Aoki Girardelli , Stella Choida , Gonzalo Galisteo Perez, Tamami Torsellini , Sara Manaresi
Violins 2: Giulia Barbero, Arzas Voskanyan, Vasilis Mourikis, Hannah Tuulas, Emmanouil Meletiadis, Alexander Cerisha, Olga Woźniak
Violas: Helena De Bruyn, Lidia Sanchez-Nieves Plana, Laura D’Oriente 
Celli: Biel Garriga Carretero, Lilla Révész, Fanni Ludanyi 
Double Bass: Roberto Leal Rivero 
Harpsichor: Shenandoah Berghuis 
Solo violin: Zoltán Schwartz
Actors: Tyeppe Troost, Eline Haan 

In collaboration with Toneelacademie.

An evening with the Jazz masters 
19:30, AINSI. 
Lage Kanaaldijk 112-113 Maastricht

Programme
Own compositions of all master jazz students for the following ensembles: Jazz Ensemble, Vocal Ensemble, Vocal Combo, EMP Combo, Fusion Sextet (exact division per evening TBC)

Description
The master bands of the Conservatorium Maastricht have been rehearsing for the past weeks on student-made arrangements for various ensembles featuring horns, electronics and vocals. This concert is the culmination of their efforts. For the first time they get to perform their works in a professional theater. Students have been coached on this process by Wolfgang Braun, Jesse Passenier, Mike Roelofs and Greg Torunski.

Performers
JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Yilmazcan Ersayin (Trumpet), Leo Mao(Alto Sax 1), Mingyin Liang (Alto Sax 2), Felipe Oliveira De Sousa (Tenor Saxophone), Lori Van Gremberghe(Piano/Keys), Ģirts Celmiņš (Guitar 1), Abhig Y. Bharati (Guitar 2), Dominic Jung (Double Bass/Bass Guitar), Gaël Thiry (Drums)  

VOCAL ENSEMBLE: Sanya Fernandes (Lead Voice), Mingyin Liang (Alto Saxophone),  Felipe Oliveira De Sousa (Tenor Saxophone), Žan Bračun(Guitar), Dominic Jung  (Double Bass/Bass Guitar), Luca Pedana (Drums)  

VOCAL COMBO: Vocals - Alexandra Soupourtzi-Michalaki (vocals), Sanya Fernandes (vocals), Žan Bračun (guitar), Hyeon Seok Jeon (double bass), Wei Xu (drums) 

EMP COMBO: Li Yang (Guitar 1), Xiyue Jia (Guitar 2/Electronics), Gogo Aleksiev (Electronics/Guitar 3), Octavian Taborsky (Modular Synthesiser), Tom Schmit (Bass Guitar), Sima Dere (Drums) 

FUSION SEXTET: Yilmazcan Ersayin (trumpet), Leo Mao (Alto Sax 1), Junhao Yan (Alto Sax 2), Li Yang (Guitar), Tom Schmit (Bass guitar), Gaël Thiry (Drums)

De sur à sur
20:00,  Boekhandel Dominicanen.
Dominicanerkerkstraat 1 Maastricht

For this event, please make a free reservation via this link.

Programme
1) Revived (C. Janssen)
2) ⁠Aragonesa from Carmen (G. Bizet)
3) Malagueña from Suite Iberia (I. Albéniz)
4) Cádiz from Suite española (I. Albéniz)
5) Sevilla from Suite española (I. Albéniz)
6) Danza del molinero from El sombrero de tres picos (M. de Falla

Description
This performance is a clarinet ensemble concert, accompanied also with poetry declamations between some of the pieces. The listener will be guided through a musical travel in which we aim to connect the South of the Netherlands (first piece) with the South of Spain, with a quick stop in France (second piece). Each piece will be presented beforehand, and some poetry will help in giving context to them.

The unique concert format combines music from the Netherlands and Spain, as well as poetry in several languages. The location of the Dominicanen is an ideal fit for this project.

Performers
María José González, ⁠Lucía Molina, ⁠Maria Delgado, ⁠Javier Ribes, Gerard Gallego, ⁠Mats Heijnen, Carlos González, Erika García, Xaime Irisarri

In collaboration with Boekhandel Dominicanen.

Harmonic Accordance
20:30, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Bovenzaal. 
Vrijthof 47 Maastricht

For this event, please make a free reservation via this link.

Programme
Works by: Aiden Lewis, Avery Chan, Ethan Blackburn, Phuc Nguyen, Sinai Gomez Oviedo

Description
Harmonic Accordance is part of the yearly showcase of works by the composition class of Vykintas Baltakas. This year we are joined by musicians from Hochschule Luzern, which the class has been collaborating with since last year. The concert is filled with new music and is an international collaboration with Hochschule Luzern. Join us for a night of new music premieres! 

Performers
Composers: Aiden Lewis, Avery Chan, Ethan Blackburn, Phuc Nguyen, Sinai Gomez Oviedo 

Instrumentalists: Hon Ning Cheung (Harmonica); Tenzin Muster, Luca Thomas Müller, Nils Gerber, Claire Dumas (accordion); Chiara Lopes (harp)

Vaguely Familiar
17:00, Willem Heijstek Hall, Classical Department Conservatorium Maastricht. 
Bonnefantenstraat 15 Maastricht

Programme
He Di - The Languages               
Aiden Lewis - Untitled
Aiden Lewis - At that hour when all things have repose
Aiden Lewis - I Must Be
Aiden Lewis - Suite for Jazz Drumset and Viola      
Aleksej Kropej  -
Phuc Nguyen - “January”

Description
"Vaguely Familiar" is a showcase of works from the composition class of Vykintas Baltakas. This concert displays new music from composers at Conservatorium Maastricht. 

Performers
He Di, Aiden Lewis, Aleksej Kropej, Phuc Nguyen

Wind Band Lessons Concert
19:30, Opus 9. 
Sint Theresiaplein 9 Maastricht

Programme
Sleep - Eric Whitacre;
Second Suite in F-Major - Gustav Holst
I shall love but thee - Jan van der Roost
Danse Bacchanale - Camille Saint-Saëns
Parisiana - Jean Lambrechts
The Lost Lady Found - Percy Grainger

Description
The Project “Wind Band Lessons” gives conducting students a unique hands-on experience and the chance to build a full concert program. The orchestra is built from Conservatorium Maastricht students and local amateur musicians. The process stretches from planning, score preparation and engaging musicians to organising rehearsals and a live performance. Conductors rotate on the podium and receive individual feedback from docent Jos Zegers. This year’s program features well known artists as Gustav Holst, Jan van der Roost and Camille Saint-Saëns, and the Maastricht composer Jean Lambrechts.

The concert has been organised by the wind band conducting class. From thinking of a program and score preparation up to recruiting volunteer amateur musicians from around Maastricht. Without the support of the local wind band scene the concert could not take place. One of the former students, Gabriel Grana Cusi, arranged "Parisiana" by Jean Lambrechts for wind band, since it was originally written for wood winds.

Performers
Teacher: Jos Zegers
Conductor: Hanna Lehnert, Jürgen Albrecht, Nikolas Sels
Soloist: Kristina Bitenc
Flute 1: Nicole Heijnen, Sara Lorenzo Gonzalez, Lucia Soler Garcia

Flute 2: Anouck Croonenberg, Mandy de Koning - Peters Rit, Margriet Croonenberg, Stef de Been, Barbara Martinez, Hannah Wouters
Klarinet Bas: Wendy Schiffeleers, Marien den Boer
Fagot 1: Eva Boudreau
Euphonium 1: Jo Laumen
Euphonium 2: Hans Deckers 
Bastuba; Pieter Ruber, Josef Meisen
Hobo 1: Chiel van der Wal
Horn 2: Tomas Carvalho De Almeida, Marti Colet Pérez
Horn 3: Ellen Habets, Afonso Centeno Torres
Horn 4: Danielle Bruggeman, Martijn Van Wersch
Horn 1: Juan José Calderón Rendón, Jork Coenen
Klarinet 1: Amy Ebberink, Monique Verhijden, Rob van der Zee, Robin Borghans
Klarinet 2: Sandra Rombouts, Noortje Keulen, Yvonne van den Camp, Laura Maas
Klarinet 3: Daniëlle Blom, Krista Van Weert, Robert van Weert
Klarinet Es: Gerard Gallego Recasens
Piccolo: Ana Linari
Sax Tenor: Kim Staats
Sax alt 1: Marie Haesen 
Sax alt 1 & Soprano saxophone: Afonso Costa Cunha
Sax Alt 2: Claudia Heijnen, Pereira De Azevedo Maria Joao, Areti Mirali
Sax Bariton: Laur Stassen
Sax Tenor: Eric Huids, Luuk Bouwhuis
Percussion: Guillaume Strijdhagen, Ilaria Paolicelli, Pascal Tumulero
Trombone 1: Lucas Moreno Ramirez
Trombone 2: Roger Herpers
Trombone 3: Erik Dols 
Trombone 3 / Bastrombone: Emile Hamers
Trumpet 1: Mar Coque Calatayud, Matthias Debrabandere
Trumpet 2: Nazar Chybrisov, Cas Mous
Trumpet 3: Servaes Aarts

Breeze of Jazz
20:00, Boekhandel Dominicanen.
Dominicanerkerkstraat 1 Maastricht 

For this event, please make a free reservation via this link.

Programme
Claude Bolling - Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano
Programme for Guitar Trio: t.b.a

Description
This concert has been created for two groups - the first group consisting of three guitarists, and the second group, quartet of piano, guitar, drums and double bass. The pieces performed are a crossover of Jazz and Classical, giving it a very unique and rare sound.

Performers
Piano - Joohee Han
Guitar - Caroline Bauer, Liam de Pauw, Roko Ciglenecki, Mia Galic
Drums - Minsu Kim
Double Bass - Roberto Leal Rivero

In collaboration with Boekhandel Dominicanen.

From Inferno to Ancient Echoes 
20:30, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Bovenzaal. 
Vrijthof 47 Maastricht

For this event, please make a free reservation via this link.

Programme
F. Liszt – Après une lecture de Dante, Fantasia quasi sonata, S. 158 (from Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année: Italie)
- Dante, La Divina Commedia (Canto I, Inferno)
- Victor Hugo "Après une lecture de Dante"

K. Szymanowski – Tantris le Bouffon (from Masques) Op. 34
-Ensor Hardt, “Tantris de narr” (excerpts)

M. Ravel – Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit M.55)
-Aloysius Bertrand, Gaspard de la Nuit: “Ondine” 
- Chanson de la mariee

F. Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A♭ major, Op. 47
- Adam Mickiewicz — Świtezianka excerpt

 C. Debussy – 6 épigraphes antiques (for piano four hands), L. 131 movements I, II, III
- "Les Chansons de Bilitis" by Pierre Louÿs
- Sappho "Hymn to Aphrodite"

Manos Hadjidakis - "Kelomai Se Goggyla" from "O Megalos Erotikos"

M. Ravel: I. Chanson de la mariée, from "5 Mélodies populaires grecques”


Description
From Inferno to Ancient Echoes is a multidisciplinary performance that explores the deep dialogue between piano music and the poetry and literature sources that inspired it. The project presents a curated journey through works by Liszt, Szymanowski, Ravel, Chopin, and Debussy, each paired with readings from the literary sources that shaped their creation. The narrator will guide the audience through excerpts from the literary inspirations of the composers, followed by live solo piano, piano four hands and lieder performances. This combination aims to create a cohesive dramaturgy in which text and music illuminate one another, revealing layers of emotion and symbolism.

The performance represents a real storytelling time. It begins in the dramatic landscape of Dante’s Inferno (via Liszt’s Après une lecture de Dante) and travels through myth, legend, and symbolism—Szymanowski’s Tantris le Bouffon, Ravel’s Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit, Chopin’s Ballade No. 3 inspired by Mickiewicz, and Debussy’s Six Épigraphes Antiques, rooted in Les Chansons de Bilitis and the ancient lyric tradition of Sappho.

Performers
Rozálie Stoklasová - piano
Vassilis Gavvaris - piano
Maria Kazaka - narrator/singer

"Vaan, veur, mèt Mestreech"
19:00, Opus 9. 
Sint Theresiaplein 9 Maastricht 

Programme Kathinka Poismans

• Vermin: Ave Maria (piano and singing) 

• Bonhomme: Berceuse (piano and singing) 

• A poem by Kusters, accompanied by “Op ’t Vriethof op ’n baank” by Johny Blenco

Programme Hans Leenders

Cantiones sacrae et profanae 
Three Hymns – Jan Vermulst
Awarded following a composition competition organized by the Society of St. Cecilia of the Parish of St. Matthias, Maastricht

• O salutaris
• Maria mater
• Tantum ergo

Quand je dis – Gerard Franck (Maastricht, 1942–2006)
Studied at the Maastricht Conservatory and later composition, among others, with Henk Badings (1907–1987)

Cantiones sacrae et profanae – Henk Badings
Composition teacher of, among others, Gerard Franck

• Sicut lilium
• I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger

Description
The event consists of a combination of two concerts, both embracing the theme of Maastricht. On the one hand, there is Hans Leenders with his specialist choir; on the other, Kathinka Poismans will present vocal performances accompanied by piano together with four other teachers from our conservatory.

What makes this project special is its focus on Maastricht. This theme is reflected not only in the choice of repertoire, but also in the hearts of the musicians. The project features several true Maastricht-based musicians, including the city composer of Maastricht, Hans Leenders. The aim is to attract an audience that does not listen to classical music. In this way, we hope to give a positive boost to the classical music culture in Maastricht.

Performers 
Kathinka Poismans 
Bram de Vree 
Teodora Drozdik-Popovic

Hans Leenders
 

Electronic Night 
19:30, Wyck Concert Hall, Jazz Department Conservatorium Maastricht. 
Fr. Romanusweg 90 Maastricht

For this event, please make a free reservation via this link.

Programme
Own compositions of the Electronic Music Performance department.

Description
The students of the Jazz Electronic Music Performance programme have been working with guest teacher Paul Frick to produce an evening full of diverse setups showcasing solo electronics along with the endless combinations with live jazz instruments. Be impressed, surprised and see what our youngest programme is all about!

Performers 
 Hendrik Akyel, Gogo Aleksiev, Lucas Dings, Xiyue Jia, Artue Keeble, Yusuf Kohen, Ananya Ortiz, Gandhi Rahmeh, Haze Täube (Students of the Electronic Music Performance class of Frederick Tings)

Folk Re-shaped
20:00, Willem Hijstek Hall, Classical Department Conservatorium Maastricht. 
Bonnefantenstraat 15 Maastricht

Programme
Gy. Ligeti – Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel
L. Berio – Folk Songs

Description
Folk Re-shaped brings together two of the most imaginative works of the 20th century inspired by the sounds of everyday musical culture: Folk Songs by Luciano Berio and Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel by György Ligeti. Both composers draw from folk traditions and vernacular expression, yet transform them through their own distinctive compositional voices. The result is a meeting point between the familiar and the unexpected: melodies rooted in tradition are refracted through the lens of contemporary music, revealing new colors, textures, and meanings.

While both works engage with folk material, they do so in strikingly different ways. Berio’s cycle reimagines traditional songs from various cultures, weaving them into a refined chamber setting that highlights their expressive intimacy. Ligeti, on the other hand, turns to the playful and poetic texts of Hungarian writer Sándor Weöres—including children’s rhymes, nonsense poetry, and folk-inspired verses—to create a vibrant and theatrical musical landscape. Together, the pieces explore how the sounds of everyday life can be reshaped through the imagination of two iconic composers.

The concert will be accompanied by a short lecture that offers insight into the works and their interpretative challenges. This moment of reflection highlights the spirit of artistic research—practice-based inquiry through performance. By bringing together musicology, performance, and audience dialogue, the event invites listeners not only to hear the music but also to enter the creative process behind it.

Please note that any filming or audio recording is prohibited. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Performers 
Gy. Ligeti – Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel
Mezzo-soprano: Teodora Drozdik-Popović
Percussion: Ilaria Paolicelli, Guillaume Strijdhagen, Pablo Navarro Díaz, Naizhi Zhang

L. Berio – Folk Songs
Mezzo-soprano: Teodora Drozdik-Popović
Harp: Petra Bariši
Clarinet: Javier Ribes Arenzana
Flute: Sandra Mostaza Gallego
Viola: Daniel Rivera
Cello: Fanni Ludányi
Percussion: Ilaria Paolicelli, Guillaume Strijdhagen

Sounds in Motion
20:00, Banka Studios. 
Bankastraat 3 Maastricht

Sounds in Motion is a collaboration between Conservatorium Maastricht and Intro in Situ, presented as part of the Moving Music Festival 2026. It features new works by composition students from Vykintas Baltakas’ class: Avery Chan, Sara Carmona, Aiden Lewis, and Phuc Nguyen, along with a performance by Margo Sanda, invited by Intro in Situ.

The program brings together a wide range of new works exploring live radio noise, feedback systems, guitar looping, electronics, and improvisation. Moving between composed material and real-time processes, the concert creates a shared space where different approaches to sound meet and evolve. Here, sounds are not fixed, but continuously shaping, shifting, and transforming through listening and interaction - so that each work becomes part of an ongoing process rather than a finished statement.

The evening concludes with a performance by Margo Sanda, whose work moves between experimental pop, raw energy, and fragmented song forms, bringing a distinctive and uncompromising voice to close the program.

Program

[1] “WAKE UP!” for live radio ensemble
Set in a scenery of dreaming and battling sleepiness, WAKE UP! is an exploration of radio noise and the unpredictability of radio broadcast. 
Composer: Avery Chan
Performers: Avery Chan and 3 Clock Radios

[2] “Sign of the Sun” for Ensemble
This work, inspired by the astrological signs (in this case, the Sun signs) is conceived as an interactive concert experience in which the listener becomes part of the music. An ensemble performs within a space where the audience is encircled by speakers, creating an immersive sonic environment. The musicians follow a sequence of images by Canadian artist Eva Boudreau, which guide the performance.
Composer: Sara Carmona
Performers: Musicians from Conservatorium Maastrichts

[3] “Dreamscape” for Alto Saxophone, Tibetan Bowls and Electronics
The piece explores the sense of nostalgia that emerges upon waking and realizing you are no longer in the dream world—a feeling often described as “Anemoia”.
Composer: Sara Carmona
Performers: Francesca Fantini (Saxophone), Sara Carmona (Tibetan Bowls, Electronics)

[4] “collages of feedback” for Live Electronics
The work is created entirely from the sound feedback produced by a non-input mixer. From this raw sound source, sound samples are carefully collected and processed, creating a half-hour-long piece of music. Mechanical and sometimes jarring sounds are transformed into a rich and evocative sound palette, revealing unexpected nuances and emotional depth. Based on a collage-like method, the work explores a creative process in which ideas arise from fixed materials, allowing sound fragments to be assembled into a vibrant and expressive whole.
Composer: Phuc Nguyen
Performer: Phuc Nguyen (Live Electronics)

[5] “Looper” for guitar, looper pedal and electronics 

The work is a solo performance by Aiden Lewis, based on pre-made guitar loops as well as loops created live on stage.
Composer: Aiden Lewis
Performer: Aiden Lewis (Guitar, Looper Pedal, Electronics)

[6] Sounds in Motion
An improvisational performance by all the composers, combining all the sonic elements of the concert's works: guitar loops, radio noise, Tibetan bowls, feedback noise, electronics, etc., into a single performance.
Performers: Avery Chan, Sara Carmona, Aiden Lewis, Phuc Nguyen

[7] Intro in Situ invites Margo Sanda
Pulsing rhythms effortlessly merge with a free form of storytelling, where grooves and melodies are pulled apart with precise yet carefree nonchalance. 
Italian-born, Copenhagen-based musician Margo Sanda presents a special live performance. Her music, rooted in experimental pop with a raw, almost punk edge, exists in the ‘in-between’: part song, part chaos, part digital cave.
Performers: Margo Sanda & Giacomo Baronchelli

In collaboration with Intro in Situ. Visit their website for the complete programme in Banka Studios on 21 May.

An den Mond
20:30, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Bovenzaal. 
Vrijthof 47 Maastricht

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Programme
An den Mond (D. 296) - Franz Schubert - (Soprano & Piano) - 5’00’’
An den Mond (D. 193) - Franz Schubert - (Soprano & Piano) - 3’15’’
Clair de Lune Op. 46 No. 2 - Gabriel Fauré -(Arr. For Flute, Viola, Cello & Bassoon) - 3’05’’
Mond, meiner Seele Liebling  - Robert Schumann -(Arr. For Bassoon & Piano) - 1’50’’
Der Mond hat eine schwere Klag’ erhoben - Hugo Wolf - (Soprano & Piano - 2’00’’
Der kranke Mond - Arnold Schoenberg - (Soprano and Flute) - 2’15’’
Mond, fo gehſt du wieder auf - Eric Wolfgang Korngold - (Arr. for Viola and Piano) - 4’30’’
Mondnacht - Johannes Brahms - (Mezzosoprano and Piano) - 2’50’’
An den Mond (D. 259) - Franz Schubert - (Mezzosoprano & Piano) - 3’15’’
O, Süsser Mond - from Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor - Otto Nicolai - (Arr. for: Singers, Piano 4 hands, Saxophone Quintet, Flute, Bassoon, Viola and Cello) - 3’30’’

Description
An den Mond reimagines the Liederabend as an immersive, narrative concert inviting audiences to reflect on humanity’s eternal night companion: the Moon. The programme unfolds in four phases: admiration, longing, emotional disarray, and acceptance; each shaped by distinct lighting and musical atmospheres. Drawing on Romantic operatic and early 20th-century artsong, it also offers fresh instrumental arrangements that cast beloved works in a renewed light while honoring their emotional core.

Novel instrumental arrangements and thoughtful programming balance familiarity with discovery, and alongside a dynamic lighting palette, it offers audiences both intimacy and surprise in a conceptually unified, multi-sensory experience. From Schubert to Schoenberg, with diverse instrumental colors and lesser-known works alongside staples, the concert balances surprise with familiarity, while also creating a cohesive poetic and musical arc that binds the repertoire into a unified experience of emotional and stylistic depth.

Performers 
Beatriz Ramilo, Soprano
Silke van Breukelen, Soprano 
Roos van Marle, Soprano 
Eleni Papadopoulou, Mezzosoprano

Bárbara Martínez, Flute 
Samia Moussavi, Viola 
Èric Díaz, Cello 
Eva Boudreau, Bassoon 

Brigita Zavarskyte, Piano
Mike van Duinen, Piano 
Xuan Wang, Piano
Lisa Steichen, Piano 

Xavier Marican, Baritone Saxophone 
Areti Mirali, Alto Saxophone 
Tim Peeters, Tenor Saxophone
Viola Masciangelo, Alto Saxophone 
Ivor Zlodre, Soprano Saxophone 

Gabriel Graña, Conductor 

Jazz at Luchtime 
12:00, Jan van Eyck Academie. 
Academieplein 1 Maastricht

Programme
Arrangements for jazz saxophone quartet
Two Out of Five: Duos for piano or guitar and jazz vocals
A cappella ensemble 'Arion'

Description
The saxophone quartet and duo group Two Out of Five have been working with coaches Greg Torunski and Doug Weiss respectively on intimate programmes in smaller settings. This performance highlights these smaller settings and shows a culmination of their efforts until now.
In addition, the vocal ensemble Arion will perform: a young, ambitious group of four professional singers with diverse musical and cultural backgrounds. Inspired by the power and expressiveness of the voice, they create a close-knit, blended sound, with a repertoire ranging from original compositions to arrangements of jazz and musical theatre music.

Performers
SAXOPHONE QUARTET: Felix Coster, Erik Schramm, Mingyin Liang, Carmen Williams 
TWO OUT OF FIVE: Piano - Dan Smit, Guitar - Nuno Oliveira Da Costa E Silva,  Vocals - Robin Bachvarova, Vocals - Elena Stamatopoulou, Vocals - Caro Verbist
ARION: Vocals - Estelle Krammer, Anne Lien Goeminne, Jón Kleindehanding, Teun Smeets

Rites of Transformation
19:00, Opus 9. 
Sint Theresiaplein 9 Maastricht

Programme
El amor brujo - M. de FALLA (26’)
Firebird Suite (1919) - I. STRAVINSKY (24’)
(Surprise encore 3'-5')

Description
Rites of Transformation is a symphonic concert performed by the Maastricht Kamerorkest in its largest formation. The program centers on Manuel de Falla’s El amor brujo, interpreted by Paula Bila, a versatile singer from Cádiz, the same city where Falla was born and the birthplace of conductor Elena Barrios. This shared origin adds a meaningful cultural connection to the performance and highlights the Andalusian roots of the work.  The second half of the program features Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite (1919), a landmark of early twentieth-century orchestral writing.

Rites of Transformation shows a unique combination of repertoire, performers, and context. The concert brings together two iconic works: Falla’s El amor brujo and Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite. This makes the event not just a musical performance, but also a personal rite of passage, a meeting of heritage, artistry, and professional milestone.

Performers 
Agustin Sanchez Rubio, Alessandro Lago, Ana Linari, Ariadna Ruiz, Carlota de Santos Otero, Cèlia Roca Matamala, Emmanuel Meletiadis, Èric Díaz Vera, Felix Ruiz Alvarez, Júlia Erra Euras,  Lucas Moreno Ramirez, Lucia Clarinet, Lucia Soler Garcia, Lucia Trombone, Magí Llatser Torres, Maria Delgado Jimenez, Marina Mielgo Martin, Martí Colet Pérez, Miguel Castro Garcia, Ramón Rodríguez Luque, Rodrigo Nogueira Teófilo, Sinaí Gómez Oviedo, Tiago Lozano Chagas, Vasco Oliveira Simoes Sequeira, Līvija Tolpežņikova, Matthias Debrabandere, Adrià Fort Noguera, María Alejandra Martinez Calderon, Bogdan Iorga, Carlos González Lazaro, Gonzalo Galisteo Perez, Iker Molina, Jose Luis Martinez, Ferro Casilla, Maria Cardenes Torres, Matias Torres Carrera, Paula Bila, Paula Vicente Romero, Jorge Mora Molina. Uangmo Tenzin Salguero, Tamami' Torsellini, Olga Woźniak. Daniel García Santiesteban, Anna Stranz, Santiago Novo, Sofie Sochorova.

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