In the Grote Zaal, the Codarts Wind Band opens the festival with a collaboration with the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy, conducted by Erik van de Kolk. Students and professional musicians join forces to form one symphonic wind orchestra.

After that, the Codarts String Orchestra, led by Gordan Nikolić, performs a program that reveals more and more depth the longer you listen.

Later in the evening, you’ll hear the music of the Global Musics Silk Road Ensemble, featuring repertoire rooted along the historic Silk Road.

The finale returns to the Grote Zaal: the Codarts Pop Orchestra conducted by Ronald Kool. A set of own works and student arrangements performed with the energy you’d expect from a festival closer.

Whether you’re curious to explore new styles or simply in the mood for an evening of great live music, you are warmly welcome. Entrance is free!

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The Programme

Codarts Wind Band × Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy

(conducted by Erik van de Kolk)
Repertoire:

• M. Bodensteiner* – REHAB (world premiere)
• R. Strauss – Tod und Verklärung (arr. Christian Janssen, for wind orchestra)
• J. Mackey – Frozen Cathedral
• plus a work by a selected Composition student (Classical Music)

Location: Grote Zaal, De Doelen
Time: 16:30–17:30

Codarts String Orchestra

(conducted by Gordan Nikolić)
Repertoire:

• Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane (with harp)
• Clara Schumann – Romance No. 2 (Allegretto: Mit zarten Vortrage) — arranged for string orchestra
• Dmitri Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony in C minor, op. 110a

Location: Foyer 2, De Doelen
Time: 17:45–18:45

Codarts Vocal Department – Scenic Production

Repertoire:
Selections from Fortunio and Croquefer by Offenbach

Location: Foyer 1, De Doelen
Time: 19:00–20:00

Global Musics Silk Road Ensemble

Take a musical journey along the historic Silk Road during this special performance for double quartet. You will hear both new compositions and fresh arrangements of folk and classical music from, among others, Eastern Mediterranean, Balkan, and Anatolian traditions.

The string quartet provides a solid, multi‑layered foundation. Above this, various modal instruments play their distinctive melodies, featuring the subtle microtonal inflections and warm timbres typical of these musical styles.

Location: Foyer 2, De Doelen
Time: 20:30–21:30

Codarts Pop Orchestra

(conducted by Ronald Kool)
The Codarts Pop Orchestra is a versatile Rotterdam‑based pop ensemble known for its powerful, genre‑crossing productions. It has performed on major stages such as the New Luxor Theatre and the Grand Hall of the Concertgebouw, where it collaborated with the artist sor in the project sor presents sorkest. The orchestra also took part in Red Bull Symphonic at Theatre Amsterdam.

Repertoire:

• 16 original pieces written by Pop students

Location: Grote Zaal, De Doelen
Time: 22:00–23:15