Nieuwe Blik Terug: Florence Price & Margaret Bonds (Dutch spoken)

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Musician, presenter and documentary maker Orville Breeveld put together a series for the Kleine Zaal in which he puts the spotlight on composers of Afro-origin. The series Nieuwe Blik Terug offers a story about the power of music. Breeveld: 'Nieuwe Blik Terug tells stories about greats that we wrongly do not know well, important composers, people who fought for freedom and wrote the most beautiful music. The history of black people is close to my heart. These composers are historical figures who deserve all the attention, black greats from music history, we should be proud of them. I want to tell about them so that they stay on our radar.'

Florence Price, Margaret Bonds and Majoie Hajary

'Imagine: you enter the Small Hall', says Breeveld, 'it's buzzing with energy. You see so many different people, a reflection of the city of Amsterdam that I love so much. I take the listeners on a journey, and as vividly as possible I tell them about the composers of Afro-origin who stole my heart.'

Tonight, Breeveld will discuss three female composers: Florence Price, the first African-American woman whose symphonies were taken seriously, according to Breeveld. Composer and pianist Margaret Bonds, who celebrated successes in both classical and popular music during her lifetime and then fell into oblivion.

She was the first African-American musician to perform as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. And Majoie Hajary, the composer and pianist who was born in Suriname and whose turbulent life took her all over the world. Soprano Imara Thomas performs works by these composers with pianist Tony Roe.

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