Eindless Magazine Mei'25 English by Uit In Eindhoven

2025

Rik Verhalle Mentality and ‘together’ is key

The ‘f’ of food De Miyatakes in Veldhoven

LIVING COLOUR by BRIDGE Guitar Festival Eindhoven

In Concert Hall and Around Town

Dwell on imaging Mathilde & Loubna in dialogue

Uitagenda May Stay tuned, go out!

Storioni Festival Chamber music in unexpected places

Guitar Lovers’ Paradise

COLOPHON May 2025

Eindless magazine is published by the Uit in Eindhoven foundation Editing & publication Loubna Bakra, Claire van der Elst, Yukiko Funakoshi, Ailén Gamberoni, Femke Hoogland, Mathilde Lageman, Moniek Louwers Magazine management & editor-in-chief Lidy Lathouwers Translations Duncan Hollands, STE Languages Photography Eddie Mol, Willem Wouterse Design & Layout Irene Pijnenburg, Zoubida Tulkens, Plan C

Partners ‘Wij zijn Eindless!’ STE Languages, Expat Spouses Initiative Eindhoven, Brainport Development, Eindhoven Airport, Municipality of Eindhoven, > 30 collective cultural organizations, affiliated with the Uit in Eindhoven foundation The following people contributed to this edition: Ineke Hurkmans, Ankita Mukherjee.

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COVERIMAGE • @BRIDGE 2025 - With their mix of rock, funk and metal, hits like Cult of Personality and a rock-solid live reputation, the iconic funk metal band Living Colour is the act to see during BRIDGE. From 28 May to 1 June, Eindhoven will be buzzing with guitar energy!

The power of imagination

There is something special about the month of May. It starts with commemoration and ends in bloom. Freedom is visible and tangible: on a stage, at a table, in the voice of a creator who tells, sings, draws or cooks what wants to be heard.

In this Eindless we meet people who speak out. Who dare to bring something new from their imagination, background or field of expertise. A new form of dialogue. a different language, a dish with mochi on Japanese Children’s Day - at the same time as our Liberation Day. You can read how our regular columnists seek each other out in an intimate duet, and how humour and literature can make you look at reality differently.

We take you to the Wonka Comedy Festival, to the Bridge Guitar Festival and Storioni, to places where children play, and musicians play for their lives. And we join you at Life-F, a Japanese restaurant in Veldhoven, where attention and craftsmanship are central. Let yourself be touched, be amazed, be quiet or loud, but do it with heart and soul. Be who you are, in full freedom. Stay on, go out. This is Eindless.

Lidy Lathouwers

Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Eindless Magazin

In this edition

Soft Landing

The world cresces Endhoven Airport

A Slice of Life

Rik Verhalle about life in Eindhoven

Guitar Lover’s Paradise

BRIDGE with interview and program

Made in Eindhoven e.o.

Local labels found for you

Uitagenda

Concerts, theater, exhibitions & more in May

Storioni Festival

Chamber music on unusual spots

Between Cultures: : Japan

From design to dinner: F Life

Burst your Bubble

An unusual evening for Els van Loon

Duocolumn

Mathilde Lageman & Loubna Bakra

Monthly overview May

What you can’t miss this month

World Flavours & Traditions

Kashiwa Mochi for Japanese Child’s Day

Welcome to Eindhoven Airport

Eindhoven Airport is the gateway to the Brainport region. With direct connections to and from London, Alicante, Budapest and other destinations, the airport brings people closer together for holidays, work or family visits. What remains is that very first impression: the airport is Brabant hospitable and welcomes passengers with an organised service and good connections. This is where your journey begins. Will you join us?

‘ We regularly travel together’

Departure to Lisbon

Antoinette & Inge Verhagen

Age 74 & 44 years • Nationality Dutch

‘We regularly and happily visit Eindhoven. To visit our son, her brother, but also to shop and to take the plane to new cities and countries. We also go to Den Bosch, which is a nicer city, but Eindhoven has much nicer shops. Today we are going to Lisbon together to experience that city. We are going to eat and drink, and I want to visit a museum. I read about an exhibition of classic Dutch works, I don’t know exactly where this is yet, but we will certainly find out,’ says Antoinette. Inge: ‘We are going away for a few days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I have been there before for work and thought it was such a cool city; I want to go there more often. Now I am going together with my mother.’

Antoinette & Inge, mother and daughter, come from the Brainport region. Antoinette is retired; Inge works as a clinical psychologist in Eindhoven

‘I like to eat out and travel a lot to and from the city’

from Valencia

‘A good friend of mine moved to Eindhoven 5 months ago, I’m coming to visit him for a few days. We both lived and worked in Valencia, I still do. I’m an engineer and a real Al-freak. He went to work in Eindhoven as a scientist. It’s my first time in Eindhoven. I’ve heard that there’s a lot of tech and diversity in this region. We’re mainly going to catch up on all the technical gadgets and updates and we’re going to do fun tourist things. After a few months, my friend will probably already know the best hotspots. When I was looking into Eindhoven, I heard that there’s a UFO building: the Next Nature Museum. I think it would be fun to visit this. I’m sure I’ll enjoy it! We’ll probably also go to The Hague and Amsterdam; I’ve been there before. I wonder if I’ll still recognize it.’

Fran is an engineer, studied graphic design and has been living in Valencia, Spain for 3.5 years.

Direct connections, close to home

Eindhoven Airport has 7 million passengers per year, which is an average of more than 18,000 arriving and departing people every day. 53% of them travel on a holiday or a city trip, 33% visit family and/or friends and 14% make a business trip. However short their visit may be the airport strengthens the growth of the region for settling, for living and working, and in economic terms.

Arrival

Fran Age 36 • Nationality Argentinian

With an inspiring quote, Ankita Mukherjee opens the conversation with impactful people from Eindhoven. This time with Rik Verhalle, content strategist at Brainport Eindhoven and advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community, known for organizing Eindhoven Pride and queer events such as Queer Salons and the Queer History Tour. Art photographer Willem Wouterse took the photo from the lookout tower Eindje van Boven, overlooking the station area and the future developments of Knoop XL.

Eindhoven is not a city that reveals itself all at once. Its beauty is subtle, tucked away in its people, its reinvention, and its collaborative spirit. For Rik Verhalle the city has become both a professional canvas and a personal compass. With spring sunshine spilling across the city and magnolias and cherry blossoms blooming amid concrete structures, we sat down to discuss Eindhoven’s quiet strength, the meaning of belonging, and the emerging possibilities of queerness—how it, too, blossoms quietly and defiantly in the most unexpected places.

Rik’s early days in Eindhoven were a bit of a fluke. He chose to study architecture, a decision influenced by a friend, which brought him to the city, where he began working part-time as a tour guide. What began as a job to make ends meet soon transformed into a calling. He recalls his time showing people around Strijp S, the onceneglected industrial area, which felt like unlocking the secrets of the city. “I had the keys to the unknown,” he says, remembering the thrill of opening doors to derelict buildings—spaces once alive with industry, now hushed, waiting for new stories to unfold.

Rik’s work at Brainport Development has deepened his appreciation for the city’s collaborative spirit, innovative mindset, and culture of openness and trust. “What resonates about Eindhoven is that there isn’t one grand landmark or historical monument that defines it—it’s about the mindset and the samen-ness, that collective commitment to doing things together,” he explains. That same grounded, handson ethos—so often summed up by Rotterdam’s Niet lullen, maar poetsen—feels just as much at home here.

Eindhoven’s journey towards inclusivity is especially close to Rik’s heart. When he first joined the local Pride movement, the city lacked a well-organised queer culture. The first Roze Zaterdag event, held a decade ago, was still in its infancy, and many in the queer community felt Eindhoven was not yet ready for a full-scale Pride celebration. People began to ask, “Why don’t we have Pride in Eindhoven?” Rik asked the same—and saw an opportunity to change that. Instead of focusing on a large event, he and a small group of others—Marion, Brendan, and Steffie-focused on building community first. They hosted queer salons—small, intimate gatherings to foster connection and trust. These sessions laid the groundwork for what would later help shape Eindhoven’s Pride. Today, with the Pride walk and increased visibility of LGBTQ+ life in the city, Rik is proud of what’s been achieved. “Eindhoven’s Pride may have started small,” he notes, “but it’s now a lasting symbol of the city’s heart, where people come together to create something meaningful.”

As Eindhoven continues to grow and evolve, it is clear that the city’s true strength lies in its ability to embrace the quiet power of community, where everyone—regardless of background or identity— can find a space to belong and contribute to the collective story.

Rik Verhalle

‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.’”

Margaret Mead

Verhalle

A SLICE OF LIFE

INTERVIEW TOM KETELAAR

From 28th May to 1st June, Eindhoven will be transformed into a true guitar paradise during the BRIDGE Guitar Festival Eindhoven. As the largest and most diverse guitar festival in the Benelux, and with a strong international appeal, BRIDGE brings together musicians, enthusiasts and creators from all corners of the world. For five days, the guitar is central in all its styles, forms and sounds. A lot precedes this. Organisation follows on from the programme, and that makes you curious: what vision do the programmers have for the festival, how do all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place? We ask Tom Ketelaar, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven Programming Manager, to explain the choices made for BRIDGE.

‘You weave the artist and orchestra together to create a programme’

BRIDGE Guitar Festival Eindhoven

Guitar Lovers’ Paradise

When is BRIDGE a success?

‘Practical matters such as setting festival dates and desired locations, holding discussions with artists and orchestras; the first outlines for the festival are made more than a year in advance. In particular, booking big names such as Europe and Living Colour requires a long lead time. We also develop projects specifically for BRIDGE, such as this year’s concert by Dweezil Zappa with the Metropole Orchestra. Then the preparation takes a bit longer, sometimes up to two years. You weave the artist and orchestra together, as it were, and then slowly but surely arrive at a programme. Such productions are the most beautiful parts of BRIDGE, and they make the festival special and unique. BRIDGE is a success if we succeed in presenting all facets as optimally as possible, always with a view to inspiring and enthusing the audience. This means both resounding big names and surprising talent at the city festival Around Town, and ensuring synergy between the performing artists, for example at the Guitar Convention.’

What is this third edition all about?

‘This year, the focus is even more on quality and creating closer coherence between the programme components, in which participation has come to play a greater role. For the sake of quality, we have made the city festival Around Town more compact. Furthermore, this year there are more paid concerts by big international names and more workshops and masterclasses in the Guitar Convention, and there is more coherence between the convention and the concert programme. Active participation during the convention has become even more fun: the growing number of workshops by leading guitarists appeals to the imagination and up to a hundred guitarists can play together using a Guitarcube.

A technological feat that we are proud of! It is important for BRIDGE that the festival appeals to a wide audience. Specific enthusiasts of the acts and guitar freaks, but also young people and students. Everyone can attend the festival in an accessible way.’

What are the programme lines and why?

‘Bridge has several pillars, roughly divided into the concerts for which you need a ticket, the free city festival Around Town, the Guitar Convention and specials, such as the Guitar Spectacle with the Dutch Youth Guitar Orchestra and a metal masterclass at the TU/e. But everything revolves

around that one string instrument. The guitar is the instrument of diversity, the instrument that resonates with everyone somewhere. That is also what we want to show. We do not only opt for the obvious heavy guitar work but instead seek breadth. The guitar, or variants of the instrument, is played all over the world and you can see that at BRIDGE. Take Tinariwen for example, on Sunday 1st June in the Effenaar main hall. They are the kings of African desert blues. Or the band Al-Qasar that play on the Wilhelminaplein the night before: grooving guitar music with influences from Arabic psychedelics.’

‘The guitar is the instrument of diversity, the instrument that resonates with everyone somewhere’

What in this year’s line-up makes your own heart beat faster?

‘I am very proud of this year’s programme. For me personally, two parts stand out. The concert by Dweezil Zappa with the Metropole Orchestra was specially developed for the festival and is going to be incredibly cool. The icing on the cake is the Q&A with Dweezil in the Natlab, where he will tell more about the concert and the work of his father Frank Zappa. Afterwards, an excellent documentary by the Dutch director Frank Scheffer about Frank Zappa will be shown. The city programme Around Town was also very successful this year. I am very happy that we have managed to get DeWolff, the best rock band in the Netherlands, and proud of the breadth and quality of the acts that we have been able to book.’

Are there also artists involved in BRIDGE who will be in Eindhoven for a longer period of time? What can we expect from them?

‘Dweezil Zappa will be in the city for a longer period, with the aforementioned activities. You can meet him there. Classical guitarist and superstar in the making Vera Danilina will also be in Eindhoven for several days. She will give a masterclass at the convention, play with the Gitaarspektakel and give her own solo concert. Vernon Reid and Dough Wimbish, both from Living Colour, will also give a masterclass at the convention, as a prelude to their biggest concert in Eindhoven so far.’

Tom Ketelaar

PROGRAM BRIDGE GUITAR FESTIVAL 2025

TICKETED SHOWS

Part of the festival are separate ticketed shows by the best guitarists in the world. You can buy a ticket per show, so you can put together your own program!

The heart of BRIDGE is formed by a selection of high-quality concerts in the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven and Effenaar, with world-class artists. Some shows are already sold out or almost full.

Shows in Muziekgebouw Eindhoven: Dweezil Zappa & Metropole Orkest (sold out) | Europe (almost sold out)) | Talking Heads’ Remain In Light, played in its entirety by Jerry Harrison en Adrian Belew | Living Colour | Dominic Miller | Vera Danilina Show in de Effenaar: Tinariwen

WED 28 MAY

12:40 | POP, GUITAR, METAL, SPEAKER

Metal in the Making - Masterclass metal of Textures - Gitarist Bart Hennephof

THU 29 MAY

20:15 | POP, 70S, 80S, GITAAR, ROCK

Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew play Talking Heads - Complete performance of Remain in Light

20:15 | Jazz, Gitaar

Dominic Miller - Gitarist van Sting

FRI 30 MAY

20:15 | POP, 80S, CLASSIC ROCK, GUITAR, HARDROCK & METAL

Europe - World famous masters of rock • ASML HEADLINER

SAT 31 MAY

20:15 | POP, 80S, 90S, FUNK, GUITAR, HARDROCK & METAL, INTERNATIONAL TOP, ROCK Living Colour - Legendary funk metal pioneers

FRI 30 & SAT 31 MAY

17:00 | POP, GUITAR

AROUND TOWN

Gratis stadsfestival

BRIDGE Around Town brings the guitar to the city! From intimate cafés to open-air stages: enjoy surprising performances at special locations in Eindhoven. Free access for everyone, discover new talent and unique sounds on every street corner.

Eindhoven is bursting with music. Expect energetic live acts at surprising locations in the city: Café Wilhelmina, M, Dynamo, Café Altstadt, The Jack, Lab-1, Pavilion for Unheard Music and VanMoll.

SAT 31 MAY

11.00 TILL 18.00 | MGE | POP, GUITAR

GUITAR CONVENTION

Trade fair, masterclasses, workshops & live music!

The BRIDGE Guitar Convention is the beating heart of the festival: a vibrant trade fair floor full of gear, brands, demos, masterclasses and meetings with guitar heroes. Test the latest equipment, meet like-minded people and enjoy unique shows!

Visitors to the convention in the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven can discover more than 70 brands, test new instruments and effects, and participate in demos, masterclasses and meet & greets. An absolute highlight is the free performance by jazz legend Biréli Lagrène, exclusively for trade fair visitors.

WED 28 MEI UNTIL SUN 1 JUNI 2025

SUN 1 JUNE

11:00 | NATLAB | POP, SPEAKER

A Zappa Morning - Interview with Dweezil Zappa and screening of Phase II

POP, FESTIVAL, GUITAR, YOUNG TALENT Spectacle Bridge to the Stars

The next generation of guitarists will be given a special stage today during the Youth Guitar Spectacle. In collaboration with schools and cultural partners, children will discover the magic of making music together, resulting in a musical spectacle at a high level. Innovation, participation and community during BRIDGE!

15:30 | CLASSIC, GUITAR, YOUNG TALENT, CHAMBER MUSIC

Vera Danilina - Guitar recital with o.a. Bach & Rodrigo

20:15 | POP, BLUESROCK, FUSION, GUITAR, INTERNATIONALE TOP, ORKESTMUZIEK, ROCK

Dweezil Zappa & Metropole OrkestGuitar virtuoso and son of Frank Zappa

20:00 | EFFENAAR GROTE ZAAL

Tinariwen - Hypnotic desert blues

Versatile BRIDGE

From classical to rock, from flamenco to funk, from jazz to pop, everything is covered. Bridge combines top concerts with education, community and innovation, and offers Eindhoven and the Brainport region a festival experience that is unparalleled. BRIDGE offers more than just concerts. From interactive sessions with guitar heroes to the beloved Gitaarcube, where visitors can jam live under the guidance of professionals. Participation is central. There are also in-depth programmes throughout the year, online content and collaborations with Studio 040 and Gitarist Magazine, among others.

BRIDGE GUITAR FESTIVAL

Living Colour

Guitar Beurs

MADE IN EINDHOVEN

APTUM Lighting The dreamer and the mathematician

Lamps that branch out like a tree, glassware that lights up without electricity, glowing lines in space; APTUM creates its own world of light, and that from the city of light Eindhoven. Tineke Beunders and Nathan Wierink are together APTUM. They met at the DAE and since 2008 they have been creating daydreams together in their design laboratory.

The word APTUM means adaptable. Exactly like their custom-made lighting and lighting installations. Made with the precision and complexity for a perfect fit, like a tailor-made suit for your body. Nice detail; their workshop is located in a monumental building on the NRE site. It was the first power station in Eindhoven.

How beautiful coincidence can be!

Light Forest. Price from € 1,400,For sale via aptumlighting.com

Beekeeping Het Wasven Good for bees and against hay fever

The hay fever season started early this year. Now it is said that eating one teaspoon of local honey every day can help against hay fever, because the honey then contains small amounts of pollen from your region. Every time you eat this, you get a little bit of hay fever. And that is exactly the intention. You get used to the pollen, which means your immune system will go into less overdrive. Beekeeping Het Wasven has delicious honey. The nectar (organically certified) is collected here from flowering flowers from the area. In addition to soothing your own sneezes, you also help your local bee (and beekeeper) by buying a jar. Hatsjoe!

Price € 5.25 per jar. You can find this honey Bio & Stadshoning in the Wasven farm shop. Celebeslaan 30 in Eindhoven or online wasven.nl

Galerie Bonnard

A household name in the art world for over 40 years

Galerie Bonnard has been around since 1984. Owners René Renders and David van der Linden have built up a beautiful collection at their location with over 80 artists from the Netherlands and abroad. Every six weeks they organize an exhibition, often with art that is relatively affordable. The website contains 133 pages of art that you can simply throw in your shopping cart. Wonderful to scroll through when you are bored on the couch on a dull evening. But do go to one of the wellattended exhibition openings of the gallery.

Whitehall Street Subway station in Manhattan New York. Wijnand Driessen Price: € 2,800.For sale via galeriebonnard.com or visit the gallery: Berg 9 in Nuenen

JW Roy Kouwe Kermis

JW Roy writes songs in English, Dutch and Brabantian. Kouwe Kermis is one of the latter genres, Brabantian. Because people hardly have CD players anymore and Spotify is a bit soulless, he wrote a book to accompany the CD. Then you have something in your hands! Eight songs and eight stories.

With Kouwe Kermis, Roy talks about old friends, the beautiful characters from his old village. He sings about the beauty that lies in small things. The everyday of the seventies, eighties. The things that were so normal then and that he can sometimes strongly long for. When Roy wrote Kouwe Kermis, he did not yet live in his beloved Kempen, but now he does. Let’s hope that he can now cash in on part of his longing. ;-)

Book + CD. Price € 27.50 For sale via platomania.nl or at his live shows. Listen to it via Spotify!

Vij5

Publishers of design products

Arjan van Raadshooven and Anieke Branderhorst started Vij5 in 2006 from a designer’s perspective. First, to be able to market their own design products, but that grew into a publisher for products by other designers. The basis is the design of functional and aesthetic design for the interior, and with this Vij5 pays tribute to the craft of the product designer. We are fans!

From their studio on the Hallenweg in Eindhoven they connect designers, makers and buyers. The design publisher collects concepts and brings them together in a collection. Then the production process begins, exclusively by professionals. Vij5 then also personally takes care of the distribution, marketing and sales of the collection.

From A to Z, until the circle is complete.

Various products. For sale via vij5.nl and the showroom, Hallenweg 1E in Eindhoven.

Urban Dance Days

AGENDA

Le Villi & Silenzio

A true Italian opera by Puccini will premiere in the Parktheater on Sunday 18 May. Le Villi is an unforgettable dance opera full of passion, love and mysticism. Giacomo Puccini based his first opera on the age-old Central European myths of the Vilja: young women who died of a broken heart. With Sílvia Sequeira, known from Aria, in the leading role.

What kind of ancestor will you be? Join this game of generations — where your choices matter. Step into the future with Ancestors — an immersive, interactive experience where your smartphone becomes a portal to tomorrow. Create your digital descendants, make world-shaping choices, and explore your legacy. A mix of tech, storytelling, and reflection you won’t forget. Bring your phone. Take a selfie. Change the future. Info and free reservations via FREE reservations via www.tue.nl/sg THU 22 MAY

The Sample Culture Foundation and Parktheater Eindhoven are organizing the Urban Dance Days for the seventh time. The best of urban dance comes together in theatre performances, battles, talks and workshops. Dancers, enthusiasts and curious newcomers can actively participate and feel part of the street and club styles. On Friday we open the weekend with Mystic made by ICK Dans Amsterdam.

PARKTHEATER EINDHOVEN | 20:30 | THEATRE

Het Zuidelijk Toneel

Reigen re-Erected

In ‘Reigen re-Erected’ director Sarah Moeremans and writer Joachim Robbrecht humorously highlight the mysterious and vulnerable sides of lust and love in our time. In a relay of scenes, the players enter a world of security, suffering lovers and pleasure seekers. From tinder date to long-married couple, from webcam girls to asexual and from happy single to open relationship. With free introduction at 19:30. No dutch required. No dutch required

PARKTHEATER EINDHOVEN | VARIOUS TIMES | COMEDY

Wonka Comedy Festival

From Saturday 24 May to Sunday 1 June, the third edition of the Wonka Comedy Festival will take place! This year, there will be comedy in all shapes and sizes, this year even in 9 different languages. For example, the Parktheater will have performances in Dutch, English, Polish, Turkish, Surinamese, Greek, Slavic, Ukrainian and French. A small selection; Rogier Bak - the Dutch comedian who lived in the US for many years, will be on stage on 1 June with his show Made in USA (in English). Jawad Es Soufilaat will let his alter ego loose in SLOEGIE! on 29 May. View all performances online! (See page 17)

Sofie Knijff

Korosh Shahbazi

FRI 2 MAY

MUZIEKGEBOUW EINDHOVEN | 20:15 |

CLASSIC

Cappella Amsterdam & Berlage Saxophone Quartet

Cappella Amsterdam presents, in collaboration with the Berlage Saxophone Quartet and author Jan Brokken, The Righteous. This performance centers around the true story of Jan Zwartendijk, the Dutch consul who helped thousands of Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust. He issued visas that allowed them to find a safe destination via the Trans-Siberian Express and Japan. An impressive story that also explores the journey of the rescued Leo Adler and his Bella Hamburg, who after six years of fleeing, reached New York but still longed for their original continent and language.

Robert Plant presents Saving Grace featuring Suzi Dian

Rock legend Robert Plant is coming to Muziekgebouw Eindhoven with his musical project Robert Plant presents Saving Grace ft. Suzi Dian! The iconic former Led Zeppelin vocalist leads this special ensemble, collaborating with singer Suzi Dian and a talented band featuring Tony Kelsey, Matt Worley, and Oli Jefferson. Together, they deliver a unique mix of reinterpretations of Plant’s solo work, Led Zeppelin tracks, traditional songs, and classic blues, country, and folk music. With Saving Grace, Robert showcases his deep affinity for an intimate, understated atmosphere, where subtlety and musical finesse take center stage.

TUE 13 MAY

MUZIEKGEBOUW EINDHOVEN | 20:15 |

Mariza

The influential R&B and soul singer Macy Gray is coming to Muziekgebouw Eindhoven for the first time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her debut album On How Life Is. Since her breakthrough in 1999 with the triple platinum album and the worldwide hit I Try, she has become an icon, with over 25 million albums sold and a Grammy to her name. Over the years, she has collaborated with legends such as Bobby Brown and Ariana Grande. Tonight, Macy Gray will perform not only her classics but also other major hits. She is finally bringing her raw voice and deep soulful feeling to Eindhoven for an unforgettable evening!

The Mozambican-born Mariza grew up in the traditional Mouraria district of Lisbon. Here, she was captivated at a very young age by the musical culture that fills every corner of the neighborhood: fado. She quickly became a local phenomenon, with her name resonating far beyond borders. With more than 30 platinum albums and an impressive list of national and international awards, she has become one of the most beloved fadistas. Now, she returns to Muziekgebouw Eindhoven with new music and favorites from her stunning repertoire.

WED 7 MAY

PARKTHEATER EINDHOVEN | 20:00 | MUSIC

Queen The Music Show must go on!

Dynamic, energetic and bursting with enthusiasm! QUEEN The Music surprised with their first show and approached it differently! Now a completely new show, with four vocalists on the front for another wonderful evening of enjoyment! All the big hits are played, such as: ‘I Want it All’, ‘Under Pressure’, ‘I Want to Break Free’, ‘Somebody to Love’, ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, ‘We Are The Champions’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘The Show Must Go On’, ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ and of course ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’!

10 mei | Catharinakerk | 15.00

Fontys Young Musicians Academy 14.25 Carillon playing by Rosemarie Seuntiëns

17 mei | Catharinakerk | 15.00

Accordion orchestra Veloce with Leo van Nierop Brel, Wammes, Vierne: 1e Orgelsymphonie

24 mei | Catharinakerk| 15.00

Music in the Cathrien - Storionifestival Slotconcert workshops en masterclasses

31 mei | Catharinakerk| 15.00

Organ Music in the Cathrien Willeke Smits (Leiden) Pärt, Parry en Messiaen

7 juni | Catharinakerk | 15.00

Collegium Musicum Catharina conducted by Arjan van Baest Eric Satie, o.a. Messe des Pauvres

14.25 Carillon playing by Rosemarie Seuntiëns

14 juni | Catharinakerk | 15.00 Glenn de Roo, giutar. Granados, Albéniz

21 juni | Catharinakerk | 14.00 – 16.00

Composer’s Day

CoMa; Collegium Vocale Eindhoven

Koormuziek van o.a. Hanneke van den Boomen, Chatrou, Vonk, De Jong en Van Baest

28 juni | Catharinakerk | 15.00

Organ Music in the Cathrien Jo Louppen Rheinberger, Elgar, Nieland, Matter MUZIEKGEBOUW EINDHOVEN | 20:15 U

Sint Catharinakerk

Begijnenhof 2 Eindhoven ticket sale via muziekindecathrien.nl

The Wieners play The Everly Brothers Special request!

The Wieners brengen een eerbetoon aan The Everly The Wieners play The Everly Brothers – special request!

The Wieners pay tribute to The Everly Brothers. Expect an evening filled with timeless hits and harmonies that made the duo world famous. And the audience will decide which songs The Wieners will perform tonight. Enter your favorite Everly Brothers song! That can be a big hit, such as Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, Bird Dog or Let It Be Me, but forgotten gems are also welcome!

The Francis and Dominic show

What do you get when you combine the most popular and hilarious soprano, Francis van Broekhuizen, with the most charming and funniest British double bass player, Dominic Seldis? An entertaining musical show and a stunning concert. Stories about opera, conducting, large orchestras and who has the most celebrities on their phone, are discussed. Through their favorite music you get to know the other side of these beloved classical musicians!

FRI 16 MAY

MUZIEKGEBOUW EINDHOVEN | 20:15 | CLASSIC

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest & Lorenzo Viotti Warwick

The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra has experienced golden years under the leadership of star conductor Lorenzo Viotti. His intense, shared concert experience sparked a revolution and filled concert halls. Now, he bids farewell as chief conductor with an impressive program. Together with pianist Alexandre Kantorow, winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition and praised by The Times as ‘the real deal’, Viotti delves into Brahms’ deeply personal First Piano Concerto. In Bartók’s masterpiece, he allows ‘his’ Nedpho musicians to shine once again. A grand farewell to Lorenzo Viotti. Don’t miss this unique evening!

WED 28 MAY UNTIL SUN 1 JUNE

MUZIEKGEBOUW EINDHOVEN | FESTIVAL

BRIDGE Guitar Festival Eindhoven

BRIDGE Guitar Festival Eindhoven is the largest and most diverse guitar festival in the Benelux, taking place for the third time in the Brainport region from Wednesday, May 28 to Sunday, June 1.

The festival connects genres, cultures, and communities, placing the guitar, the most played instrument in the world, at the center. From classical to blues, jazz, rock, flamenco, and pop, everything is covered! In addition to performances by Dweezil Zappa, Europe, Living Colour, Tinariwen, Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew, Dominic Miller, and Vera Danilina, there will be educational workshops, interesting masterclasses, and the freeaccess BRIDGE Around Town. A unique event where music, technology, and culture come together!

Kamermuziek op onverwachte plekken

Tijdens het Storioni Festival klinkt klassieke kamermuziek op verrassende locaties: van een skatepark en Paviljoen voor Ongehoorde Muziek tot de TU/e en de werkplaats van Piet Hein Eek. Onder het thema Verbinding komen topmusici samen in unieke concerten, waaronder een meeslepende avond met Brahms en Piazzolla in het Muziekgebouw en een muzikale dinerervaring met verteller Thom Hoffman. De bijzondere samenwerking tussen jonge conservatoriumtalenten en urban artiesten maakt het concert in Area 51 tot een absoluut hoogtepunt.

Storioni verrast ook buiten de concertzaal, met optredens bij de kastelen Geldrop en Heeze en een muzikale fietstocht. Het Outreach Programma maakt muziek toegankelijk voor mensen die niet vanzelfsprekend naar de concertzaal kunnen komen: er klinkt dan kamermuziek bij zorglocaties Ons Thuis en Vitalis Wilgenhof. Ook zijn er speciale tarieven voor jongeren en voordelige (lunch)concerten.

PROGRAM STORIONI FESTIVAL 2025

WED 21 MAY

TU/Eindhoven, De Blauwe Zaal | Storioni Goes University | 12:40

Quatuor Iro, Storioni Trio, Bruno Tobon, Daniël van der Hoeven

Kasteel Heeze, De Muziekkamer | 16:00

Bart van de Roer, Quatuor Iro

Het Koetshuis | 20:00

Storioni Trio, Veriko Tchumburidze, Tomoko Akasaka, Nil Kocamangil, Andreas Langenbuch, Hervé Joulain, Helka Seppälä, Bram van Sambeek

THU 22 MAY

Muziekgebouw Eindhoven | Lunchpauzeconcert | 12:30

Paddington Trio, Bruno Tobon, Daniël van der Hoeven

Muziekgebouw Eindhoven | Vurige Liefde | 20:15

Storioni Trio, Liza Ferschtman, Ivan Karizna, Tomoko Akasaka, Janne Valkeajoki

Indrukwekkend kamermuziekconcert in MgE. Expressief programma met werken van Brahms, Clara en Robert Schumann, Golijov en Piazzolla.

FR 23 MAY

Paviljoen Ongehoorde Muziek | Lunchpauzeconcert | 12:30

Storioni Trio, Paddington Trio

Kasteel Geldrop | La Douce France | 20:00

Bart van de Roer, Giovanni Epasto, Storioni Trio, Hervé Joulain, Andreas Langenbuch, Veriko Tchumburidze, Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort

SAT 24 MAY

Catharinakerk Eindhoven | Storioni Trio | 15:00

Piet Hein Eek, Werkplaats | Noorderlicht | 20:00 Storioni Trio, Veriko Tchumburidze, Elaine Ng, Hervé Joulain, Andreas Langenbuch, Giovani Epasta, Janne Valkeajoki, Nil Kocamangil, Helka Seppälä, Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort

Het noorderlicht: al sinds mensenheugenis een inspiratiebron voor kunst, mythologie, literatuur en muziek. Met Noord-Europese componisten als Sibelius en Grieg, maar ook onbekende parels staat dit concert volledig in het teken van dit magische natuurfenomeen. Een programma om écht van te genieten.

SUN 25 MAY

Muziekgebouw Eindhoven | Storioni op zondag | 12:00

Storioni Trio, Veriko Tchumburidze, Tomoko Akasaka, Elaine Ng, Nil Kocamangil, Janne Valkeajoki

Piet Hein Eek, Grand Café | Dinerconcert | 18:00

Storioni Trio, Janne Valkeajoki, Thom Hoffman, Giovanni Epasto, Alain de Rudder, Andreas Langenbuch

In vier gangen serveert chef Erling de mooiste, hyperlokale producten uit Eindhoven en omstreken. Thom Hoffman verbindt de avond met verhalen, binnen een voor Storioni ontwikkelde muzikale productie. Speelse Finse volksmuziek van Lasse Pihlajamaa, barok van Rameau en jazzy klanken van Martinů’s La Revue de Cuisine

TUE 27 MAY

Area 51 | Storioni Goes Urban | Spoken word, breaking, krump, BMX | 19:00

Storioni Soloists, Storioni Trio

Naar skatepark Area 51 voor spannende cross-overs van klassiek en urban met het Storioni Trio, lokale urban artiesten. Werken van Bach, Sjostakovitsj en Schubert bijvoorbeeld, in combinatie met BMX, urban arts, spoken word. Mede-initiator concertmeester Residentie Orkest Wouter Vossen: ‘Deze samenwerking belooft een spectaculair evenement te worden!’

WED 28 MAY

TU/Eindhoven, De Blauwe Zaal | These Are the Names | 20:00 Storioni Trio, Thom Hoffman

THU 29 MEI

Deze voorstelling, gebaseerd op het boek van Tommy Wieringa, is slechts één keer te horen op TU/Eindhoven, en vindt plaats in complete duisternis.

Wielercafé Cyklist | Storioni’s op de fiets | 11:00

Storioni Trio

Interview Bart van de Roer

Storioni sparks with connection

Those who think that chamber music only belongs in a concert hall have not yet heard of the Storioni Festival. For years a permanent fixture on the Eindhoven cultural agenda, the festival, led by pianist and co-founder Bart van de Roer, is increasingly venturing into the city. This year, new forms of connection through music are emerging amongst BMX riders, sawing machines and international students.

From the Muziekgebouw to the workshop

The Storioni Trio - Bart van de Roer and Marc and Wouter Vossen - has been organizing the chamber music festival since 2007, which once started in the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven. But that is no longer the only place where chamber music can be heard. ‘We want to break through the wall of the stage by going into the city,’ says Bart van de Roer. ‘Like at Piet Hein Eek, where we are in the middle of the workshop amongst the sawing machines. Each location gives a concert its own colour. That makes it exciting, for the audience and for us. Area 51 on Strijp-S, a centre for urban culture, has also been included as a programme location this year. ‘Actually, the most illogical place for a chamber music concert,’ he laughs. ‘But the amount of wood makes fantastic sounds.’

Connection

This year’s theme is connection. A theme that perfectly matches the Storioni Festival genre: chamber music. Bart: ‘Chamber music is about the interplay between the artists, without a conductor. You are jointly responsible for the performance. This equality and interaction is reflected in the way the festival is designed. In collaboration with Area 51, the Storioni Festival developed a unique programme in which classical musicians connect with urban artists such as BMX riders, dancers and spoken word performers. ‘Precisely because the worlds that come together are so far apart, the theme comes

to life most powerfully in this performance.’ And that is necessary, according to Bart: ‘I see that bubbles are created in society, in which people no longer want to be surprised. These sorts of projects break through that.’ He sees the effect up close: ‘Artists who are, for example, in spoken word and then suddenly hear classical string music. That touches me. On the other hand, it is precisely the classical musicians, who are taken along in the passions of urban artists.’

The festival invites musicians from all over the world. Some are regular guests; newcomers also get a stage. ‘We have set up a lunch concert for young and new talent. They come from all corners of the world and the excitement is there, that they suddenly play together and challenge each other during the concert. Sparks are created and you can be there.’

Varied and adventurous

Bart calls this year’s programming ‘adventurous and varied’. “There are three of us founders and each brings his own ideas. Just like a chef, you look at what should be on the menu: tapas alone is not enough, you also want a hearty dish.’ The menu is tailored to each location: ‘A traditional piece fits in a castle, in another place you want something special. Like a kind of surprise menu, in which unknown composers also get a place. Those are often pieces that people still talk about afterwards.’

‘We want to break through the stage wall by going into the city’

A new and special project this year is the English-language performance at TU/e: ‘These Are the Names’, based on the book by Tommy Wieringa. Actor Tom Hofman tells the story of refugees searching for their identity. A current theme, told entirely in the dark. ‘We did the performance itself last summer in Finland and in Dutch. Now we’ll see if we can get the people we hope to reach, internationals, into the audience. That’s exciting.’

Challenge

Although organizing a festival is financially and logistically challenging, Bart is proud of what is being achieved. ‘We visit places that are typical for Eindhoven and try to capture the identity of the city in that way. Last year we started with Area 51 as an experiment. Now it is a conscious part of our story. In this way, we continue to seek out collaborations and add new elements every year.’ Such as a musical bike ride: ‘We start at Cyklist cycling café and along the way there are short concerts at surprising locations. It suits us as a trio to keep thinking with an open mind: How can we make it even more exciting this year?’

Sit down and see what happens

For Bart van de Roer, chamber music is indispensable in the current era: ‘There is nothing more beautiful than listening to each other on stage and responding to each other. Together you create a moment that moves the audience. For the doubters, he has a clear message: ‘Come and listen. Don’t think classical music is not for me. Let yourself be surprised, that is the approach of the entire festival. Sit down and see what happens.’

STORIONI FESTIVAL

FILE- SANDRA MONNEE | IMAGE STORIONI FESTIVAL/MELLE MEIVOGEL/WILLEMIEKE FRANK

Bart van de Roer

EINDHOVEN LIBRARY

Crafts & Coffee: Learn Crochet/ Crochet Workshop

Join us for a cozy and creative crochet workshop where you’ll learn the basics of this meditative craft in a relaxed, small group setting. Whether you’re brand new to crochet or just need a refresher, this beginner-friendly workshop is the perfect place to start!