Broken World - Eline Verkuijl

A young Dutch Tori Amos

As a performing classical pianist and singer-songwriter, Eline Verkuijl also creates her own musical theater performances. A young Dutch Tori Amos who draws inspiration from nature, love and all the human challenges that come with it. With her project 'Broken World' she performs a new song cycle in collaboration with string quintet and percussion in which the challenges of being human are identified and musically processed. With her English-language music, Eline wants to share her fascination for life and take the audience along in the search for self-love and freedom.

About shame and sadness

“Everyone knows shame and sadness, but we don't learn enough how to bear this together. We build walls, shoot down defense mechanisms or sink into depressions. People close their hearts and live from their heads. Unfortunately, some even choose death. It sometimes seems as if we live in a world broken into a thousand pieces, in which we try to desperately hold on to things that were never actually meant for us. We leave a piece of ourselves everywhere until we are so fragmented that we have no idea who we are anymore. But we do get hurt, so can't we just do life our own way? Believe in ourselves and enjoy existence, with all its beauty and challenges?” This concert takes place in the Zonzij hall.