30 August 2026 · 15:00 · Musis Arnhem
La Dame — a staged song-cycle for one voice, chamber ensemble, and the things that can’t be put into words.
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."
Plato
In 2026, Dutch Chamber Fest takes a different path. No applications, no competition, no Grand Prix. Instead: a single staged concert that asks a deeper question — what chamber music can become when it turns into theatre.
La Dame is the answer.
She walks past — slender, distant, almost weightless. She won’t look back. She never stays.
La Dame begins there: with a glimpse of something beautiful and already gone. What follows is one woman’s inner world — her memories, her longings, the feelings that refuse to become words. A staged song-cycle, woven from chamber music, cabaret, and everything in between.
The journey starts in Ravel’s world: refined, elegant, emotionally sealed. The distance feels permanent. But gradually, it gives way. Into the jazz-lit nights of Kurt Weill. Into the warm irony of a habanera and the bitter freedom of the Alabama Song. Into Youkali — Weill’s dream of an impossible place where love stays and nothing is ever lost — and then, without warning, Stravinsky’s Tango: cold, mechanical, pitiless.
Tickets for La Dame — Dutch Chamber Fest 2026 are available via Weeztix.
| Date | Saturday, 30 August 2026 |
| Time | 15:00 |
| Venue | Musis Arnhem |
| Price | To be announced |
A single afternoon. One story, told in music — from Ravel’s elegance to Weill’s cabaret, through Poulenc’s collapse and Shostakovich’s shadow dance.
Dorpshuis Schaarsbergen Kemperbergerweg 804 6816 RX Arnhem
Arriving of all participants 09.00 - 09.30
We are welcoming all participants at the Dorpshuis Schaarsbergen Kemperbergerweg 804 6816 RX Arnhem
Official opening 09.30
Opening of the festival, presentation of students, teachers, organizers, guest families, venues and schedules.
First workshop session 10.00 - 13.00
First 3 hours of individual lessons with one of the teachers
Lunch, forming first ensembles 13.00
Lunch, discussing the setting of ensembles, little break before next ensemble rehearsing sessions.
Workshops 14.00 - 18.00
First ensemble rehearsing
Dinner 18:00 - 19:00
Little student try-out concert 19.30 - 20.30
First try-out of ready ensembles at the Dorpshuis Schaarsbergen Kemperbergerweg 804 6816 RX Arnhem
Lookback moment 20.30
Dorpshuis Schaarsbergen Kemperbergerweg 804 6816 RX Arnhem
Workshops/lessons 09.30 - 12.30
Lunch 12.30 - 13.30
Workshop/lessons 13.30 - 16.00
Improvisation workshop by Johan van der Linden 16.00 - 17.30
Dinner 18.00
General rehearsal for the Final Concert on the 31.08 in Musis 20.00
Lookback moment 21.00
Dorpshuis Schaarsbergen Kemperbergerweg 804 6816 RX Arnhem
Last lessons/ensemble rehearsals 09:00 - 12.00
Lunch 12.00 - 12.45
Rehearsal at Musis, Arnhem 13.00- 15:00
Closing concert at Musis, Muzenzaal Arnhem 15:30 - 17.00
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