Grachten Festival 2021 - Nachtlicht Ensemble
Sun, Aug 22
|Amsterdam
BOVEN WATER! Music Theatre by Nachtlicht Ensemble
Time & Location
Aug 22, 2021, 3:00 PM
Amsterdam, Bos en Lommerweg 191, 1055 DT Amsterdam, Netherlands
About the Event
The Nachtlicht Ensemble consists of 10 young top musicians and is inspired by classical, jazz, non-Western music and improvisations. The ensemble is the winner of the Grachtenfestival Pitch and the Oorkaanprijs 2020. Because of the corona, Boven Water! postponed and will premiere during the festival 2021.
Dutch ships have been sailing all over the world for hundreds of years. The wood of these ships is steeped in countless experiences and has seen an enormous amount of the world. This also applies to the mirror return ship Amstelveen, which made trips to Batavia, Suratte, Canton and the Cape of Good Hope. This VOC ship saw beautiful different cultures on her route, but also the horrors that its passengers caused there.
While the traces of these events still dominate the world today, much has changed in the meantime. More contact is possible between cultures and more knowledge is available so that we…