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De Curaçao Art Circle is een non-profit organisatie die zich sinds 1935 bezighoudt met het organiseren van muziek- dans-, theater- en andere kunstevenementen op Curacao. De laatste jaren heeft de Art Circle zich beperkt tot het organiseren van concerten en muziektheater omdat de andere disciplines op eigen wijze hun evenementen vorm geven. Waar mogelijk faciliteren we extra voorstellingen voor kansarme groepen.

Volg het laatste nieuws op onze Facebook pagina: De Curaçaosche Kunstkring.

Komende evenementen onder auspiciën van de Curaçao Art Circle:

2025

Sunday 9 November 2025
Cello and Piano concert "Songs without Words" (watch the promo video clip here for an impression)
Chapel, Huize Scherpenheuvel
11:00-12:15 hrs with coffee/tea/juice and treats afterwards. 

Tickets at Mensing's Caminada, Van den Tweel (Zeelandia only), Sentro di Pago and Tu y Yo. Or buy your ticket online at Caribbean Ticketshop.

Jitske van Buuren (cello) and  Ilja Huang (piano) present a colorful mix of music you know and love - from timeless classical pieces to iconic film themes and popular melodies. A program full of emotion, energy, and variety, performed with style and heart. With special contributions in cello duets and quintets by guest cellists Manuela Ríos, Dana Cranko, Lia Pollitt and Flore Jansen.

Location: Chapel, Huize Scherpenheuvel. Kaya Fraternan di Skèrpènè 17, on top of the hill, East wing of the large white 'monastery' building.

About Jitske van Buuren:

Jitske (from the Netherlands) began cello lessons at the age of nine with Sim van Leeuwen (Borne) and later with Mechteld Lindeboom (Enschede). During this time, she played in the Twents Youth Symphony Orchestra. At home, music-making was a family activity, often with her father at the piano and sometimes joined by her sister on the violin.  Later, Jitske participated in YOU!XL, a talent development program in collaboration with ArtEZ Conservatory and Kunst & Cultuur Overijssel. Through this program, she performed at concerts, played in various ensembles, and received several lessons from René Berman, principal cellist of the Gelders Orchestra. With her cello quartet, she reached the finals of “YOU!XL The Battles.”
During her music therapy studies, she continued cello as her main instrument and was taught by René Geesing, principal solo cellist of the Oost Nederland Orchestra. At that time, Jitske also performed with the East Nederlands Symphony Orchestra.
Before and during her studies, Jitske played in various ensembles, often with other string players (string quartet, cello quartet), but also regularly in duo with piano or in trio settings (with violin or flute). Within her studies, she frequently collaborated with the ‘Pop Academy’ and ‘Media Music’ programs, gaining extensive stage and studio experience in different formations.
As a guest musician, Jitske performed with several orchestras, including as principal cellist and soloist with Harmonie Orkest Twente during a concert competition.
As a solo cellist (accompanied by piano), Jitske participated in the Britten Competition in 2013 and twice in the Princess Christina Competition in 2012 and 2014, where she was awarded an encouragement prize for her performance of “Hungarian Rhapsody” by David Popper.

Ilja Huang, piano. Jitske is accompanied by local pianist Ilja Huang, who already has a long track record of organizing and playing in concerts in Curaçao and the Netherlands. Starting at age 7, Ilja had lessons from het mother, Greet Huang, and later continued with Iman Landheer. She also played the violin for several years, and was part of the Curacao Youth Orchestra, from Eric Gorsira. In the Netherlands she studied with Fred Oldenburg at the Conservatory in Enschede, where she graduated for her piano soloist and chamber music piano in 1992.

Zaterdag 23 augustus 2025, 7 pm, Landhuis Bloemhof:
Filmavond met "MASS: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers" van Leonard Bernstein - Landhuis Bloemhof (zat. 23/8)
Curaçao Art Circle organiseerde vanwege het 90-jarig bestaan speciaal voor de leden en geïnteresseerden een vertoning van een videoregistratie van "Mass" van Leonard Bernstein. "Mass" van Leonard Bernstein is “A Theatre piece for Singers, Players and Dancers”, geschreven in 1971 voor de opening van het John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Het was de tijd van Jesus Christ Superstar, Woodstock en het uittreden van veel geestelijken. In "Mass", met meer dan 200 zangers, instrumentalisten en acteurs, volgen we de innerlijke strijd van de hoofdrolspeler, de Celebrant, in een melange van liturgische muziek in het Latijn, klassiek, jazz, folk, blues, rock en musical. Kevin Carthy gaf een inleiding bij de vertoning.

Foto uit de opname van "Mass"

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