Writings
July 2020 De Kunst om te Overleven: Russische Muziek in de Eeuw van Dmitri Sjostakovitsj [The Art of Survival: Russian Music in Shostakovich’s Century] Book review published in the July 2020 edition of DSCH Journal, the music magazine dedicated to the life and work of Dmitri Shostakovich. By Maryleen Schiltkamp In ‘The Art of Survival’: […]
Read More...House of Europe – Den Haag 16 September 2019 The Art of the Symphony – documentary film (2017) filmscreening, panel discussion & exhibition. Introduction to the panel discussion by mediator Maryleen Schiltkamp “The chosen topic for our discussion is the theme of “Integrity and Dissidence” The future of humanity is at stake when we are […]
Read More...The Musical Painting ‘Shostakovich’s Symphony No.10’, created this year, is one of two paintings inspired by symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich. My preceding painting, ‘Largo Shostakovich’ (2013) is a visual interpretation based on the Fifth Symphony, the Largo movement.
Read More...Dvořák/ Shostakovich – Text presentation at the Dutch embassy in Prague 2014 Dvořák Symphony ‘From the New World’, oil on canvas (2014) “Welcome to the presentation of ‘Musical Paintings in Process’! I thank the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for their hospitality to provide the attic space for this event. And a special […]
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