Grachtenfestival - Isabel Pronk & Michela Amici

Isabel Pronk - tango opera

Isabel Pronk is - to put it briefly - versatile. She is a theater-maker and mezzo-soprano, and in 2022, she created her first feminist tango opera "Her Soliloquy, a tango opera by the women of today. With this, she won the Grachtenfestival pitch, among others. She sang solo with orchestras such as Pynarello and toured with Holland Opera in the youth opera 'Reinaert de V.'. This coming season, she is touring the country as a Dutch classical talent finalist for her new theatrical concert, 'When it gets dark'.

Michela Amici - baroque to new

Italian harpist Michela Amici specializes in both historical and modern harp, playing repertoire from Baroque to new compositions composed especially for her. She was artist-in-residence at both the Gaudeamus Festival and Dag in de Branding and premiered many modern works. In addition to her music studies, she received her degree in architecture cum laude from the University of Bologna.