At the request of the Vermeulen Foundation, Lidy Blijdorp and Tobias Borsboom recorded Matthijs Vermeulen’s First Cello Sonata. The cd also contains works by Franck, Debussy and Boulanger. Den Haag: 22 January, Paris: 31 January.
Poulenc cello sonata with Pascal Rogé. In February 2025 Lidy recorded Poulenc’s cello sonata for Onyx Classics, as part of a project of all Poulenc’s works, with Pascal Rogé and Elena Font. Recorded in London, this exceptional collection will be…
In November 2024 Lidy performed Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Zeeuws Orchestra under the baton of Ivan Meylemans in three different concert halls. Lidy’s performance was ‘deeply personal, bold, and captivating, with unique phrasing, delicate silences, and fresh interpretation—emotionally charged,…
In September 2024, Lidy Blijdorp performed Henriette Bosmans’ cello concerto alongside five outstanding musicians: violinists Pieter van Loenen and Floor Lecoultre, violist Hannah Strijbos, hornist Hanna Guirten, and pianist Tobias Borsboom. The orchestral parts were beautifully transcribed by Tobias Borsboom.
On 8 June 2024 Lidy performed the Sjostakovitsj cello concerto with the Naarden Chamber Orchestra in MCO concert hall Hilversum, conducted by Carel den Hertog.
The NMF (Dutch Instrument Foundation) allowed me to look for a top cello bow. After searching and trying for many months, I found the perfect bow: a French ‘Persoit’, built in 1850, one of the best of its kind and…
In September and October 2023 the Trevor Grahl double concerto was performed again on 9 different locations. Soloists were Lidy Blijdorp and Sebastiaan van Halsema. The concerto, Lightweight, is full of effects, timbre-related and theatrical. The music is often festive…
In November 2023 Lidy Blijdorp performed the Kabalevsky Cello Concerto with Symphonic Orchestra Nijmegen, conducted by Frans-Aart Burghgraef, who was conducting his last concert with this orchestra. The program was called ‘Passion and Pathos’. The concerts were held in Zutphen…
On 1st October 2023 Lidy played two concerts with artist in residence of Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Alexandre Tharaud, titled Montrez-moi vos mains.
Cellobiënnale 2022: Lidy played a new double concerto by Trevor Grahl with Sebastian van Halsema. In September and October 2023 this concert will be played again on 9 different locations in The Netherlands.