Month: November 2020

In an article written for The Arts Desk, reprinted here with permission, Alec Frank-Gemmill talks about his new BBT-supported SACD for Bis: Brahms Chamber Music. The UK’s music industry is in dire straits and my heart goes out to friends and colleagues in financial need. For a proper discussion of the current situation, I refer […]

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Authenticity and Enlightenment
in Lockdown

Since June 2020 my husband, violinist Mathieu van Bellen, and I have been realising a long-held dream of creating a chamber music centre in the Netherlands: MuziekHaven Zaandam – a performance and recording space where musicians could retreat to devote themselves fully to their music. We acquired a wooden barn church from the 17th century […]

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MuziekHaven Zaandam,
Mathieu and Me