Holland Festival
{{Short description|Oldest and largest performing arts festival in the Netherlands}}
File:Leidseplein & Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands (5808853430).jpg with a banner of the Holland Festival in 2011]]
The Holland Festival ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɔlɑnt ˈfɛstivɑl}}) is the oldest and largest performing arts festival in the Netherlands. It takes place every June in Amsterdam. It comprises theatre, music, opera and modern dance. In recent years, multimedia, visual arts, film and architecture were added to the festival roster.{{Cite web|url=https://amsterdam.org/en/event/26/holland-festival.html|title=Holland Festival 2019 {{!}} Event in Amsterdam|website=amsterdam.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-15|archive-date=2018-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015153255/https://amsterdam.org/en/event/26/holland-festival.html|url-status=dead}}
Performances take place in Amsterdam venues such as the city theatre, the opera, the Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw concert halls and the Westergas factory site. Each edition is loosely themed, and the programme features both contemporary work and classical pieces presented with a modern edge.
History
File:Volksconcert door het Residentieorkest onder leiding van Willem van Otterloo Weeknummer 51-28 - Open Beelden - 52659.ogv conducting the Residentie Orchestra in a people's concert during the 1951 Holland Festival]]
The festival was founded in 1947{{Citation |publisher = KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |location = New York |title = KLM Guide to Holland's Museums |author = Ian Keown |date = 1973 |oclc = 4536808 |ol = 24946482M }} and features some of the world's top artists and performers, as well as lesser-known performers. Notable world premieres included Karlheinz Stockhausen's Helicopter String Quartet. The festival introduced Maria Callas in the Netherlands, and was also the first to successfully set up a large symphonic tribute to Frank Zappa with "200 motels-the suite" in 2000 (after failed attempts to have Zappa perform himself in the festival in 1981).
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From 2005, the festival included off-series called EarFuel, EyeFuel and MindFuel. Outreach initiatives to new audiences include successful non-western concerts such as an Umm Kalsoum tribute by Egyptian star Amal Maher in 2010.
From 2005 to 2014 the Holland Festival was curated by artistic director Pierre Audi, followed by Ruth Mackenzie in 2014.{{cite web| first=Nicola |last=Merrifield| url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2013/holland-festival-appoints-ruth-mackenzie-as-new-artistic-director/|title= Holland Festival Appoints Ruth Mackenzie as New Artistic director|website= The Stage| date=11 July 2013| access-date= 29 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005136/https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2013/holland-festival-appoints-ruth-mackenzie-as-new-artistic-director/| archive-date= 5 March 2016}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Holland Festival}}
- {{Cite Grove |last1=Goodwin |first1=Noël |authorlink1=Noël Goodwin |last2=Forbes |first2=Elizabeth |author2-link=Elizabeth Forbes (musicologist) |title=Holland Festival}}
- {{Official website|http://www.hollandfestival.nl/en/}}
- [https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/holland-festival Holland Festival at Google Cultural Institute]
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Category:1947 establishments in the Netherlands
Category:Classical music festivals in the Netherlands
Category:Cultural festivals in the Netherlands
Category:Festivals in Amsterdam
Category:Music festivals established in 1947
Category:Festivals established in 1947