WAT IK DOE
WAT WE SAMEN KUNNEN AANPAKKEN
WAT IK LEERDE
WINNER
UNESCO Award 2011
‘Young Artist for intercultural dialogue between the Arab and Western worlds’
“Outstanding endeavours to break down boundaries through music” – Jury of UNESCO Award
“Merlijn Twaalfhoven is a fantastic composer whose music is full of a vitality and energy that I find inspiring and beautiful”
David Harrington – Artistic Director Kronos Quartet
“I not only enthusiastically support this initiative, but I also look forward to connecting it to my own work with citizen musicians and artists in the United States and around the world.”
Yo Yo Ma
“Merlijn Twaalfhoven wondered: ‘Why should my music always be played in a concert hall? Why not right in the midst of society?’ (…) These are the kinds of questions we should all be asking.”
Jet Bussemaker – Dutch Secretary of Culture