cellist Lidy Blijdorp

Winteravonden aan de Amstel
2025-12-20 20:15 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Waalse Kerk, Walenpleintje 157-159, Amsterdam, 1012 JZ
Performance during the final concert.

Amsterdam: Salon De IJzerstaven
2025-12-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Salon de IJzerstaven, Bickersgracht 10, Amsterdam, 1013 LE, Netherlands
Christmas recital. Artist in residence-concert. Lidy Blijdorp (cello), Alexandr Shaikin (piano) and Yunmo Zhang (flute).

Den Haag: CD presentation concert
2026-01-22 20:15 - 22:15 | Paleiskerk, Paleisstraat 8, 's-Gravenhage
with pianist Tobias Borsboom
Presentation of our new cd with cello-piano works by Franck, Debussy, Boulanger and Vermeulen.
We delve into the world of the Société Nationale de Musique in this programme of late-romantic and early modern French chamber music. César Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Piano was transcribed, with the composer’s approval, by Jules Delsart. Nadia Boulanger’s Trois Pièces for cello and piano date from 1914. These lyrical and playfully virtuosic works are proof of the master pedagogue’s extraordinary talent for composition. Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano conjures up images of nocturnal encounters, in a form and proportions that are almost classical. A performance of this Sonata in Amsterdam in 1918 after Debussy’s death inspired Dutch composer Matthijs Vermeulen to write a cello sonata of his own. Shortly after, Vermeulen moved to France, where he would work as a journalist and keep composing until after the Second World War. With seven symphonies and a wide array of chamber music works to his name, we present Vermeulen’s Sonate pour violoncelle et piano here.

Bloemendaal, Opening concert
2026-01-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Dorpskerk, Kerkplein 20, Bloemendaal, 2061JD
Works by Bach, Beach, and Bacewicz.

Paris, CD presentation concert
2026-01-31 20:00 | Temple de Port Royal, 18, Boulevard Arago, Paris, 75013, France
Temple de Port Royal
avec pianist Tobias Borsboom
On explore l’univers de la Société Nationale de Musique dans ce programme consacré à la musique de chambre française de la fin du romantisme et du début du modernisme. La Sonate pour violon et piano de César Franck a été transcrite, avec l’accord du compositeur, par Jules Delsart. Les Trois Pièces pour violoncelle et piano de Nadia Boulanger datent de 1914. Ces œuvres lyriques et virtuoses sont la preuve du talent extraordinaire de la grande pédagogue en matière de composition. La Sonate pour violoncelle et piano de Debussy évoque des images de rencontres nocturnes, dans une forme et des proportions quasiment classiques. Une interprétation de cette sonate à Amsterdam en 1918, après la mort de Debussy, a poussé le compositeur néerlandais Matthijs Vermeulen à écrire sa propre sonate pour violoncelle. Peu après, il s’installe en France, où il travaille comme journaliste et continue à composer jusqu’après la Seconde Guerre mondiale : sept symphonies et un large éventail d’œuvres de musique de chambre sont à son catalogue. Nous présentons ici sa Sonate pour violoncelle et piano.
We delve into the world of the Société Nationale de Musique in this programme of late-romantic and early modern French chamber music. César Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Piano was transcribed, with the composer’s approval, by Jules Delsart. Nadia Boulanger’s Trois Pièces for cello and piano date from 1914. These lyrical and playfully virtuosic works are proof of the master pedagogue’s extraordinary talent for composition. Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano conjures up images of nocturnal encounters, in a form and proportions that are almost classical. A performance of this Sonata in Amsterdam in 1918 after Debussy’s death inspired Dutch composer Matthijs Vermeulen to write a cello sonata of his own. Shortly after, Vermeulen moved to France, where he would work as a journalist and keep composing until after the Second World War. With seven symphonies and a wide array of chamber music works to his name, We present Vermeulen’s Sonate pour violoncelle et piano here.

Amsterdam, recital with Tobias Borsboom(piano) and Eleonore Pameijer (flute)
2026-02-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Huis De Visscher, Keizersgracht 269, Amsterdam
House concert on Tuesday evening, 17 February, at Huis de Visscher, Keizersgracht, Amsterdam. The programme includes two works from the new CD.
Performers: cellist Lidy Blijdorp, pianist Tobias Borsboom, with flautist Eleonore Pameijer. Works by Henriëtte Bosmans, Nadia Boulanger, Claude Debussy, Rosy Wertheim and Géza Frid. Ticket purchase & reservations: info@leosmitfoundation.nl

Baarn: Solo cello recital
2026-04-10 20:00 - 21:30 | Villa Berg en Dal, Jacob van Lenneplaan 12, Baarn
Programme featuring works for solo cello, including a suite by J. S. Bach.

Amsterdam, Salon de IJzerstaven: Allegra Quartet
2026-05-04 16:00 - 17:30 | Salon de IJzerstaven, Bickersgracht 10, Amsterdam, 1013 LE, Netherlands
Remembrance concert with Rosanne Philippens, Nadia Frissen, and Hannah Strijbos.

Oranjewoud: concert met Rosanne Philippens en Hannah Strijbos - Copy
2026-05-23 00:00 | Oranjewoud Estate, Museum Belvedere, Oranje Nassaulaan 12, Oranjewoud, Netherlands
Bach Prelude nr. 10 in e klein BWV 855
Mozart Allegro uit duo nr. 1 in G majeur KV 423
Beethoven Strijktrio in c-klein op 9 nr. 3
Sibelius Strijktrio in g-klein
Kodály Intermezzo voor strijktrio
Françaix Strijktrio

Voorschoten, Duivenvoorde concert met Rosanne Philippens en Hannah Strijbos
2026-07-07 20:00 - 22:00 | Dorpskerk Voorschoten, Kerkplein 2, Voorschoten, 2251 BS
