MAARTJE RAMMELOO
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Mozart concert in Dreischor
25 Nov 2018
With immense pleasure have I sung my first mass in c minor by Mozart. With Florilegium Musicum, an orchestra playing on period instruments. This mass has the most beautiful music but I must admit: I was a little nervous about the technically highly difficult aria 'Et incarnatus est'.
About 10 years ago when I studied with world renowned soprano Edith Wiens in Salzburg, we were told this aria was the most difficult one there was and we should stay away from it as long as possible, haha! But I am so happy to sing it now: it is heaven!! Here you can see how the rehearsal went:
LIVE BROADCAST OF SCHUBERTS STABAT MATER
08 Nov 2017
Super excited about the upcoming weekend! You can watch and/or listen to a live broadcast of Schuberts Stabat Mater online! The concerts are friday night 20.15 and sunday morning 11.00.
With the Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus lead by conductor James Gaffigan.
Hope you can tune in for this beautiful piece!
MAURITS FESTIVAL
04 Sep 2017
Together with colleague (Bassoon player Tamara Smits) I started a new chamber music festival called Maurits Festival!
We both encountered numerous colleagues who happened to be from the same town as us: Geleen. And all of them regretted that they hardly ever played or sang there. So we thought: why not organise this ourselves? It started out with just one concert but slowly it grew into a whole festival!
The festival will take place the 21st until the 24th of September in and around Geleen. Multiple concerts, a workshop and I will even give a lecture about my exciting life as a singer!
For more information check out the website.
OUR GREATEST PRODUCTION...
13 Oct 2016
After all that we have produced on stage, this year my husband (tenor Jan-Willem Schaafsma) and I enjoyed our greatest production so far: the birth of our beautiful daughter Kiki!
Everyone is in good health and I will be back to work immediately to sing first Flowermaiden in Wagners Parsifal at the Dutch National Opera! The show must go on... :)
NOMINATED FOR THE GRACHTENFESTIVAL PRIZE 2015!!!
13 Apr 2014
This is such great news! I feel completely honoured to be nominated for this award. You can't enter this competition yourself but you have to be nominated by the festival and after that a jury of music critics of the biggest newspapers in The Netherlands pick 5 young musicians who they believe will have a bright (international) carreer ahead of them....
The jury will come and see us, nominees perform and we will present ourselves to the audience on wednesday August 19th. This presentation and the award ceremony will be broadcasted live on Dutch television and radio.
Again, I feel very honoured and even if I don't win, I see the nomination as a reward for all the hard work I have put in the last few years!
OPENING CONCERT CHURCH MUSIC FESTIVAL OSLO WITH CAPRICCIO STRAVAGANTE
14 Mar 2014
Two weeks ago I performed Campra's 'l'Europe Galante' with the wonderful orchestra Capriccio Stravagante in Oslo. My first experience with French Baroque music and I'm still very much overwelmed with it's effect on me. I knew the music before but because of the beauty of this orchestra I fell completely in love with the music of Campra, Lully, Rameau, Lambert and others. And I thought I would just share this with you. It's a recording of the orchestra under the baton of the marvelous Skip Sempé, not of me.... :)
REMEMBRANCE CONCERT FLIGHT MH17
What a day! Yesterday was a day full of emotions and sadness but also a lot of love and support. I am so grateful I could play a little part in the remembrance ceremony that took place yesterday for the victims of the tragic planecrash of the MH17.
It was hard to sing for so many sad people struggling with the loss of their loved ones but it made me very humble and whole at the same time. I think we all felt the power of music very well yesterday!
The event was beautifully organized with a lot of care and consideration, so thank you to all those who worked hard to make this day so very special. And thank you in particular to those brave familymembers who touched our hearts with their personal stories.
I wish all the survivors of the victims of the MH17 a lot of strength and love and:
Pie Jesu, dona eis requiem aeternam...Give them eternal rest.
Tuesday November 11 2014 – 12.35 PM
REMEMBRANCE CONCERT FLIGHT MH17
I am asked to sing the beautiful Pie Jesu from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem at the remembrance concert for the victims of the flight MH17 which suffered a terrible crash last summer in the Ukrain. I feel incredibly honored and together with all the other musicians and speakers, I hope it will be a touching and healing event for all those involved.
You can follow it live on television: Monday November 10th, 1 PM on all Dutch tv stations.
Saturday November 1 2014
LUCY IN THE TELEPHONE (MENOTTI) IN SWEDEN
The Nederlandse Reisopera asked me to sing the role of Lucy in the small Menotti opera 'The Telephone' in their new partnership with Göteborg Opera.
A great opportunity since I really came to love the country after my stay for the Stenhammer competition last june! For performance dates check my calendar!
Thursday September 5 2014
MORE PERFORMANCES DURING THE GRACHTENFESTIVAL:
'High notes from Downunder'
An hommage to the Dames of Downunder: Nellie Melba, Joan Sutherland and Kiri Te Kanawa
Monday August 18, 3 PM, Waalse Kerk Amsterdam
Classical Music Rave
You can party to classical music, just you wait!
Friday August 22, from 23.00 till ??
REPRISE OF CANDIDE AT THE GRACHTENFESTIVAL
Next week, on the 19th and 21st of August, the Candide production of the Nederlandse Reisopera of 2009 will be reprised for the Grachtenfestival. Maartje will again play the role of Cunegonde. The production is in Dutch, in the translation of Willem Wilmink. It will take place in the beautiful garden of the Hilton hotel in Amsterdam.
More information about tickets check out the website of the festival here!
Thursday August 14 2014
FINALIST STENHAMMAR COMPETITION
Last week Maartje was a finalist of the Wilhelm Stenhammar Competition in Sweden. Despite of an unfortunate illness she sang Verdi’s 1st act aria of La Traviata and ‘Ach ich Liebte’ from Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Mozart with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra lead by Maestro Nader Abbassi.
In the paper her performance was mentioned as a highlight: “The soprano Maartje Rammeloo from the Netherlands had both an elegant slender and lyrical voice in the Mozart aria, but also demonstrated strength and lots of expression in Verdi’s La Traviata. Excellent.”
Sunday June 22 2014
COVER LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
I’m very happy to tell you I will be covering the role of Lucia di Lammermoor with De Nederlandse Opera in february! It’s a great opportunity for me to learn this enormous role and work with amazing people like stage director Monique Wagemakers and conductor Carlo Rizzi!
Sadly it I will not be singing performances yet, but there are plenty other concerts in which you can hear me sing so check out my calendar!
Wednesday january 15 2014
FINALIST CABALLÉ COMPETITION!
I’m happy to inform you, I was a finalist at the Montserrat Caballé Competition in Zaragoza, Spain! I got to meet some amazing people including Signora Caballé herself! It was a great honor!
As soon as I have more (professional) images from the event, I will share them on this website.
Wednesday september 18 2013 – 9.56 PM
Maartje and the legendary soprano Montserrat Caballé
