The lecture of Christine Ballman on the lute day of 2023 has a written copy here. Tom Van Eygen gives us some insight in his research about the lute. André Nieuwlaat has written many letters in concordance with the long ricerchare in the Siena manuscript. Thanks to the digital version you can also see all the original tablatures available on the website.
Continue reading “Yearbook 2023”
Today we receive a selection of photos from Jordi Vives i Batlle de Notre Journée du Luth 2023 réussie.
Continue reading “Looking back on Lute Day 2023”
Our annual lute day will be on Sunday, October 15. Traditionally, this takes place at the Music Academy of Woluwe-St-Lambert, Av. des deux Tilleuls/Tweelindenstraat 2a, 1200 Brussels.
Continue reading “Belgian Luteday 2023”
As an ardent enthusiast of the lute, that impossible instrument, Peter Decleyn has had the privilege for several years now, almost every day, of spending some time between the sounds of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. A few months ago, by chance, an idea grew into a small project in his ceramics studio, which he conveniently called ‘testudo’: a number of free associations born of the lute, its shape and the often so mysterious titles of the repertoire.
Continue reading “Exhibition Testudo”
The Dutch Lute Association is once again organizing an event around the lute during and in collaboration with the Utrecht Early Music Festival. These International Lute Days around the Style galante focus mainly on an aspect of the lute that has received little attention until now: the role of the lute in chamber music as it developed in the course of the eighteenth century.
>> Read more …
The Dutch Lute Foundation had the film made to reach more people than just with the festival itself and are happy with the result. The film was made by Daniël Brüggen, recorder player and teacher at, among others, the Royal Conservatoire and also a filmmaker. He has several music videos and music documentaries to his credit.
>> read more …
Our annual lute day will take place on Sunday, October 15. Traditionally, this takes place at the Music Academy of Woluwe-St-Lambert, Tweelindenstraat 2a, 1200 Brussels.
Continue reading “Luteday 2023”
The Renaissance course will be the perfect opportunity to spend time with like-minded musicians, and to develop your skills under the guidance of a world-class team of tutors, led by Clare Wilkinson voices and course director, Giles Underwood voices, Jacob Heringman lutes and John Bryan viols.
>> read more …
The search for traces of Dowland in Europe is getting more and more exciting, especially now that there are possible connections with Joachim Van den Hove and many more. You will also receive some more information about the new annotated edition of all the lute works that Phalèse published and you will receive five pages of music for free to play yourself. Finally, the written record of the lecture that Christine Ballman gave on the lute day of 2021.
>> read more …
Concert of Italian and French 16th century lute music, Saturday 29 October at 8 p.m.
Three-day course open to players of all levels from 30th October to1st November 2022.
