Programme 

Holland Festival x OBA: In perspective

What perspectives on art and society do authors like Daisy Hildyard offer, and how do artists use books as a source of inspiration for a performance? Discover the festival programme through literature.

Welcome to a Night in Asbestos Hall

Bar Bario, Suzy Blok

A night of pulsating frequencies in collaboration with curator and cultural advisor Suzy Blok and Bar Bario.

One Ocean

Small Island Big Song

Artists from islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans bring an ode to resilience, culture and the ecological vulnerability of their habitat. Live music and film footage interweave traditions and generations into a Gesamtkunstwerk.

Atlas Orchestra

Joël Bons, Atlas Orkest

Atlas Orchestra brings over 40 musicians from various cultures together in a unique and exciting sound palette in which centuries-old instruments converge in an entirely new composition.

Introduction: Atlas Orchestra

Frederike Berntsen, Joël Bons

Introduction on the Atlas Orchestra.

We Are The House: Salon

Tomoko Mukaiyama

Tomoko Mukaiyama transforms Likeminds into a home where tradition and innovation come together. With tea ceremonies, performances and conversations.

Ring of Our Time

World Opera Lab, Miranda Lakerveld, Balaan Tumaan ensemble, Sanjat Band, Oworonshoki performers, Colectivo Sujuy Ja’

Forty artists from Nigeria, Iraq, Indonesia, Mexico and Northern Europe joining forces to create a new opera. An epic, ecological tale for our age, in which myths, rituals and music from five different civilizations meet. 

In C

Sasha Waltz, Het Nationale Ballet

Dance performance set to Terry Riley’s legendary minimalist composition In C, in which the individual dancer’s creative freedom must relate to the group.