Agenda

NBE Next

11 Feb February 2027 - 14 Feb February 2027

Driven, creative, and communicative — that’s jongNBE, an academy for the next generation of top young Dutch wind musicians, where they are introduced to the unique working style of the Dutch Wind Ensemble (NBE). Through music, they learn to connect with one another and with audiences, while exploring different cultures and art forms.

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The Forest’s Breath

3 MarchMarch 2027 - 11 MarchMarch 2027

The Dutch Wind Ensemble (NBE) and Duda Paiva Company join forces once again in The Forest’s Breath, an urgent theatrical concert performance created in collaboration with the Kamayurá community deep in the Amazon. Together with artist and researcher Andreia Duarte, who lived with the Kamayurá for many years, they travelled to the Amazon and immersed themselves in the life of this Indigenous community.

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Verklaar de Nacht

Strauss en Schönberg (Transfigured Night: Strauss and Schönberg)

8 Apr April 2027 - 24 Apr April 2027

Together with Flemish writer Maud Vanhauwaert, The Dutch Wind Ensemble explores the night and love through the music of Richard Strauss and Arnold Schönberg.

Strauss’s light and graceful Serenade and his more expansive Suite are set alongside Schönberg’s haunting Verklärte Nacht — a musical portrayal of a nocturnal confession filled with guilt, forgiveness, and inner transformation.

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Raga and Rasa — From Guru to Shishya

6 MayMay 2027 - 23 MayMay 2027

The Dutch Wind Ensemble (NBE) immerses itself in Indian music — a tradition in which patience, spirituality, and improvisation come together.

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