biography
‘From a hazy dream to a fierce attack: Blijdorp can do anything!’
– De Volkskrant
biography
‘From ahazy dream to a fierce attack: Blijdorp can do anything!’
– De Volkskrant
Lidy Blijdorp is a Dutch cellist known for her narrative power, expressive range and adventurous programming. She performs as a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist, with a repertoire ranging from the classical canon to newly commissioned works. Her debut CD Journeyers received two Edison Awards.
Lidy graduated cum laude from The Hague, Amsterdam and Paris Conservatories, where she studied with Monique Bartels and Michel Strauss. After that she obtained her Artist Diploma at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel with Gary Hoffman.
Lidy Blijdorp performed as a soloïst with among others the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, the State Hermitage Orchestra of St. Petersburg, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège and the Residentie Orchestra.
Lidy has broad musical interests and a passion for discovering new music. The following pieces have been dedicated to Lidy Blijdorp: Elegie for cello and orchestra by Sergei Yevtuschenko(2013) Lidy’s Piece by Kate Moore (2016), Cello Song–as If by Dutch composer Ig Henneman (2018), Alex, how is it going with your Cello Concertino? by the Georgian composer Alexandre Kordzaia (2020), a double concerto by Trevor Grahl (2022) and the cello concerto Trailblazer by the Dutch composer Joel Bons (2022).
Lidy has received prizes at the Prinses Christina Concours, the Charles Hennen Concours, the Amsterdam Cello Biennale, the Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Concours and the Prix de l’Académie Maurice Ravel.
'Commendable virtuoso playing'
– BBC Music Magazine
Her recent and upcoming projects bring the cello into many different musical settings. With the Nederlands Kamerkoor, she joins the premiere tour of Rob Zuidam’s The Great Alone. She also appears with Cappella Amsterdam in Polderklanken, a programme devoted to Dutch choral music, and with Pynarello in Macho’s, a theatrical baroque project for cello, ensemble and breakdance.
Lidy has the honour of playing Anner Bylsma’s beautiful Farotti cello and a Persoit bow, both lent to her by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation.
Lidy Blijdorp is a Dutch cellist known for her narrative power, expressive range and adventurous programming. She performs as a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist, with a repertoire ranging from the classical canon to newly commissioned works. Her debut CD Journeyers received two Edison Awards.
Lidy graduated cum laude from The Hague, Amsterdam and Paris Conservatories, where she studied with Monique Bartels and Michel Strauss. After that she obtained her Artist Diploma at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel with Gary Hoffman.
Lidy Blijdorp performed as a soloïst with among others the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, the State Hermitage Orchestra of St. Petersburg, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège and the Residentie Orchestra.
Lidy has broad musical interests and a passion for discovering new music.
The following pieces have been dedicated to Lidy Blijdorp: Elegie for cello and orchestra by Sergei Yevtuschenko (2013) Lidy’s Piece by Kate Moore (2016), Cello Song–as If by Dutch composer Ig Henneman (2018), Alex, how is it going with your Cello Concertino? by the Georgian composer Alexandre Kordzaia (2020), a double concerto by Trevor Grahl (2022) and the cello concerto Trailblazer by the Dutch composer Joel Bons (2022).
'Commendable virtuoso playing'
– BBC Music Magazine
Lidy has received prizes at the Prinses Christina Concours, the Charles Hennen Concours, the Amsterdam Cello Biennale, the Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Concours and the Prix de l’Académie Maurice Ravel.
Her recent and upcoming projects bring the cello into many different musical settings. With the Nederlands Kamerkoor, she joins the premiere tour of Rob Zuidam’s The Great Alone. She also appears with Cappella Amsterdam in Polderklanken, a programme devoted to Dutch choral music, and with Pynarello in Macho’s, a theatrical baroque project for cello, ensemble and breakdance.
Lidy has the honour of playing Anner Bylsma’s beautiful Farotti cello and a Persoit bow, both lent to her by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation.