Orion Ensemble wins prize
On May 11th the Orion Ensemble was finalist and prizewinner of the First International Jewish Music Contest. Read more...festijn rond Robert Schumann op 12 en 13 september in Utrecht
Op 12 en 13 september 2009 organiseert het Orion Ensemble samen met de Zeven Linden een 2-daags festijn rond de componist Robert Schumann. U kunt genieten van een film en een concert van het Orion Ensemble, gelardeerd met de verhelderende toelichtingen van Leonard Leutscher en de onvolprezen heerlijkheden van de Zeven Linden.
Op zaterdagavond 12 september, een unieke vertoning van de in 1947 gemaakte romantische film Song of Love met Katherine Hepburn, Paul Henreid en Robert Walker. De Read more...
The Orion Ensemble
The Orion Ensemble is a chamber music society of which a piano-trio is the permanent core. It was founded in 2000. The Orion Ensemble gave many concerts on Dutch podia characterised by limitless programming as for style, time and country, in which especially the so-called cross-over programmes are popular. One of the strong points of the ensemble is linking up classical, jazz, Jewish, Spanish and Argentine music in an original way. Pauline Terlouw
Pauline Terlouw studied the violin with Wolfram König. She was a member of the Gustav Klimt Quartet for many years. A laugh amidst tears
Sjostakovitsj said about Jewish folk music the following: “…very varied music, which outwardly can be cheerful but in reality is sad. Music on the verge of being a laugh amidst tears…” Blue Notes
Blue notes, from Chopin to the Beatles. A sigh gives relief! A man in a melancholy mood lets many a sigh escape. A composer converts his sighs of such a moment into beautiful, melancholy music. I’ve got the blues…the jazz musician would say. Dierbaar
The literary concert Dierbaar was written by Jan Terlouw. In this he was inspired by the Suite del Ángel, passionate music by Astor Piazzolla.
Piazzolla en de serafijn
Lucia, de hoofdpersoon in deze bijzondere voorstelling, vertelt over de vier mannen die zij in haar leven heeft liefgehad. Ze heeft hen slecht behandeld en vecht aan het eind van haar leven een hevig gevecht met haar ziel, waarbij ze steeds meer gaat inzien wat deze mannen voor haar hebben betekend. Eén van haar geliefden noemde haar zijn serafijn, maar wat dat precies is weet Lucia niet...
Day around Schubert
On 31th August 2008 a special day around Beethoven will be organised. It may be considered as a festive foretaste of the classes in the new season. Programme to order
After consultation programmes can be composed “to order” fitting the occasion a concert is organised for. Thus we made programmes for the Bartimeus Teaching Institute, for the SNV (Stimulation Fund Housing Department Dutch municipalities), for the Foundation Architecture Prize Achterhoek, for the Tilburg university, and for private persons.
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Composers' Portraits
The last few years the Orion Ensemble, by request, has very successfully organised a number of composers’ days. The programme covers two parts of a day. A class-unit in which the composer is portrayed in a listening-lesson, illustrated with visual material and audio samples. Listen to the Orion Ensemble
Discography
Wankele Wereld
Uitgave van Wankele Wereld, van het gelijknamige programma, in boekvorm.
Touched by Orion
A wonderful world ... with among other things Suite Schindler’s List by John Williams, Adios Nonino and suite Sylvo i Ondina by Astor Pazzolla and the Vocalise by Sergej Rachmaninoff.
Fantasies & Preludes
with Three Preludes by George Gershwin, Sounds from the Past by Joachim Stutschevsky and Homage (fantasies for piano trio on three themes from the Beatles) by Leonard Leutscher.
Tonen van vrijheid
A cd composed in cooperation with the UAF (Foundation for refugee-students).
Book with CD
Edition of A Spanish Day and Argentine Nights, of the programme of the same name, in book form.
Astor Piazzolla, works for pianotrio
Astor Piazzolla, works for piano trio, arranged by José Bragato, met o.a. Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, Suite del Ángel en Mumuki.Orion in the media
| Amazing |
"Luister" |
| Touched by Orion |
Akkoord Magazine |
| Masters of contrast |
Steenwijker Courant |
| Subliem gespeeld |
Friesch dagblad |
| Weemoed en naaldhakken |
Gooi en Eemlander |
| Soul-stirring music |
BN/De stem |
| Impressive |
| Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant |