Mar 28 2021
Den Haag
Emmauskerk @ Den Haag
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Jun 5 2021
Sint Janskerk, Gouda
Concerto Valiante @ Sint Janskerk, Gouda
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Jun 28 2021
Jüdische Woche, Leipzig
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Jüdische Woche, Leipzig
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Jul 2 2021
Weingarten
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Weingarten
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Sep 25 2021
Leipzig
Leipzig Improvisation Festival @ Leipzig
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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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Feb 21 2021
Pauluskerk, Oestgeest
Delirio Amoroso @ Pauluskerk, Oestgeest
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Jan 30 2021
Centrum Jasmijn, Den Haag
Delirio Amoroso @ Centrum Jasmijn, Den Haag
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Dec 12 2020
Uns ist ein Kind geboren: Concerto Valiante
Uns ist ein Kind geboren: Concerto Valiante
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Dec 6 2020
mosterdzaadje, Santpoort-noord
Henry Purcell and the Most Fam'd Italian Masters: Estehaagse Ensemble @ mosterdzaadje, Santpoort-noord
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Nov 8 2020
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Gemeinde Kaiserslautern
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Gemeinde Kaiserslautern,
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Nov 1 2020
Inventions- Bach reimagined: Scroll Ensemble @ Museum Overschie
Inventions- Bach reimagined: Scroll Ensemble @ Museum Overschie,
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Oct 25 2020
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Dusseldorf
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Dusseldorf,
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Oct 11 2020
Bonifatuskerk, Rijswijk
String Duos from The Beethoven Circle: Estehaagse Ensemble @ Bonifatuskerk, Rijswijk
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Oct 8 2020
Jagdhuis, Nederhorst Den Berg
The True Beethoven: Scroll Ensemble with Bert Mooiman @ Jagdhuis, Nederhorst Den Berg
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Oct 1 2020
A Journey Through Ashkenaz. The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Erfurt
A Journey Through Ashkenaz. The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Erfurt,
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Sep 19 2020
Theresakerk, Maastricht
Concerto Valiante @ Theresakerk, Maastricht
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Sep 12 2020
Huygens Festival, Voorburg
Concerto Valiante @ Huygens Festival, Voorburg
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Aug 23 2020
Noorderkerk, Den Haag
Bach cantatas: Concerto Valiante @ Noorderkerk, Den Haag
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May 17 2020
The Classical Tour, Spaarndam
Henry Purcell and the Most Fam'd Italian Masters @ The Classical Tour, Spaarndam
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Apr 18 2020
Boveneindsestraat 15, Kesteren
Inventions @ Boveneindsestraat 15, Kesteren
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Apr 10 2020
St. Werenfriduskerk , Zieuwent
Bach Matthew Passion @ St. Werenfriduskerk , Zieuwent
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Apr 8 2020
Sint-Petrusbasiliek, Oirschot
Bach Matthew Passion @ Sint-Petrusbasiliek, Oirschot
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Apr 6 2020
Nieuwe Sint-Clemenskerk, Heuvel
Matthew Passion Highlights @ Nieuwe Sint-Clemenskerk, Heuvel
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Apr 4 2020
Domkerk, Utrecht
Ferrandini: Cantata per Passione @ Domkerk, Utrecht
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Mar 29 2020
Pauluskerk, Oegstgeest
Stabat Mater @ Pauluskerk, Oegstgeest
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Selection of works for string quartet, violin, and choir available from Tutti Music.
James Hewitt is active in both early and contemporary music, and becoming well known for his engaging personal style and improvisatory prowess.
He performs throughout Europe, both solo and in ensembles including Concerto Valiante, Estehaagse Ensemble the Yiddish Baroque project Simkhat Hanefesh, and the Scroll Ensemble, which specialises in programmes inspired by improvisatory practices of the baroque, featured in the Leipzig Improvisation Festival, and finalist in York International Early Music Festival 2015. He has participated in several recordings with Contrasto Armonico, associated with an extended project to record all of Handel's Italian Cantatas, and has broadcast on Dutch Radio 4. He has given improvisation workshops at Yiddish Summer Weimar and at the conservatoires of Bydgoszcz and Katowice in Poland, and teaches historical improvisation at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
He also works with Brendan Faegre Edge Ensemble, contemporary music ensemble exploring the boundaries between styles and between composition and improvisation, the DaMU Collective (music and dance improvisation) and in interdisciplinary theatre projects.
His compositions include works for Cambridge University Opera Society (Moses and Pharaoh), Ely Cathedral Choir, the Nieuw Ensemble, Modello Ensemble, and the Fokker Organ in Amsterdam Muziekgebauw aan't IJ. He has received performances at the Cheltenham Festival, Nordic Early Keyboard Festival, the Royal Institution of Great Britain, and during the Gaudeamus Interpreter's Competition in Amsterdam. His works will increasingly become available from Parklaan Publicationson Tutti Music.
He 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 masters there with research in improvised counterpoint.