Lavinia goes India! - Lavinia Meijer (harp)

Lavinia goes India! - Lavinia Meijer (harp)
PLEASE NOTE: Lavinia Meijer and Heiko Dijker will play this programme on 16 and 23 November.
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Lavinia goes India!

Harpist Lavinia Meijer has, through her encounter with tabla player Heiko Dijker discovers a new musical world: that of the traditional Indian music, the Ragas. In the Netherlands there are few musicians who specialized in this classical music from India. Heiko Dijker is one of them. His play is characterized by enthusiasm and great knowledge of the Indian rhythms. In India, he was read by a distinguished newspaper praised as "a global ambassador for classical Indian music". Bovendien heiko Dijker is a virtuoso on the tabla, the most refined percussion instrument from the rich Indian culture. Enjoy Heiko and Lavinia: an evening of improvised music from India. But Lavinia and Heiko also makes connections to Western classical music, with including music by the English baroque composer Henry Purcell. No strange choice, because in some of his pieces, Purcell also allowed himself charm music from exotic regions


Lavinia Meijer on the Indian raga:
"The raga is the classical music of India. It has many layers and is extremely complex, almost mathematical. The music contains all kinds of sequences and patterns, which can go on endlessly. They are calculated beforehand so that they coincide exactly. The music is very improvisational at the same time."
(Read the interview with Lavinia Meijer.)

Lavinia Meijer and Heiko Dijker

Harp and tabla form a unique and rarely heard combination. At the same time is her collaboration with Heiko a logical consequence of her earlier projects with Philip Glass. Lavinia says: "When I went to deepen my knowledge in the music of Philip Glass, I discovered that he was in his quest to develop his own style has allowed influenced by the Indian Ragas. His minimal music style is arose largely from the approaches of the Ragas. That was it beginning my curiosity about this music. Because Heiko with whole a lot of patience, passion and dedication made me further acquainted with these fascinating and versatile music, a world opened up for me."


Heiko Dijker

Lavinia takes the world of Indian music in the person of tablet player Heiko Dijker. Heiko walked through India as an 18-year-old and learned tabla from an Indian teacher play. He then continued his studies at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, where some famous Indian tablet masters taught. The leading Indian newspaper The Hindu writes about Heiko Dijker: "Heiko is an ambassador of Indian classical music all over the world".

Soundbite: Heiko Dijker talks about Lavinia Meijer: "Lavinia is moving with her lyrical and virtuoso interpretations of the classic Indian Ragas. Last December we visited a number of top musicians in India and were inspired by mystical temples, colourful chaos and the beauty of India"


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Friday 23 November 2018, 20:00

Lavinia goes India! Lavinia Meijer and the Edesche Concert Hall belong together. Every season Lavinia Meijer plays in the Edesche Concert Hall and each time she brings something new. This time Lavinia tabla player takes Heiko Dijker with him. Together they provide a wonderful evening out in Oriental atmospheres. With harp and oriental percussion, Lavinia and Heiko take you on an exotic journey that takes you past classics from Purcell and Philip Glass to traditional music from India and highlights from the soundtrack to the film 'Lion'.

When and where

Begin time:
Friday 23 November 2018, 20:00

The Edesche Concert Hall. Unheard of acoustics, intimate beauty, one of the most beautiful concert grand pianos in the Netherlands with the very best musicians. From one hour before the start of the concert you are welcome in the Edesche Concert Hall, for example for a cup of coffee in advance. Please note: during the performance we do not grant access to the concert hall The Edesche Concertzaal is unsubsidized and is made possible by Eskes Media / DagjeWeg.NL.

  • Many payment options online;
  • Stage Gift Card OK, also online;
  • Free coffee/drinks/breakfasts;
  • Free wardrobe;
  • Free luxury program magazine;
  • Free and paid parking in the vicinity;
  • ECLive! Listen to the concert again in high quality afterwards (at selected concerts);
  • Enjoy the Edesche Concert Hall Diner at the adjacent atmospheric restaurant Buitenzorg;
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Edesche Concertzaal

Amsterdamseweg 9, Ede

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