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Zeist Music Days
Zeist Music Days is an international chamber music festival in Zeist, The Netherlands, that lasts for 15 days and that is held each year in the second half of August. As of 2009 Alexander Pavlovsky, first violinist of the Jerusalem Quartet, is the artistic director.

The festival focuses on concerts, held in the 18th-century church of the Moravian Church in Zeist, a fringe program and an extensive talent development program.

Talent development
The talent development program consists of masterclasses given by renowned musicians: members of the Daniël Quartet, Jerusalem Quartet, Schumann Quartet, Cuarteto Casals, Cuarteto Quiroga, Emerson String Quartet, Szymanowski Quartet, Borodin Quartet, Pavel Haas Quartet, Quatuor Ysaÿe, Vermeer Quartet, Zvi Maschkowski, Martin Lovett, Menahem Pressler, Orfeo Mandozzi, Valentin Erben, Robert Kulek, Marcin Sieniawski, Wu Qian, Marc Danel, Gilad Karni, Ella Pavlovsky, Eckart Heiligers, Michal Kanka, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Josef Kluson, Yigal Tuneh, Joel Krosnick, Avri Levitan.

As part of the masterclasses the students perform in venues throughout The Netherlands: Amerongen Castle, Loenersloot Castle, Hermitage Amsterdam and Gasthuiskapel Zaltbommel.

As of 2010 Zeist Music Days also a adopts and coaches a youngsters quartet for a couple of years. After the Youngsters Corner Quartet (2010-2013) and the Gióvani Kwartet (2014-2016), a new quartet was formed in 2017: Young Strings Zeist.

Participating musicians
Participating musicians were: Hagen Quartet, Israel String Quartet, Jerusalem Quartet, Ruysdael Kwartet, Artemis Quartet, Trio Chausson, Cuarteto Casals, Cuarteto Quiroga, Kam-Porat Trio, Lucas and Arthur Jussen, Belcea Quartet, Emerson String Quartet, Schumann Quartett, Van Baerle Trio, Bennewitz Quartet, Novus String Quartet, Szymanowski Quartet, Anemos Arts Ensemble, Klieser /  Bielow / Schuch: Horn Trio, Dudok Quartet Amsterdam, Sitkovetsky Piano Trio, Animoso, Ebonit Saxofoon Kwartet, Borodin Quartet, Pavel Haas Quartet, Arcadia Quartet, Danel Quartet, Trio Suleika, Prazák Quartet, Matangi Quartet, Utrecht String Quartet, Zemlinsky Quartet, Quatuor Ysaÿe, Atrium String Quartet and Duo Montefiore.

Also a large number of soloists performed at the festival: pianists Denis Kozhukhin, Boris Giltburg, Hannes Minnaar, Eckart Heiligers, Alexander Melnikov, Hans Eijsackers, Lily Maisky, Robert Kulek, Matan Porat, Ben Kim, Jacques Ammon, Bas Verheijden, Ella Pavlovsky, Mila Baslawskaja, Gerard Bouwhuis, Eliane Rodrigues, Marcel Worms, harpist Remy van Kesteren, mezzosoprano Christianne Stotijn, soprano's Chen Reiss, Hilla Baggio, baritone Martijn Cornet, singer Wende Snijders, cellists Gary Hoffman, Valentin Erben, Gavriel Lipkind, Orfeo Mandozzi, Marcin Sieniawski, Ella van Poucke, Dmitri Ferschtman, Taco Kooistra, Boris Andrianov, violinists Boris Brovtsyn, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Andrej Bielow, Avri Levitan, Tomoko Akasaka, Ursula Schoch, Niek Baar, viola players Vladimir Mykitka, Esther van Stralen, Dana Zemtsov, clarinetists Sharon Kam, Michael Hesselink, Joan Enric Lluna, Nancy Braithwaite, Sjef Douwes, Harry-Imre Dijkstra, Paul Meyer, bassoonist Bram van Sambeek, double bassist Matthew Midgley, Ying Lai Green, horn players Martin van de Merwe, Ron Schaaper, trumpet player Eric Vloeimans, flutist Marieke Schneemann and oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk.

History
The festival was founded at the Beauforthuis in Zeist in 1990 as the Daniël Music Days, named after the Daniël Quartet. Until 2008, the cellist of the Daniël Quartet, Zvi Maschkowski, was the artistic director of the festival.

The members of the Daniël Quartet gave concerts and teached at the masterclasses. As of 2000 more and more other ensembles participated at the festival, hence the name of the festival was altered in Zeist Music Days.

EFFE-label for Zeist Music Days
In 2015 Zeist Music Days was granted the EFFE-label as one of 'Europe's remarkable festivals'. This label is awarded by Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe (EFFE) to festivals that stand out through artistic quality, local involvement and international orientation. EFFE is an initiative of the European Festivals Association.

Award
In 2004 Zeist Music Days was granted the Award of Honour of the municipality of Zeist (Ereprijs der Gemeente Zeist), in light of its 15th jubilee.

External link

 * zeistmusicdays.nl