Agenda

Broze Aarde (Fragile Earth)

9 OctOctober 2026 - 25 OctOctober 2026

With Fragile Earth, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble (NBE) pays musical tribute to our vulnerable planet, inspired by the poetry collection Broze aarde by South African writer Antjie Krog.

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Adem van het Woud (Breath of the Forest)

12 NovNovember 2026 - 4 Dec December 2026

Meet the Kamayurá: guardians of the Amazon. Bearers of invaluable knowledge. This urgent theatrical concert performance is inspired by the worldview of the Indigenous Kamayurá community and the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos. A meditative and physical experience filled with music, movement, and puppetry.

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Compositie Expeditie

het Componistenfeest

20 Dec December 2026

Als feestelijke afsluiting van de Compositie Expeditie vindt het Componistenfeest plaats: de vijfde en laatste stap van het traject. Tijdens dit bijzondere concert voert het voltallige Nederlands Blazers Ensemble de tien geselecteerde composities uit. Een unieke kans om het werk van de jonge componisten tot leven te horen komen.

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The New Year’s Concert 2027

31 Dec December 2026 - 1 JanJanuary 2027

As tradition calls, The Netherlands Wind Ensemble (NBE) welcomes the new year from The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with a festive concert full of unexpected encounters, captivating music, and stories from near and far.

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New Year’s Concert on Tour

15 JanJanuary 2027 - 24 JanJanuary 2027

The New Year’s Concert by the NBE has long been the musical kickoff to the new year. From The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the ensemble sends its message of hope and connection out into the world. Many music lovers experience this celebration on television — but in January 2027, the NBE will take the concert on tour across the country.

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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 NBE. Through music, they learn to connect with one another and with audiences, while exploring different cultures and art forms.

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Adem van het Woud (The Forest’s Breath)

3 MarchMarch 2027 - 11 MarchMarch 2027

The Netherlands 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 NBE 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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