Jury Chairman Royal Concertgebouw Young Talent Competition
Very excited to be part of the jury to search for the new young super talents. What a joy to meet so many talented young musicians!
Tribute to Astor Piazzolla for his 100th birthday
Together with Carel Kraayenhof and the Residentie Orchestra The Hague we celebrated the birthday of Argentina’s most beloved composer with a concert at Tivoli Vredenburg in Utrecht for AVROTROS Radio.
Teaser for new opera/film ARIELLA
It's a wrap! We just finished filming the teaser for our new exciting opera/film ARIELLA. Premiere to be announced soon in New York. Here with wonderful Laetitia Gerards and Lucas van Woerkum @ Symphonic Cinema. Stay tuned! More news SOON!
Celebration 75 Years International Court of Justice
World premiere of Jaap-Nico Hamburger’s concerto for harp and orchestra with Lavinia Meijer and the Residentie Orchestra for the 75th anniversary of the International Court of Justice.
Jury Chairman International Conducting Competition
Vincent was the Jury chairman of the Malta International Conducting Competition, this year in Kiev, Ukraine. The competition was hosted at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy in Kiev.
Awarded by Tchaikovsky National Music Academy Kiev
What an honor to be presented with the Honorary Award from the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. Illustrious predecessors who received this prestigious award were Riccardo Muti and Placido Domingo
Opening Vadim Repin’s Trans-Siberian Art Festival in Siberia
In November I had the honor to conduct the Memorial Concert for the end of the 2nd World War at the opening night of the Trans-Siberian Art Festival, Artistic Director Vadim Repin. To make it happen during corona was a true miracle.
Montreal premiere ‘Children's War Diaries’. Film by Tarique Qayumi
Very excited about the release of the new film ’Children War Diaries’, based on diary fragments by children in the concentration camps.
CD Release today!! Hamburger Pianoconcerto with Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
Piano Concerto of Jaap Nico Hamburger with Assaff Weisman piano and the world class Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
Already 3rd edition of my book ‘De magie van de Maestro’
Sales of my book ‘De magie van de Maestro’ are going very well. Now already the 3rd edition. If you are looking for a birthday present…?
Guest at the TV show ‘Podium Witteman’ to talk about Gustav Mahler
Guest at the TV show ‘Podium Witteman’ to talk about the fascinating stories behind the ‘Adagietto’ by Gustav Mahler. The famous 4th mouvement of Mahler’s 5th symphony which has become immortal as filmmusic of the film ‘Death in Venice’ by Visconti.
Closing the jubileum season of the AVROTROS TV program Maestro
Champagne with my very dear fellow jury members Isabelle van Keulen and Dominic Seldis. To celebrate tonight’s last TV recording of my 3rd Maestro season 2019.
Presentation my book ‘De magie van de Maestro’
Partytime!! Many friends and guests came to the legendary music shop ‘Concerto’ in the Utrechtsestraat to celebrate with me the official presentation of my book ‘De magie van de Maestro’. The first copy was presented to Simon Reinink, General Director of the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
‘Master with a mission’. Interview in ‘De Telegraaf’
Conducting is like making love to a hundred people at the same time! Famous quote by Leonard Bernstein. Very nice interview in Dutch newspaper ‘De Telegraaf’.
Return to Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
So happy to be back with the FABULOUS Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal for the celebration of 75 years of liberation after World War II
Summertour of the Palestine Youth Orchestra
One of the most special orchestra I know. An important project to create awareness for the situation in the Middle East!
In the jury of the Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition in New York
Honored to be at the jury of the Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition in New York. A prestigious competition for young talented opera singers living in the United States. The winner of the 2019 competition was the fabulous mezzo-soprano Olivia Vote.
Mozart’s ‘La Clemenza di Tito’ at Mariinsky Theatre St Petersburg
La Clemenza di Tito for the first time performed performed at Mariinsky Theatre St Petersburg
Return to Concertgebouw for the annual ‘The Evening of Filmmusic’
3 Sold out evenings with Grammy award winning Metropole orchestra, Netherlands Concertchorus to perform famous filmscores of Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Hans Zimmer and others….
Gershwin and Bernstein with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Gershwin/Bernstein tribute with the Netherlands Philharmonic, Sir Willard White, Karin Strobos, Kelebogile Bokanyo and others