
Drie zusters
Ivo van Hove, Toneelgroep Amsterdam
The 2003 festival featured many big names, from Trisha Brown to Barbara Sukowa, and from Reinbert de Leeuw to the Wooster Group. Hungarian composer Peter Eötvös adapted Jean Genet’s scabrous Le Balcon into an opera that opened the festival. Director Christoph Marthaler with Schauspielhaus Zürich and dance innovator Trisha Brown with her company each in their own way interpreted Schubert’s songs. Two other dance innovators, Pina Bausch and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, were also featured at the festival with two pieces each. Major theatre texts by Ibsen, Chekhov and Racine underwent oftentimes radical reinterpretations by the likes of Thomas Ostermeier (Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz), Ivo van Hove (TGA) and Liz Lecomte with her Wooster Group. Furthermore, two directors from the Argentinian avant-garde made an appearance in the Netherlands for the first time.
Ivo van Hove, Toneelgroep Amsterdam
Jean Michel Bruyère, Lfk-La Fabriks
VICTORIA i.s.m. De Koe
Federico León
Ricardo Bartís, Sportivo Teatral
Thomas Ostermeier, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Elizabeth Lecompte, The Wooster Group
Peter Eötvös, Ensemble Intercontemporain
Alex Vermeulen, David Shea
Heiner Goebbels, Ensemble Modern
Trisha Brown Dance Company
De Nederlandse Opera, Carl Maria von Weber
Christoph Marthaler, Schauspielhaus Zürich
John Zorn, Marc Ribot
John Zorn, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland
Claudia Heuermann
John Zorn, Naked City
Arditti String Quartet
Henry Hills
Henry Hills, Abigail Child
Stephen Gray
Federico Fellini, Pina Bausch
Judith Kele, Peter Eötvös
Federico León
Claudia Heuermann
Thierry de Mey, Rosas
Pina Bausch
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Rosas
Henry Hills
Amos Poe, Robert Fripp
Murray Lerner
Margarethe von Trotta, Barbara Sukowa
Henry Hills, Abigail Child
Cindy Sherman, Barbara Sukowa
The Wooster Group
N. Humbert, W. Penzel, Fred Frith
Stephen Gray
The Wooster Group
eX-Girl
Gary Lucas
Nguyên lê
Asko Ensemble, John Zorn
Fred Frith, Collision Palace, Nathan Fuhr
Frits Barend, Phil Tilly
Radio Symfonie Orkest
Arditti String Quartet
Metropole Orkest
Debashish Bhattacharya, Nguyên Lê, Derek Bailey
Radio Kamer Orkest, Peter Eötvös
John Zorn, Naked City
o.a. Chango, Ozomatli, Mercan Dede Sercret Tribe
Reinbert de Leeuw, Barbara Sukowa, Schönberg Ensemble
Metropole Orkest
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].