ArtsTalk Radio Holland
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago -ArtsTalk Radio reports on all aspects of the arts in Holland, in English. We are affiliated to ArtsTalk Magazine.
We broadcast interviews with important figures in the arts as well as presenting previews, reviews and news of theatre, opera, exhibitions, classical, jazz, literary events, rock and much more besides. We concentrate on the west of the Netherlands - Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam and everything in between and to Utrecht in the east
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Episodes
We are at MAURITSHUIS in The Hague and the VERMEER CENTRE in Delft, plus a song from RONLEY TEPER
March 19, 2021 10:20 - 33 minutes - 76.2 MBSouwie Buis is with WENDY FOSSEN of Casa dell'Arte at the MAURITSHUIS in The Hague talking about the exhibition FLEETING - SCENTS IN COLOUR which is all about smell. Michael Hasted (@16.30)talks to LOUK VAN RIET at the VERMEER CENTRE in Delft plus (@12.40) there's a song from RONLEY TEPER
MAKING FOR PARADISE a short story by ATA BURCHARDT read by CAIT DAVIS
February 13, 2021 09:40 - 20 minutes - 47 MBA mother and her two small daughters struggle for survival in the chaos of post World War Two central Europe. They are taken off a train, along with two nuns, and held by Russian soldiers at the border between Austria and Germany. The reading, by National Theatre actress Cait Davis, is preceded by a short interview with the author who lives in Delft.
BEST MUSIC from ArtsTalk Radio - Musical highlights from the first 50 programmes
January 18, 2021 11:01 - 35 minutes - 81.2 MBThe best music from ArtsTalk Radio featuring Steel Sheep, Tcha Limberger Ronley Teper, Magda Mendes, Erwin Beijersbergen and Luiz, The Devil Makes Three and Thomas Oliemans.
LILIAN a play for radio by Kasia Glowicka
January 04, 2021 12:23 - 28 minutes - 66.5 MBLILIAN is a play for radio by Polish composer and writer Kasia Glowicka who lives in The Hague. Based on real events it tells the story of a Dutch professor who is contacted by Tesfay, a refugee trapped in a camp in Libya. Barbed Wire Sunset photo by and © Rick van Helden
BEST BITS 2020 - The highlights of ArtsTalk Radio in Holland from the past twelve months
December 20, 2020 09:31 - 25 minutes - 62.9 MBWe have chosen the best bits from the dozens of interviews and features from ArtsTalk Radio. We talk to Greg Shapiro, Kasia Glowicka, Santiago Burgi, Berry Visser and the QE2 Theatre Company. We are at the Kunsthal and Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, Museum Rijswijk and Opera2Day. Souwie Buis is at the Mauritshuis in The Hague and De Balie in Amsterdam. There’s lots of talk and lots of music to take your mind off the dreaded you-know-what.
We talk to The Hague based composer KASIA GLOWICKA and to comedian GREG SHAPIRO about his new book
December 08, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 69.5 MBMichael Hasted talks to The Hague-based Polish composer and writer KASIA GLOWICKA (@16.02 mins)about her work and about her radio play LILIAN. And we are at the Diligentia Theatre in The Hague talking to comedian GREG SHAPIRO about his new book THE AMERICAN NETHERLANDER.
Interviews from CROSSING BORDER FESTIVAL and with QE2's TALKING HEADS and ANDERS ZORN at KunstMuseum
November 04, 2020 14:03 - 26 minutes - 61.7 MBSouwie Buis talk to WENDY FOSSEN about the ANDERS ZORN exhibition at the KUNSTMUSEUM in The Hague, Michael Hasted (@12.35)talks to LOVEDAY SMITH and MARK WINSTANLEY of QE2 Theatre Company about their production of TALKING HEADS and (@20.25) Souwie Buis talks to MICHEL BEHRE organizer of the CROSSING BORDER FESTIVAL in The Hague
Michael Hasted talks to American comedian GREG SHAPIRO and Souwie Buis is at COLOUR IN FASHION
October 15, 2020 14:14 - 26 minutes - 62 MBIn an exclusive interview Michael Hasted talks to Amsterdam-based American comedian GREG SHAPIRO about his new tour, LEAVING TRUMPLAND, and (@15.40)Souwie Buis is at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague talking to WENDY FOSSEN about the exhibition COLOUR IN FASHION. 15th October 2020
Preview of THE DEPOT at Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and a visit to MAURITSHUIS in The Hague
September 27, 2020 12:24 - 23 minutes - 52.7 MBThe weekend of 25th September 2020 was the Silver Opening of THE DEPOT, the new storage facility of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam when the press and the public were allowed in for three days to see the work in progress. Michael Hasted has a look round and talks to the Boijmans director SJAREL EX. The Depot will be fully up and running and open to the public in September 2021. We are also at the MAURITSHUIS in The Hague where SOUWIE BUIS talks to art historian WENDY FOSSEN abo...
Michael Hasted is at the pre-opening of THE DEPOT at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam
September 27, 2020 12:24 - 11 minutes - 27.6 MBThe weekend of 25th September 2020 was the Silver Opening of THE DEPOT, the new storage facility of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam when the press and the publich were allowed in for three days to see the work in progress. Michael Hasted has a look round and talks to the Boijmans director SJAREL EX. The Depot will be fully up and running and open to the public in September 2021.
Michael Hasted is at the MY BREXIT and FOR YOUR EYES ONLY exhibitions at Kunsthal in Rotterdam
September 21, 2020 10:51 - 27 minutes - 62.9 MBMichael Hasted is at Kunsthal in Rotterdam to see the photographic exhibitions MY BREXIT and FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. He talks to Anglo/Dutch photographer MERLIN DALEMAN and his Brexit pictures and to ASTRID BURCHARDT about the old amateur black and white snapshots of naked ladies.
Interviews with the curator of RIJSWIJK PAPER BIENNALE and CIRQUE DU SOLEIL artists
July 22, 2020 13:14 - 21 minutes - 50.7 MBMichael Hasted talks to DIANA WIND, curator of the PAPER BIENNALE at MuseumRijswijk and, (@ 10mins)following the news that CIRQUE DU SOLEIL has filed for bankruptcy we talk to some of the performers in an extract from last year's special programme dedicated to the circus when it was at The Hague
Items on BLACK ALBUM WHITE CUBE at Kunsthal in Rotterdam and THE HOLLAND POP FESTIVAL of 1970
June 27, 2020 13:31 - 23 minutes - 56.6 MBMichael Hasted talks to MAX DAX, curator of the exhibition BLACK ALBUM WHITE CUBE at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam and (@ 10.00 mins), on its 50th Anniversary, we talk to to BERRY VISSER, founder of MOJO Concerts about the HOLLAND POP FESTIVAL of 1970 in Kralingen
Pieces on BLACK ALBUM WHITE CUBE at Kunsthal in Rotterdam and THE HOLLAND POP FESTIVAL of 1970
June 27, 2020 13:31 - 24 minutes - 56.9 MBMichael Hasted talks to MAX DAX, curator of the exhibition BLACK ALBUM WHITE CUBE at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam and (@ 10.00 mins), on its 50th Anniversary, we talk to to BERRY VISSER, founder of MOJO Concerts about the HOLLAND POP FESTIVAL of 1970 in Kralingen
Michael Hasted talks to BERRY VISSER alias MADAME DE BERRY at The Hidden House of Madame de Berry
June 18, 2020 15:58 - 33 minutes - 76.7 MBMichael Hasted paid a visit to the incredible HIDDEN HOUSE OF MADAME DE BERRY in Delft and was shown round by and talked at length to BERRY VISSER alias Madame de Berry about this very exotic secret gem. 17th June 2020
We talk with dancer & choreographer SAMIR CALIXTO and with SJAREL EX of Boijmans Van Beuningen
June 02, 2020 07:03 - 24 minutes - 56.4 MBMichael Hasted talks to Brazilian dancer and choreographer SAMIR CALIXTO about his work at the Korzo Theatre in The Hague and there is a song from Canadian singer and performance artist RONLEY TEPER. With most Dutch museums re-opening for business we talk to one that won’t – the Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, because of its on-going major refurbishment. We talk to the Boijmans director SJAREL EX about The Depot, an annex to the museum which will be opening next year.
MICHEL BEHRE of CROSSING BORDER & BORDER KITCHEN & music from TRIO BEIJERSBERGEN and JACKIE SARLUIS
May 18, 2020 15:37 - 22 minutes - 51.9 MBSouwie Buis talks to MICHEL BEHRE about The Hague's CROSSING BORDER FESTIVAL and BORDER KITCHEN literary events. There is also chat and music when Michael Hasted talks to Delft based musicians, singer JACKIE SARLUIS and guitarist ERWIN BEIJERSBERGEN.
KENNETH CRANHAM on HAROLD PINTER, a preview of CLASSICAL ENCOUNTERS and SOUWIE BUIS on HONG KONG
May 08, 2020 16:32 - 14 minutes - 35 MBMichael Hasted talks to English actor KENNETH CRANHAM about HAROLD PINTER. There is a preview of the curtailed CLASSICAL ENCOUNTERS FESTIVAL in The Hague and SOUWIE BUIS talks about three new books on the HONG KONG protest movement
A programme dedicated to STET The English Theatre to highlight their looming financial crisis
April 27, 2020 06:58 - 20 minutes - 46.1 MBAs if the CoronaVirus and the cancellation of several shows was not bad enough STET, The English Theatre in The Hague will probably have its funding from the city withdrawn. We speak to STET's director Elske Van Holk and to performers and participants with the aim of raising awareness of the company's plight and to urge people to sign a petition to ensure public funding is maintained and that STET can continue.
MARK WYNTER The actor and former 1960s pop idol talks to Michael Hasted about his life and career
April 11, 2020 06:42 - 41 minutes - 95.7 MBMARK WYNTER was a pop singer in the pre-Beatles early sixties with a string of top twenty hits to his name. He later became, and remains, a successful actor. In this wide ranging interview with MICHAEL HASTED for Arts Talk Radio he talks about his early career and how he made the transition to straight acting. It includes several of his hit singles.
MARK WYNTER The actor and former 1960s pop idol talks to Michael Hasted
April 11, 2020 06:42 - 41 minutes - 95.7 MBMARK WYNTER was a pop singer in the pre-Beatles early sixties with a string of top twenty hits to his name. He later became, and remains, a successful actor. In this wide ranging interview with MICHAEL HASTED for Arts Talk Radio he talks about his early career and how he made the transition to straight acting. It include several of his hit singles.
Michael Hasted talks to PENELOPE KEITH; Wendy Fossen on ROMAN BAROQUE and a song from RONLEY TEPER
March 27, 2020 14:44 - 29 minutes - 68.2 MBMichael Hasted talks to English actress PENELOPE KEITH about her life in the theatre and Souwie Buis talks to art historian WENDY FOSSEN about the BAROQUE IN ROME exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Plus a song from RONLEY TEPER
TCHA LIMBERGER & SANDRO BRUTI at CASA LOURDES in The Hague plus GEORGE STUBBS at the Mauritshuis
March 08, 2020 16:18 - 28 minutes - 66.6 MBMichael Hasted meets gypsy jazz musician TCHA LIMBERGER and SANDRO BRUTI at CASA LOURDES Sessions in Scheveningen and Souwie Buis talks to WENDY FOSSEN about the GEORGE STUBBS exhibition at the Mauritshuis in The Hague. March 2020
EHSAN FARDJADNIYA & SUKETU MEHTA interviewed by Souwie Buis at DE BALIE in Amsterdam
February 25, 2020 16:56 - 20 minutes - 47.9 MBA rather political programme this week dealing with different aspects of migration. Souwie Buis was at De Balie in Amsterdam where she spoke to Suketu Mehta, a New York based Indian author, about his book This Land is Our Land, An Immigrant’s Manifesto. She also talks to Ehsan Fardjadniya, an Iranian visual and performance artist who lives in the Netherlands, about his seminal work A Refugee on Trial. Picture by Romy Fernandez
Features on the BREITNER vs. ISREALS Exhibition at Kunstmuseum in Den Haag plus DELFT TOBACCO MUSEUM
February 09, 2020 14:24 - 22 minutes - 52.2 MBSouwie Buis talks to Wendy Fossen about current art exhibitions in Amsterdam and The Hague focusing on the BREITNER vs ISREALS show at Kunstmuseum in The Hague. Plus there is a feature on the lovely little TOBACCO MUSEUM in Delft and a song from Portuguese singer/songwriters MAGDA MENDES.
An ArtsTalk Radio special dedicated to OPERA MELANCHOLICA by Dutch opera company OPERA2DAY
January 28, 2020 13:47 - 28 minutes - 65.4 MBAn ArtsTalk Radio special dedicated to OPERA MELANCHOLICA, the new production by Opera2Day which is based on Philip Glass's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. Michael Hasted talks to Alice Gubler, the company's managing director, Emlyn Stam leader of the New European Ensemble, singers Santiago Burgi, Georgi Sztojanov and Drew Santini and to the opera's director Serge van Veggel
Interview with TAPE FACE plus pieces on BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN and WINTERNACHTEN FESTIVAL
January 22, 2020 15:21 - 26 minutes - 60.7 MBMichael Hasted has an exclusive interview with international comedy mime artist TAPE FACE and (at 9.30)visits the KUNSTHAL in Rotterdam to talk to SAREL EX of the BOIJMANS VAN BEUINGEN in exile. Souwie Buis was at the WINTERNACHTEN FESTIVAL in The Hague (at 21.10)and spoke to Palestinian poet ASMAA AZAIZEH.
BEST OF 2019. Highlights from the first year of the English language Dutch arts podcast
December 29, 2019 17:18 - 34 minutes - 84.2 MBWe have chosen the highlights from the first year of ArtsTalk Radio. There are interviews with author Nicci French, Elske van Holk of STET The English Theatre in The Hague, Sjarel Ex of Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, the Cirque du Soleil, QETC, baritone Thomas Oliemans and much much more.
ArtsTalk Radio - Best of 2019. Highlights from the English language Dutch arts podcast
December 29, 2019 17:18 - 34 minutesWe have chosen the highlights from the first year of ArtsTalk Radio. There are interviews with author Nicci French, Elske van Holk of STET The English Theatre in The Hague, Sjarel Ex of Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, the Cirque du Soleil, QETC, baritone Thomas Oliemans and much much more.
We talk to Wendy Fossen about the MONET exhibition in The Hague and to Canadian singer RONLEY TEPER
December 06, 2019 12:38 - 28 minutes - 65.4 MBSouwie Buis talks to art historian Wendy Fossen about the big MONET show at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague and (at 13.50)Michael Hasted talks to Canadian singer RONLEY TEPER who was appearing with her band The Lipliners at De Stamboom in The Hague
Interviews with the cast and director of QE2's THE 39 STEPS at the CC Amstel Theater in Amsterdam
November 18, 2019 09:07 - 24 minutes - 57.5 MBMichael Hasted visits the CC Amstel Theater in Amsterdam during rehearsals for QE2's new production of THE 39 STEPS which runs from 6th - 8th December. He talks to director LOVEDAY SMITH, co-producer MARK WINSTANLEY, both of whom both also appear in the play, and to the other two cast members Graham Garner and Charles Bird. 18th November 2019
We are at CROSSING BORDER FESTIVAL and CASA LOURDES SESSIONS in The Hague
November 10, 2019 11:12 - 36 minutes - 83.2 MBOur reporter Souwie Buis was at the CROSSING BORDER FESTIVAL in The Hague and talked to singer Michael Mayo and American podcaster Andrew Leland. (@ 20 mins) Michael Hasted was at the first CASA LOURDES SESSION in Scheveningen and talked to its organiser Alessandro Bruti and listened to some Irish and Breton folk music. 10th November 2019
We are at CROSSING BORDER FESTIVAL and CASA LOURDES SESSION in The Hague
November 10, 2019 11:12 - 36 minutes - 83.2 MBOur reporter Souwie Buis was at the CROSSING BORDER FESTIVAL in The Hague and talked to singer Michael Mayo and American podcaster Andrew Leland. At 20 mins Michael Hasted was at the first CASA LOURDES SESSION in Scheveningen and talked to its organiser Alessandro Bruti and listened to some Irish and Breton folk music.
In Amsterdam for interviews with QETC's IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and Orange Theatre's DUTCHMAN
October 27, 2019 11:55 - 17 minutes - 39.1 MBMichael Hasted talks to MARK WINSTANLEY of Amsterdam's Queen's English Theatre Company about their unique and controversial production of Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and Souwie Buis meets Sairah Erens and Mike Phillips-Gomez who are appearing in the Orange Theatre Company's new production, DUTCHMAN. 27th October 2019
In Amsterdam for interviews with QETC's IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST and Orange Theatre's DUTCHMAN
October 27, 2019 11:55 - 17 minutes - 39.1 MBMichael Hasted talks to MARK WINSTANLEY of Amsterdam's Queen's English Theatre Company about their unique and controversial production of Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST and Souwie Buis meets Sairah Erens and Mike Phillips-Gomez who are appearing in the Orange Theatre Company's new production, DUTCHMAN. 27th October 2019
We are at CIRQUE DU SOLEIL'S "TOTEM" in The Hague and talk to performers and production team
October 11, 2019 13:28 - 26 minutes - 61.5 MBMichael Hasted was invited to the dress rehearsal of TOTEM by CIRQUE DU SOLEIL which is at The Hague in until 8th December 2019. He talks to some performers, the artistic director and the company manager.
NICOLAS MANSFIELD of NEDERLANDSE REISOPERA and BAS VOLLEBREGT, Deputy Mayor of Delft
September 29, 2019 09:27 - 18 minutes - 47.7 MBMichael Hasted talks to NICOLAS MANSFIELD, Director of NEDERLANDSE REISOPERA whose BARBER OF SEVILLE is currently on tour and (at 6.00 mins) to BAS VOLLEBREGT, Deputy Mayor of Delft in an extended interview about the proposed development of the Prinsenhof Museum and the Sint Agathaplein in that city.
ART CENTRAL ROTTERDAM 2019 - Interviews with participating galleries plus a song from Magda Mendes
September 17, 2019 08:35 - 17 minutes - 41 MBART CENTRAL ROTTERDAM took place over the weekend of 13th - 15th September 2019 with ten contemporary art galleries participating. We spoke to some of them at the Private View on 13th plus a song from Portuguese singer/songwriter Magda Mendes. Picture shows the mixed exhibition at Joey Ramone
In Delft with jazz musicians JACKIE SARLUIS & ERWIN BEIJERSBERGEN plus RENÉJACOBS on DÉJÀ VU
September 09, 2019 14:38 - 20 minutes - 46.8 MBMichael HASTED is in Delft and talks with jazz musicians, singer JACKIE SARLUIS and guitarist ERWIN BEIJERSBERGEN in their studio in a former school. He also talks (at 16.00 mins) to artist and gallery owner RENÉ JACOBS about the open-air DÉJÀ VU exhibition, celebrating the Dutch Golden Age, which is in the Agathaplein in Delft until 6th October.
Interviews from the CELEBRATING DISSENT Freedom Festival at De Balie in Amsterdam
September 02, 2019 11:05 - 31 minutes - 73.3 MBWe were at the CELEBRATING DISSENT Freedom Festival at De Balie in Amsterdam and have interviews with British body-painting artist VICTORIA GUGENHEIM and (at 17mins 50) exiled Bangladeshi activist TASLIMA NASRIN. 1st September 2019
Michael Hasted talks to ELSKE VAN HOLK of STET The English Theatre
August 24, 2019 08:05 - 26 minutes - 61.9 MBMichael Hasted talks with ELSKE VAN HOLK of STET The English Theatre based in The Hague.
Interviews with Syrian dancer AHMAD JOUDEH and BRAM STOEKEN, organiser of the Delft Jazz Festival
August 08, 2019 11:54 - 21 minutes - 48.7 MBThis week Souwie BUIS talks to Syrian dancer AHMAD JOUDEH who is establishing a growing reputation around Europe and in The Netherlands where he now lives. And Michael HASTED talks (at 13.00 mins) to BRAM STOEKEN, organiser of the DELFT JAZZ FESTIVAL. Photo by Ewoud Broeksma
Michael Hasted talks to Dutch baritone THOMAS OLIEMANS and to MAURICE NIO and FRANK TAAL
July 23, 2019 19:03 - 29 minutes - 59.7 MBMichael Hasted talks to Dutch baritone THOMAS OLIEMANS, organiser and star of this year's DELFT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL and (at 21.40) he talks to MAURICE NIO of Nio Architects and gallery owner FRANK TAAL in Rotterdam.
Michael Hasted talks to author NICCI FRENCH and to the Dutch National Theatre
July 10, 2019 09:44 - 17 minutes - 40.4 MBMichael Hasted talks to world-wide best selling author NICCI FRENCH who was in Holland to promote the new book HUIS VOL LEUGENS published by Ambo Anthos. The English edition, THE LYING ROOM, will be published in the UK in October. The programme also includes an interview with Miel van Teijlingen of the Dutch National Theatre on language issues facing theatre-goers in the Netherlands.
Interviews from MIDSUMMER JAZZ in Delft and with Simon Murphy of the NEW DUTCH ACADEMY
June 24, 2019 08:33 - 24 minutes - 56.7 MBMichael Hasted talks to BRAM STOEKEN and drummer ROB KRAMER at MIDSUMMER JAZZ in Delft and (at 8.20) Souwie Buis talks to SIMON MURPHY, conductor of the NEW DUTCH ACADEMY. There is also a track from the EZNORQUELS KLEZMER BAND
Michael Hasted talks to Michel Havenith of the EBONY ENSEMBLE and visits KUNSTKAMER in Delft
June 12, 2019 13:29 - 14 minutes - 33.5 MBMichael Hasted talks to Michel Havenith of the EBONY ENSEMBLE after their concert in Zoetermeer of Facade by Edith Sitwell and William Walton and talks to two of the organisers on the bi-annual KUNSTKAMER in Delft
DELFT FRINGE FESTIVAL 2019
June 03, 2019 16:43 - 23 minutes - 52.7 MBInterviews and reviews from the 2019 DELFT FRINGE FESTIVAL
MIchael HASTED talks to Boijmans van Beuningen director Sjarel EX about the museum's closure
May 17, 2019 12:43 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBMichael Hasted meets Sjarel Ex, Director of the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam which is closing for major renovation at the end of May 2019. They talk about the work involved and about the new Depot building next door which opens next year and will house the museum's entire collection.
Exclusive interview with Pete Bernhard of THE DEVIL MAKES THREE plus DELFT TOBACCO MUSEUM
May 02, 2019 15:24 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBInterview with Pete Bernhard of THE DEVIL MAKES THREE at the Tivoli in Utrecht plus an interview and feature on the Tabakshistorisch Museum (Tobacco Museum) in Delft
Interviews with organist Jacob LEKKERKERKER and composer Richard RIJNVOS
April 20, 2019 17:23 - 23 minutes - 16 MBMichael HASTED talks to the organist and curator of music at Amsterdam's Oude Kerk, JACOB LEKKERKERKE, about the organ's restoration and its inauguration by Philip GLASS on 11th May 2019. Also included is an interview with composer RICHARD RIJNVOS about his new work "Riflesso sullo spazio" which was premiered in April 2019