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Intimate Letters

Amsterdam Sinfonietta met Liza Ferschtman
Personal and expressive music centered around love and longing, featuring works by Janáček and a worldpremiere by Reza Namavar.
Thu 8 Oct 2026 20:00
Thu 8 Oct 2026
20:00
  • Thu 8 Oct 2026
    20:00
    Muziekcentrum, Grote Zaal
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  • Incl. (interval) drink

A new violin concerto composed by Reza Namavar, in which his deep fascination with Vivaldi resonates.

Janáčeks Intimate Letters is filled with raw emotion, vivid contrasts, and expressive melodies—expressions of his deeply felt, Platonic love for Kamila Stösslová, who was thirty-eight years his junior.

The approximately seven hundred love letters he wrote to her between 1919 and his death in 1928 culminated in one of the most personal and passionate string quartets of the 20th century. Weinberg, too, was known for his deeply expressive music; in his *Rhapsody*, he transforms Moldovan folk melodies into an energetic klezmer dance. Commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Dutch composer Reza Namavar is writing a new violin concerto that reflects his deep fascination with Vivaldi. We will perform the world premiere together with violinist Liza Ferschtman.

A new violin concerto composed by Reza Namavar, reflecting his deep fascination with Vivaldi.

 

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Program

Gesualdo – Moro lasso (version for string quintet)
Vivaldi – Concerto for two violins and cello, RV 565
Namavar – Tahanea (world premiere)
Janáček – String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”
Weinberg – Rhapsody on a Moldavian Theme (arr. E. Nowicka)

Violist Liza Ferschtman is considered one of the most compelling musical personalities of our time. Her passionate playing and commanding stage presence never fail to move audiences. Receiving the Dutch Music Prize in 2006—the highest honor for Dutch musicians—underscored her significance in the musical landscape both at home and abroad.

In recent seasons, she has performed with orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Residentie Orkest, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Dutch radio orchestras. On the international stage, she has collaborated with the Bremen Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra, and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

Conductors with whom she has worked in recent years include Jaap van Zweden, Lev Markiz, Jun Märkl, Frans Brüggen, Neeme Järvi, Otto Tausk, Karl-Heinz Steffens, Stefan Blunier, Zdeněk Mácal, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Thomas Søndergård, and Iván Fischer.

Credits

Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Malin Broman, leader & violin
Liza Ferschtman, violin
Tim Posner, cello

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