early music carillon festival The third edition of the Early Music Carillon Festival once again places the Dom carillon in the limelight. Every Festival day there will be a carillon concert that is thematically linked to the 2013 Early Music Festival – #Europe. Utrecht’s city carillonneur Malgosia Fiebig will play a leading role, however she has also invited several of her pre-eminent colleagues to participate. Upand-coming talent will be showcased in the carillon fringe. Not for the faint-hearted: during the carillon concerts on 24 and 31 August fifteen persons will be admitted to make the ascent and enjoy a close-up view of the carillon, while on 25 August a guided tour for children will take place. On 31 August at approximately 22.00 VJ on the Dom beats Baroque will begin: a magnificent open-air spectacle on the Domplein. This is the crowning event of the festivities surrounding the third centenary of the Treaty of Utrecht. The Dom carillon will be played live and combined with the sounds of five other European carillons. The Dom tower itself will be transformed into a gigantic projection screen upon which the new media collective Born Digital will give full rein to its creativity. Later that evening the concert will turn into a DJ mix featuring the DJs Kypski and Francesco Tristano. VJ on the Dom has been organised in a unique collaboration between the Utrecht Early Music Festival, the Gaudeamus Music Week, the Utrecht Carillon Society, the city carillonneurs Arie Abbenes (emeritus) and Malgosia Fiebig, the computer artists Born Digital and the Treaty of Utrecht.
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