The Courage to Leave

4+ (group) performers

Indoor and outdoor

Orchestra

1 hour

4x5m minimum with violinist Emmy Storms

DE, ES, FR, NL, EN

Singer/actor Kees Scholten and pianist Margreet Markerink bring with humor the poetic performance "The courage to leave". Sung Dutch translations of well-known and lesser known Argentine tango's. If you finally want to know what all those tango songs are about. Winners jury prize Kleinkunstfestival Utrecht May 2018!
Piano and (part of compositions) : Margreet Markerink. Voice text and direction : Kees Scholten
Special guest : Emmy Storms (violin)

After her classical studies at the conservatory she specialized in arranging and performing Argentinean Tango music under the supervision of well-known pianist/composer Gutavo Beytelmann and bandoneonist/pianist Carel Kraayenhof at the Rotterdam Conservatory. She also released the album "Moving Friends" in 2017

Kees Scholten (1958) graduated from the Maastricht Drama Academy in 1984. He played with various theatre companies such as Scholengroep Centrum (at the time of Maria Goos), Art&Pro by Frans Strijards and Els inc. around director Arie de Mol. At the end of the 1980s Kees Scholten came into contact with Jef Hofmeister and later founded Het Volksoperahuis with him, where he has been both actor and singer as well as director ever since.
Margreet Markerink (piano/arrangements/compositions) has played for many years at home and abroad in Istanbul, Minnesota, Finland, Lissabo, Granada tm Buenos Aires and the USA. Winner Choclo award for new tango compositions.
Emmy Storms (violin) is a soloist with many major orchestras, and plays in all major venues in the Netherlands and abroad, including the concertmaster of Ciconia Consort. She has won several prizes including the Princess Christina Competition, Herman Krebbersprijs ea.

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