Jul 15 2023
Sommernacht der Jüdischen Musik, Thüringen
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Sommernacht der Jüdischen Musik, Thüringen
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Jul 16 2023
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Synagogue Schwabach
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Synagogue Schwabach,
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Aug 17 2023
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Alten Synagoge Erfurt
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Alten Synagoge Erfurt,
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Sep 17 2023
Weilburger Schloss, Weilburg
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Weilburger Schloss, Weilburg
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Oct 12 2023
Royal Conservatoire, The Hague
Conference, Improvisation Through the Ages @ Royal Conservatoire, The Hague
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Nov 11 2023
Buitensociëteit, Zutphen
Bach B minor Mass @ Buitensociëteit, Zutphen
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Nov 12 2023
Muziekcentrum, Enschede
Bach B minor Mass @ Muziekcentrum, Enschede
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Nov 19 2023
Oude Kerk, Zoetermeer
Cantata Dienst Gott is mein König @ Oude Kerk, Zoetermeer
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Mar 23 2024
Sint Maartenskerk, Zaltbommel
Matthew Passion @ Sint Maartenskerk, Zaltbommel
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Mar 29 2024
St. Werenfriduskerk, Zieuwent
Matthew Passion @ St. Werenfriduskerk, Zieuwent
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Apr 7 2023
St. Werenfriduskerk, Zieuwent
Matthew Passion @ St. Werenfriduskerk, Zieuwent
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Apr 5 2023
Oirschot
Matthew Passion @ Oirschot
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Apr 1 2023
Bethelkerk, Lunteren
Matthew Passion @ Bethelkerk, Lunteren
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Mar 18 2023
Herv. Kerk, Almkerk
John Passion @ Herv. Kerk, Almkerk
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Feb 25 2023
Bach Coffee Cantata @ Biesbosch Museum
Bach Coffee Cantata @ Biesbosch Museum,
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Feb 19 2023
Museum Escher in Het Paleis, The Hague
Bach in the Royal Staircase @ Museum Escher in Het Paleis, The Hague
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Feb 18 2023
Museum Escher in Het Paleis, The Hague
Bach in the Royal Staircase @ Museum Escher in Het Paleis, The Hague
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Jan 22 2023
Bach and Handel @ Dorpskerk
Bach and Handel @ Dorpskerk,
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Jan 15 2023
Abdijkerk, The Hague
Bach and Handel @ Abdijkerk, The Hague
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Dec 4 2022
Mostardzaadje, Santpoort-Noord
Trios for Violin, Viola and Double Bass @ Mostardzaadje, Santpoort-Noord
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Sep 18 2022
Weilburger Schloss, weilburg
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Weilburger Schloss, weilburg
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Jul 17 2022
Bonifatuskerk, Rijswijk
Musical Dialogues @ Bonifatuskerk, Rijswijk
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Jul 7 2022
Florence
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Florence
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Jun 12 2022
Haydn Nelson Mass
Haydn Nelson Mass
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Jun 11 2022
Emmauskerk, Den Haag
Haydn Nelson Mass @ Emmauskerk, Den Haag
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Jun 6 2022
Gluck Orphée et Euridice @ Vliegveld Twente
Gluck Orphée et Euridice @ Vliegveld Twente,
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Jun 4 2022
Gluck Orphée et Euridice @ Vliegveld Twente
Gluck Orphée et Euridice @ Vliegveld Twente,
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Jun 3 2022
Gluck Orphée et Euridice @ Vliegveld Twente
Gluck Orphée et Euridice @ Vliegveld Twente,
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May 21 2022
Jozefkerk, Assen
Michael Haydn and Vivaldi @ Jozefkerk, Assen
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May 1 2022
Dienstencentrum Copernicus, Den Haag
Gulliver's Travels @ Dienstencentrum Copernicus, Den Haag
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Selection of works for string quartet, violin, and choir available from Tutti Music.
James Hewitt read music at Girton College, Cambridge, and continued his studies at the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague: baroque violin with Pavlo Beznosiuk, and composition with Martijn Padding, Cornelis de Bondt and Guus Janssen. He completed his master’s there with research in improvised counterpoint.
As a violinist he plays solo, chamber, and orchestral projects throughout the world. He is co- founder of the Estehaagse Ensemble, specializing in 17th and 18th century chamber music, and of the Scroll Ensemble, inspired by improvisatory practices throughout the ages. He plays in Yiddish baroque ensemble Simkhat Hanefesh, and as guest with Les Matelots in early dance and opera projects. He has participated in recordings with Contrasto Armonico, associated with an extended project to record all of Handel's Italian Cantatas, and with Pera Ensemble, combining baroque and Turkish instruments.
As a composer, his oeuvre includes opera, choral, and instrumental ensemble and solo works. His opera ‘Moses and Pharoah’ was premiered by the Cambridge University Opera Society, and his choral music has been performed by Ely Cathedral Choir among others. He has a special interest in exploring the possibilities of historical instruments and the attitude of flexibility, such as ‘Wohin, Woher’ for violin, traverso, and violone, recorded on a CD by Les Matelots, and ‘Four Temperaments’ for solo clavichord, premiered at the Nordic Early Keyboard Festival. He also works with interdisciplinary projects combining music, movement, and theatre.
In 2021, he was awarded the Gaël Liardon grant by Lausanne Festival, with his presentation, ‘Didactic Duos as a Model for Improvisation’. In the conference, Early Music Pedagogy Then and Now, Brescia 2022, he was invited to give a lecture, ‘Limitation and Transformation as Creative Process in Solo Improvisation’. Since 2018 he has been teaching historical improvisation with Robert de Bree at the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, and he gives improvisation workshops for both early and contemporary performers, in European conservatories, and in courses such as Yiddish Summer Weimar and the Amsterdam Summer Course with Katie Duck.