Updates and announcements
Media composer Stephen Emmer is organizing an auction where artists can donate an instrument or other objects. The money raised goes to the professionals behind the scenes.
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On Monday evening, December 21, NPO Radio 1 will be entirely dedicated to art and culture. In Zes uur cultuur (Six Hours of Culture), presenters Jellie Brouwer (NTR) and Pieter van der Wielen (VPRO) will speak for six hours starting at 7:00 PM with a diverse group of creators from the worlds of music, literature, theater, musicals, and cabaret. The entire evening can also be followed live on NPO 2 Extra.
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The current thinking is to let Hilversum help the cultural sector through the winter. And who knows, it might spark a new discussion about the value of culture at the NPO.
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Media composer Stephen Emmer wants to launch an auction whose proceeds are specifically intended for the people behind the scenes. Emmer is asking Dutch artists to donate, for example, an instrument or another object for an auction. Emmer: “I call upon Dutch artists to show solidarity with their own crew.”
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We all sit at home, awaiting our turn for The Jab and we have passively exhausted ourselves by binge watching reruns of sorts on Netflix and the like. But what we really do miss is of course going out to concerts, seeing bands, going to Glastonbury or a showcase of a new and promising singer-songwriter in a small pub venue.
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On December 21, NPO Radio 1 will be dedicated to art and culture for six hours. From 19:00 to 01:00, Pieter van der Wielen, Jellie Brouwer, Atze de Vrieze, and Elisabeth van Nimwegen will discuss the importance of art and culture in society, what has happened over the past year, and how we are all sailing into the new year.
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Dutch minister Ingrid van Engelshoven sent a letter to the House of Representatives on Monday. In it, she announces a second support package of 482 million euros for the cultural and creative sector.
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Phase 1 is now complete, on to phase 2. The cabinet is investing an additional 10 million euros in public broadcasting to make ‘the largest stage in the Netherlands’ available to the struggling cultural sector.
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Can you love if you don't know who you really are? When Rachel Samuel submits her novel to the publisher, she thinks she is done digging into her family history. Finally, she can start her own life. But one evening in her writing room, a sequel presents itself...
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