Jun 4 2022
Gluck Orphée et Euridice @ Vliegveld Twente
Gluck Orphée et Euridice @ Vliegveld Twente,
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Jun 6 2022
Gluck Orphée et Euridice @ Vliegveld Twente
Gluck Orphée et Euridice @ Vliegveld Twente,
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Jun 11 2022
Emmauskerk, Den Haag
Haydn Nelson Mass @ Emmauskerk, Den Haag
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Jun 12 2022
Haydn Nelson Mass
Haydn Nelson Mass
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Jul 7 2022
Florence
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Florence
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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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Dec 4 2022
Mostardzaadje, Santpoort-Noord
Trios for Violin, Viola and Double Bass @ Mostardzaadje, Santpoort-Noord
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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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Apr 23 2022
Domkerk, Utrecht
Handel Te Deum @ Domkerk, Utrecht
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Apr 16 2022
R.K. kerk, Woudrichem
Mini Mattheaus @ R.K. kerk, Woudrichem
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Apr 16 2022
Dalems kerkje, Dalem
Mini Mattheaus @ Dalems kerkje, Dalem
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Apr 15 2022
St. Werenfriduskerk, Zieuwent
Matthew Passion @ St. Werenfriduskerk, Zieuwent
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Apr 13 2022
Sint-Petrusbasiliek, Oirschot
Matthew Passion @ Sint-Petrusbasiliek, Oirschot
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Apr 11 2022
Nieuwe Sint-Clemenskerk, Gerwen
Highlights Matthew Passion @ Nieuwe Sint-Clemenskerk, Gerwen
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Apr 9 2022
Lutherse Kerk, rewire festival, Den Haag
River without Banks, Leo Svirsky @ Lutherse Kerk, rewire festival, Den Haag
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Apr 7 2022
St. Werenfriduskerk , Zieuwent
Matthew Passion @ St. Werenfriduskerk , Zieuwent
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Apr 3 2022
Dominicuskerk, Amsterdam
John Passion @ Dominicuskerk, Amsterdam
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Jan 19 2022
Royal Conservatoire, Den Haag
Koncon Early Music Seminars: 'Orchestral' (Ensemble) improvisation @ Royal Conservatoire, Den Haag
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Dec 5 2021
Kaiserslautern
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Kaiserslautern
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Nov 28 2021
Next Generation Festival, Studio 1, Amare, Den Haag
Estehaagse Ensemble: Ciaconna & Inventions @ Next Generation Festival, Studio 1, Amare, Den Haag
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Sep 25 2021
Leipzig
Leipzig Improvisation Festival @ Leipzig
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Jul 2 2021
Weingarten
A Journey Through Ashkenaz: The Travels of Abraham Levie @ Weingarten
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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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Jun 5 2021
Sint Janskerk, Gouda
Concerto Valiante @ Sint Janskerk, Gouda
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Mar 28 2021
Den Haag
Emmauskerk @ Den Haag
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Mar 27 2021
Oud- Katholieke Kerk Delft, Delft
Stabat Mater @ Oud- Katholieke Kerk Delft, Delft
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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.