cellist Lidy Blijdorp

Cruquius: concert with Rosanne Philippens (violin) and Hannah Strijbos (viola)
2025-03-01 16:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Kunstfort, Fortwachter 1, Vijfhuizen
Two concerts and dinner at Kunstfort.

Kasteel Geldrop: Recital with Tobias Borsboom
2025-03-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Kasteel Geldrop, Mierloseweg 1, Geldrop
With a.o. the beautiful Rachmaninoff cello sonata and Moussorgsky’s Pictures of the Exhibition.

Uithoorn: recital with Floor Le Coultre
2025-03-16 14:30 | De Schutse, De Merodelaan 1, Uithoorn, Netherlands
With compositions by Bach, Vasks, Kodály and others.

Amstelkerk Amsterdam: recital with Pianist Lestari Scholtes
2025-03-23 16:00 | Amstelkerk, Amstelveld 10, Amsterdam
Compositions by Chopin and Bach.

NPO2 Podium Klassiek: Bosmans Cello Concerto
2025-04-06 18:15 | NPO 2, TV, TV
First movement of the 2nd Cello Concerto arranged for six musicians.

Vlissingen: Bosmans Cello Concerto
2025-04-20 11:30 | Fletcher hotel Arion, Boulevard Bankert 266, Vlissingen, 4382 AC
Arranged for six musicians by Tobias Borsboom. With Tobias Borsboom (piano), Pieter van Loenen (violin), Tim Brackman (violin), Hannah Strijbos (viola) and Hanna Guirten (horn).

's-Gravenhage, Paleiskerk: Rhapsodie Español
2025-05-15 20:15 | Paleiskerk, Paleisstraat 8, 's-Gravenhage
Recital with pianist Tobias Borsboom. Music by Spanish and Argentinian composers.

Klassiek in Simonshaven: Solo Recital
2025-05-16 20:00 | Theater de Stoep, Theaterplein 1, Spijkenisse, 3201DH
Solo recital with compositions by a.o. Bach and Ligety

Soest: Recital with Tobias Borsboom
2025-05-18 15:00 | Cultureel Centrum de Rank, Soesterbergsestraat 18, Soest
Music and wine. With a new arrangement of Moussorgsky’s ‘Pictures of an Exhibition’ and the Rachmaninov cello sonata.

Cévennes, Festival Chahut!: Four Quartets
2025-08-08 19:00 - 21:30 | Le Temple, Le Temple, SAINT-GERMAIN-DE-CALBERTE, 48370, France
With Jeroen Dupont, Sophie Guille des Buttes, violin and Arabella Bozic, viola.
Quartets by Arvo Pärt, Antonin Dvorak, Erwin Schulhoff, and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Amsterdam Grachtenfesitval: Laureate's concert
2025-08-16 00:00 | Amsterdam Grachtenfesival, To be announced, Amsterdam
Performance during the laureate’s concert during the Amsterdam Canals Festival with this year’s winners.

Salon 'De IJzerstaven': recital with Tobias Borsboom
2025-08-17 16:00 | Salon de IJzerstaven, Bickersgracht 10, Amsterdam, 1013 LE, Netherlands
Artist in residence-concert. Lidy Blijdorp and Tobias Borsboom play a recital with a.o. the Bosmans cello sonata

Schiermonnikoog: Moby Dick
2025-10-05 20:30 - 22:30 | De Stag, Langestreek 23, Schiermonnikoog
Performance with Joséphine Olech (flute) and Tobias Borsboom (piano) during International Chamber Festival.

Schiermonnikoog: Dutch Discoveries
2025-10-06 13:30 - 14:30 | De Stag, Langestreek 23, Schiermonnikoog
Performance Tobias Borsboom (piano) during International Chamber Festival: Bosmans cello sonata

Bussum Spieghelkerk: Bosmans Cello Concerto
2025-10-17 20:15 | Spieghelkerk, Nieuwe 's-Gravelandseweg 34, Bussum

Paris, Dutch Embassy: recital with pianist Pascal Rogé
2025-10-24 19:30 | Hotel d’ Avaray, 7 Rue Eblé, Paris, 75007, France
Performance of works including Poulenc’s Cello Sonata at the Dutch Embassy.

Ruurlo: Literary Concert with Tobias Borsboom and Jan Brokken
2025-11-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Kulturhus, Nieuweweg 5, Ruurlo
Jan Brokken reads from his book ‘De Rechtvaardigen’, about the rescue of many Jews from the Baltic States in World War 2. Lidy an Tobias accompany the story with Hebrew music.

Den Haag: Performance during 'Nacht van de Vrijdenkers'
2025-11-20 19:30 | Nacht van de Vrijdenkers, disclosed later, Den Haag
During the story night you meet people from different centuries through theater and music. All this in special, secret and enchanting locations.

Dordrecht, recital with Tobias Borsboom
2025-11-24 19:30 - 20:30 | Trinitatiskapel, Vriesestraat 22, Dordrecht, 331 KD
With a.o. Moussorgsky Paintings of an Exhibition

Nunspeet: Literary Concert with Tobias Borsboom and Jan Brokken
2025-11-25 20:00 - 22:15 | Veluvine theater, F.A Molijnlaan 186, Nunspeet, 8071 AK
Jan Brokken reads from his work, Lidy an Tobias accompany the story with Lidy’s arrangement of Moussorgsky’s Pictures of an Exhibition.

Winteravonden aan de Amstel
2025-12-13 16:30 - 18:30 | Waalse Kerk, Walenpleintje 157-159, Amsterdam, 1012 JZ
Literary Concert with Tobias Borsboom (piano) and Jan Brokken (writer). With Lidy’s arrangement of Moussorgsky, Paintings of an Exhibition, and Jan Brokken’s story.

Winteravonden aan de Amstel
2025-12-20 20:15 | 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
