Saturday 22.11.25, 20:15 @ Orgelpark, Amsterdam
Concert of jury members and previous winners: Many happy returns
Prizewinners from past editions of the competition, composers and performers alike, return and bring exciting new musical works with them. Joined by some of the festival’s most familiar faces and Black Pencil Prize members, jury members take their expertise on the podium, side-by-side.
Elena Khurgina
Yuri Akbalkan (*1986), Prooemium praeter rem for Bohlen-Pierce harpsichord and electronics (2025/26, premiere presentation of the work-in-progress)
Yuri Akbalkan’s Prooemium praeter rem (2025) explores the sonic world of the Bohlen–Pierce harpsichord. Drawing on the unique 13-step non-octave scale discovered in the 1970s, this piece blends Renaissance and Baroque harpsichord traditions with sensors, effects pedals, and live electronics.
Liubov Titarenko & Yu Oda
Yu Oda: Premiere of a new work (title tbd) for harpsichord, electronics and live images
Menno van Delft & Matthijs van der Moolen
early ‘contemporary’ music for harpsichord and trombone
Black Pencil & Ere Lievonen
Andys Skordis: “Uz…u” (2020) for Black Pencil and harpsichord
Kristian Nyquist
Karel van Steenhoven: Future Cries from the Past (2024-25), for harpsichord and tape, world premiere
Tickets: orgelpark.nl
More info: prixdeman.com
Elena Khurgina 