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Artist in Residence AvroTros Vrijdagconcert
Simone will be Artist in Residence of the AvroTros Vrijdagconcert during the 2024/2025, performing 4 diverse programmes at Tivoli Vredenburg Utrecht.
22 November 2024 – Piazzolla Four Seasons with members of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
6 December 2024 – Korngold with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Stanislav Kochanovsky
31 January 2025 – World premiere of a new violin concerto by Joey Roukens with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Markus Stenz
21 February 2025 – Recital with Beatrice Rana
Pärt über Bach
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Simone Lamsma, Candida Thomspon and Amsterdam Sinfonietta explore connections between Bach and Pärt on the Channel Classics label.
The album includes Pärt’s Tabula Rasa as well as Bach’s Sinfonia and Concerto for violin and oboe, in the version for 2 violins.
New York, Cleveland and Amsterdam
Photo copyright Lincoln Center – Lawrence Sumulong
August proved a month of highlights. Simone received stunning reviews for her concerts at Mostly Mozart Festival New York with Jonathon Heyward, as well as with the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom with Fabien Gabel and Antwerp Symphony with Elim Chan at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Artist in Residence with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in 2023/2024
Following several memorable performances in previous seasons, Simone Lamsma has been announced as Artist in Residence with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for the 2023/2024 season.
She will be performing 3 projects with the orchestra, among them Brahms Double Concerto with Victor Julien-Laferrière and Sibelius Violin Concerto, both with chief conductor Domingo Hindoyan.
World première – Wantenaar Violin Concerto
On 24 September Simone Lamsma will give the world première performance of a violin concerto written for her by Mathilde Wantenaar, with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Karina Canellakis.
The work was commissioned by the NTR ZaterdagMatinee, and will be premiered during this prestigious series at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Great success with the London Symphony Orchestra
LSO, Gianandrea Noseda, Simone Lamsma, Tchaikovsky
10 April 2022, Barbican Hall, London
Bachtrack – Alexander Hall
“It is a long time since I have heard such a confident statement of personality in this work…”
“The magic was there from the start…”
Seen and Heard International – Keith McDonnell
“Warmth, vitality, and energy suffused her playing…”
“Indeed it is rare that both the soloist and orchestra inexorably breathe as one, yet this musical chemistry was evident between both throughout…”
Photo credits LSO – Andy Paradise
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Rautavaara
Works for Violin and Orchestra
Together with Robert Trevino and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Simone Lamsma releases a disc of late works by Rautavaara, including 2 world premières, on the Ondine label
Debut with Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Sir Antonio Pappano
On 24, 25 and 26 March 2022, Simone Lamsma made her successful debut with the Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under the baton of Sir Antonio Pappano playing Britten Violin Concerto in Rome.
Photo credits: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Holocaust Memorial of Names
On 19 September 2021 Simone Lamsma will perform during the opening of the Holocaust Memorial of Names in Amsterdam.
The monument will be unveiled by HRH King Willem-Alexander and Jacques Grishaver, chairman of the Dutch Auschwitz Committee, and the programme will be broadcast live on Dutch National television NPO1 .
Artist in Residence: Residentie Orkest, Amare and Royal Conservatory the Hague 2021/2022
Simone adds another residency to her 2021/2022 season, as Artist in Residence with the Residentie Orkest, the new cultural center Amare, and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
She will be performing multiple projects with the Residentie Orkest, as well as perform a recital to include a world première by Thomas Larcher, and work with students at the Royal Conservatory.
Artist in Residence Oregon Symphony
From the 2021/2022 season Simone Lamsma will be Artist in Residence and part of the Creative Alliance of the Oregon Symphony for a period of 3 seasons.
Besides concert projects with the Oregon Symphony orchestra, she will be involved in musical projects throughout the community of Oregon.
Simone’s next visit to the Oregon Symphony will be in January 2022, where she will perform Shostakovich Violin Concerto no.1 under Maestro Jun Märkl.
Beethoven Sessions Concertgebouw
Simone Lamsma and Boris Biltburg perform Beethoven Sonata no.6 in an empty Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as part of the Concertgebouw and Concertgebouw Orchestra’s joint Beethoven Online Festival.
ONLINE STREAM: Nielsen Violin Concerto with London Philharmonic Orchestra
On 14 October at 8PM (BST), Simone Lamsma’s live performance of Nielsen’s Violin Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and John Storgårds will be streamed online via Marquee TV.
Berlin debut
From 11-13 September 2020 Simone Lamsma made her highly successful Berlin debut in 4 concerts with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin with Maestro Juraj Valcuha and Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, at the Konzerthaus Berlin.
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Jaap van Zweden
Simone Lamsma opens 2020 with a return to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Jaap van Zweden, performing Britten’s Violin Concerto on 10 and 11 January 2020 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.