Cello Biënnale Amsterdam
Fri Oct 30, 10am
World's largest cello festival
This event is in the past.It took place on October 29, 2026 at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ.
Amsterdam-Oost, Amsterdam
🎵"world-class acoustics" in the main hall
🥂"free drinks after your show"
🎤Selaocoe's shows often invite the crowd to join in
Cellist Abel Selaocoe blurs the line between Western classical and traditional African music, often pulling the audience into the performance. The program also revives Marie Jaëll's long-forgotten 1882 cello concerto, the earliest known written by a woman.
Genre-blending cello
Audience participation
Rediscovered women composers
African-classical fusion
Amsterdam-Oost, Amsterdam
🎵"world-class acoustics" in the main hall
🥂"free drinks after your show"
🎤Selaocoe's shows often invite the crowd to join in
Cellist Abel Selaocoe blurs the line between Western classical and traditional African music, often pulling the audience into the performance. The program also revives Marie Jaëll's long-forgotten 1882 cello concerto, the earliest known written by a woman.
Genre-blending cello
Audience participation
Rediscovered women composers
African-classical fusion
What are you into?
- Genre-blending cello
- Audience participation
- Rediscovered women composers
- African-classical fusion
- Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
- Amsterdam-Oost
- Amsterdam
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