Zeist Music Days is an international two-week chamber music festival taking place in Zeist (The Netherlands), that’s being organized every year in August, in 2024 from the 17th until the 30th of August.
It’s an inspiring course full of masterclasses and concerts by internationally renowned musicians. The festival has become a major international event that has received rave reactions from the press and enthusiastic responses from the audience. It is a meeting place for professionals, students, and the public. Since 2009, Zeist Music Days festival has been under the inspiring artistic leadership of Alexander Pavlovsky, first violinist of the Jerusalem Quartet.
The festival offers a series of concerts by world-famous string quartets and soloists, and cross-over concerts at the Moravian Church in the historic surroundings of Zeist Castle. Simultaneously an extensive young talent development program takes place, with daily masterclasses given by renowned musicians, who also perform at the festival concerts. The masterclass program includes a concert tour for the masterclass participants to Utrecht, Odijk and Amerongen. The masterclasses take place at Kontakt der Kontinenten, a conference hotel in the beautiful wooded scenery of Soesterberg, close to Zeist and the city of Utrecht.
This summer Alexander Pavlovskyhas invited Quatuor Ébène, the Belcea Quartet, the Pavel Haas Quartet, Quatuor Modigliani, the Barbican Quartet, Ruysdael Kwartet, the Jerusalem Quartet and pianist/composer Rembrandt Frerichs with his Carroussel. Soloists will include Miguel da Silva (viola), Mark Schumann (cello), Alexander Pavlovsky (viola), Arno Piters (clarinet), Fons Verspaandonk (horn) and Ying Lai Green (double bass), Simon Van Holen (bassoon), Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano), Quirine Viersen (cello) and winner of the Nederlands Viool Concours Salomé Bonnema.
Since 2019 Zeist Music Days is an international partner of Musethica, an education method for exceptionally gifted young musicians.
The Zeist Music Days festival is organized by Stichting Zeister Muziekdagen, the Netherlands.
