Violinist Simone Lamsma did not have to think for long when the ZaterdagMatinee asked her who she would like to play a new violin concerto by. Her answer: ‘Mathilde Wantenaar’, the young Dutch composer who made her Matinee debut in 2019 with the choral work Dit zijn de bleeke, bleeklichte weken, on a text by Herman Gorter. Asked about her choice, Lamsma reveals, ‘Wantenaar's music is colourful and immediately captured my imagination. What immediately struck me on hearing her work is the directness in expression. Mathilde's musical voice is authentic. She writes in a language I feel very connected to.’
On Saturday afternoon 24 September 2022 at 14.15, the new violin concerto will be premiered at the ZaterdagMatinee in The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, performed by Simone Lamsma and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karina Canellakis.
The concert can also be listened to and watched online at this link: https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/02a76be9-f014-4a0b-9cec-902970f7710c/een-nieuwe-wantenaar-voor-simone-lamsma