Archive 1996

On the cusp of an era’s end and the festival’s 50th anniversary in 1997, the 1996 edition was all about looking back. Two major artists from the later 20th century featured prominently with retrospectives of old and new work: composer Pierre Boulez and choreographer William Forsythe. As part of the Year of the Ensembles, the festival asked twenty composers to write works that were first performed this year. Guy Cassiers adapted Marguerite Duras’ Hiroshima mon Amour into a theatre piece, while Enescu’s life work Oedipe was performed for the first time in the Netherlands.

Theatre

William Forsythe

Retrospective

more William Forsythe

Pierre Boulez

Retrospective

more Pierre Boulez

Multidisciplinary

Music theatre

A King, Riding

Klaas de Vries, Virginia Woolf, Asko Ensemble, Schönberg Ensemble

1996
A King, Riding

Klaas de Vries, Virginia Woolf, Asko Ensemble, Schönberg Ensemble

Context

Ensemble-masterclasses

Franco Donatoni, Mauricio Kagel, György Kurtág, Ton de Leeuw

1996
Ensemble-masterclasses

Franco Donatoni, Mauricio Kagel, György Kurtág, Ton de Leeuw

Welcome!

Welcome to the Holland Festival archive! The history of our festival dates back to 1947. Through the programs of each festival edition we aim to tell this history here. Currently our archive has been digitised from 1990 onwards, more history is to follow soon. Sadly some information is only available in Dutch but we aim to be as bilingual as possible. For additions or tips send an email to [email protected].