28 June 2018 | 12:30-13:30 | Groeneweg 1, 8911 EH Leeuwarden, The Netherlands This year Leeuwarden, the capital of Friesland, the Netherlands is the European Capital of Culture. Nico de Villiers, pianist and Richard Hageman scholar, and Asing Walthaus, journalist at the Leeuwarder Courant, will present a lecture on an orchestral overture ‘In A Nutshell’ by the Leeuwarden-born American Oscar-winner composer …
Richard Hageman Society celebrating 2018 European Capital of Cultural
29 June 2018 | 20:00 | Wilhelminaplein LC-hoofdpodium, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands Nico de Villiers founded the Richard Hageman Society to further research and the performance of works by Richard Hageman on an international platform. In this collaboration between the Richard Hageman Society and CityProms Festival, the North Netherlands Orchestra will perform the European premiere of Richard Hageman’s currently unpublished overture …
Blankensee Summer Music Festival
14 April 2018 | 18:00-20:00 | Kirchenzentrum Waldfrieden, Am Waldfrieden 52, 14959 Trebbin OT Blankensee, Germany Lewisham Choral Society & Johannischer Chor Berlin Nico de Villiers – Conductor, Piano Jens Lehmann – Conductor After the joint concert in Lewisham in October 2016, the Lewisham Choral Society are delighted to be singing once again with Johannischer Chor Berlin as part …
A Masterclass with William Bolcom
1 June 2018 | 15:00 | St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA Nico de Villiers presents singers and pianists from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to the celebrated American composer William Bolcom. This event is a part of the St. John’s Smith Square Americana ’18 festival in celebration of the Leonard Bernstein centenary. Siân Dicker – Soprano …
Treitler Quartet and Nico de Villiers
16 June 2018|19:30| St. Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3SR Nico de Villiers joins the Swedish Treitler Quartet for a performance of the Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, op. 81 at the Wensleydale Concert Series. Programme: Joseph Haydn – String Quartet No 2 in C major Op. 20 Valborg Aulin – String Quartet No 1 in F major Op. …
Rhapsody in Blue
10 July 2018 | 19:30 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8XX In a programme entitled Transatlantic Rhapsodies the Lewisham Choral Society explores works by Jonathan Dove, James Lark, Randall Thomson and Eric Whitacre. Nico de Villiers and James Orford will perform George Gershwin’s celebrated Rhapsody in Blue arranged for two piano. Programme: Jonathan Dove: The …
Edith Wiens Residency
9 January 2018 | 14:00 | Silk Street Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street, Barbican, EC2Y 8DT The renowned Canadian soprano Edith Wiens will be in residence for a week at the GSMD. Nico de Villiers will be the official accompanist for all the private sessions as well as the public masterclass.
Crear Masterclass Scholar
25 January-2 February 2018 | Crear, Kilberry by Tarbert, Argyll, PA29 6YD Nico de Villiers has been selected as one of three pianists to participate in the intensive master course for singers and pianists at Crear lead by the renowned pianist Malcolm Martineau. Individual blog posts documenting this extraordinary experience are to follow.