Guitar and Mandolin Orchestra

Concertagenda

Thursday - June 15th at 19.00 hours: ZWOLLE - Evening ´Talent Concert´: The Orkest van het Oosten (The Orchestra of the East) conducted by Candida Thompson with Ferdinand Binnendijk (mandolin) in the concerthall of the Nieuwe Buitensociëteit in Zwolle (Netherlands). This concert is a special initiative of the Orkest van het Oosten that aims to bring young musical talent under the attention of a broad music loving public. Three young music students were selected from a large group of competitors by the jury of the Orchestra, as being talents on their instruments. All the participants, studying music at music schools or with private teachers in the Dutch province of Overijssel, had to play a programme of about 20 minutes of their own choice and convince the jury of their capability to perform well on stage. As a reward the chosen finalists are offered the change to play during the so-called ´Talent Concert´ of the Orkest van het Oosten on the 15th of June this year. This time the chosen talents are Alain Pondman on Saxophone, the Violinist Martine Stigt Thans and the Mandolinist Ferdinand Binnendijk. Programmed, among other works, is the Mandolin Concerto No.1 in d-minor composed by the American composer John Craton for solo Mandolin and String orchestra. Ferdinand Binnendijk, a 15 year old promising young Mandolinist who studies the Mandolin with Alex Timmerman at the Center of Art Education ´De MUZERIE´ in Zwolle, will première this nearly 20 minutes three movement Concerto with the Orkest van het Oosten. Ferdinand Binnendijk (mandolin) with Het Orkest van het Oosten conducted by Candida Thompson. Thursday June 15th, at 19.00 hours in the Nieuwe Buitensociëteit in Zwolle. The Nieuwe Buitensociëteit is located opposite the train station. Photo: Ferdinand Binnendijk © AT 2006