Winteravonden aan de Amstel

28/03/2026

With warmer days around the corner, we're reminiscing about the heartwarming winter nights during the 2025 Winteravonden aan de Amstel Festival! What a fantastic edition we had, exploring the theme of 'Vuurvogels' with musicians and audience alike. 🔥

Thank you to everyone who came out to support us and made this year a success. A special thank you to all our musicians, volunteers, festival visitors, and the entire festival team!

The 2025 Winteravonden aan de Amstel Festival wouldn't have been possible without the support of all our funds, sponsors, partners and the venues that hosted us. Thank you and see you next year! 👏

Funds
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Sena, Zabawas , Cultuurfonds, WE Jansenfonds, MBT Fonds, Gravin van Bylandt Fonds, Mr. August Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds, Stichting Orlanda Goban

Sponsors & Partners
Global Connect Admin B.V., KaMuKoza, Amsterdam Fashion Academy

Venues
OBA, De Balie, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, De Waalse Kerk, ARTIS

28/03/2026

With warmer days around the corner, we're reminiscing about the heartwarming winter nights during the 2025 Winteravonden aan de Amstel Festival! What a fantastic edition we had, exploring the theme of 'Vuurvogels' with musicians and audience alike. 🔥

Thank you to everyone who came out to support us and made this year a success. A special thank you to all our musicians, volunteers, festival visitors, and the entire festival team!

The 2025 Winteravonden aan de Amstel Festival wouldn't have been possible without the support of all our funds, sponsors, partners and the venues that hosted us. Thank you and see you next year! 👏

Funds
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst , Sena, Zabawas , Cultuurfonds, WE Jansenfonds, MBT Fonds, Gravin van Bylandt Fonds, Mr. August Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds, Stichting Orlanda Goban

Sponsors & Partners
Global Connect Admin B.V., KaMuKoza, Amsterdam Fashion Academy

Venues
OBA, De Balie, Conservatorium van Amsterdam , NS , Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ , De Waalse Kerk , ARTIS

19/01/2026

With almost a month gone since the 2025 Winteravonden aan de Amstel Festival held its final concert, we are still blown away by the quality of the performances given by our amazing artists! What a festival to be a part of - new pieces, new people, new memories 🥰

Thank you to all of our amazing public for coming out to support this year’s festival! We couldn’t do it without you!👏

08/01/2026

The masks have been donned, the drinks poured, the fire lit and the musicians have taken the stage - Winteravonden aan de Amstel 2025 is a wrap!

We closed out the festival with the event of the season - Diaghilev’s Masquerade! With performances by pianist Olga Pashchenko , cellist Lidy Blijdorp and pianist Andrey Gugnin, ensemble Qusion , violinist Nadia Wijzenbeek, pianist Jeroen Sarphati and mezzo-soprano Fee Suzanne de Ruiter. The night was an fiery finale full of color and life with costumes and masks thanks to Amsterdam Fashion Academy!

Thank you to our wonderful public for giving us your time and attention - we can’t wait to see you back next year! Stay tuned for more pictures and memories from Winteravonden aan de Amstel 2025!

📸 Filipe Cardoso

19/12/2025

🔥Diaghilev’s Masquerade🔥

Tomorrow we bring Winteravonden aan de Amstel to a close with an evening full of colour, imagination and contrast.
A musical masquerade — just as Sergei Diaghilev might have imagined.

🎭This is a true masquerade, so come dressed up and let your creativity speak. At the end of the evening, a jury will award the most beautiful costumes.

🎫The programme features music by Arensky, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns, performed by outstanding musicians including Olga Pashchenko, Lidy Blijdorp, Andrey Gugnin, Nadia Wijzenbeek, Ensemble Qusion, Jeroen Sarphati and Fee Suzanne de Ruiter.
With a special Ballets Russes–inspired improvisation by Ensemble Qusion (on video).

This concert is in collaboration with the

🎥: Filipe Cardoso

17/12/2025

Originally scored for orchestra, arranged by Darius Milhaud, and reimagined through piano preparations by Alexei Lubimov, these sounds echo an entire ensemble.

We have seen Lubimov and Slava Poprugin on Monday night at the Winteravonden aan de Amstel— and today, Lubimov is at Amsterdam Conservatory passing this unique language on in his masterclass.

16/12/2025

A concert to remember forever. Yesterday marked Alexei Lubimov’s final performance, a deeply moving farewell featuring Debussy.

Andrey Gugnin performed Stravinsky’s Petrushka and The Firebird.

Slava Poprugin joined Alexei for works by Stravinsky and Satie’s Cinéma on prepared piano.

Be sure to check out our full program and don’t miss these extraordinary performances!

15/12/2025

Het was prachtig, gisteravond.
Ook na te luisteren via deze link:
https://www.npoklassiek.nl/uitzendingen/avondconcert/019879e9-b2dc-736c-8180-eb6d528d7121/2025-12-14-avondconcert

Winteravonden aan de Amstel brengt meesterlijk recital door topviolist Marc Bouchkov en pianist Ohad Ben-Ari in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ...

15/12/2025

The festival has begun with still so much to come!🔥
Make sure to secure your tickets for one of our events, it’s going to be an unforgettable experience.

Link in bio🎟️

13/12/2025

Get in the Firebirds spirit with Ritual Dance of the Fire played by pianist Ivan Petrenko!

Today we kick off the 2025 Winteravonden aan de Amstel Festival with a concert given by Jonge Strijkers Nederland & students of the Davidsbündler Academy.

This new generation of artists has chosen works to complement the Firebirds theme, and Ivan gives us a quick look at this fiery piece by Manuel de Falla 🔥

Join us today at 13:30 at the Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam for this Young Talent Concert and stick around for a literary concert of Schilderijententoonstelling with cellist Lidy Blijdorp, pianist Tobias Borsboom and Jan Brokken, featuring texts from The Discovery of Holland as they explore Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition from a Dutch perspective.

12/12/2025

Morgen gaan we van start!
Vanaf 13.30 uur zijn de eerste concerten in De Waalse Kerk met het Jong Talent Concert, een literair concert met Jan Brokken, Lidy Blijdorp en Tobias Borsboom en 's avonds het officiële openingsconcert met sterpianiste Olga Pashchenko en muzikale vrienden uit het Concertgebouworkest.
Van harte welkom!
Kijk hier voor alle informatie: https://www.winteravondenaandeamstel.nl/programma-2025