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
