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Event Jacques Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort in 4K
A restored 1967 musical starring Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, and Gene Kelly screens late in French with subtitles.

21 September 2026
Event Late-night 4K restoration of Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Every single line is sung in Jacques Demy's colourful 1964 romance starring a young Catherine Deneuve.

19 September 2026
Event Jacques Demy’s sung musical Les parapluies de Cherbourg in 4K
Catherine Deneuve stars in a newly restored print of the pastel melodrama, screened in French with subtitles.

19 September 2026
Event Sidney Charles leads Heavy House Society across two stages
Two rooms of house sets on the northern waterfront, with optional dinner seating beforehand.

11 September 2026
Event Conservatorium students perform a Sunday cello and piano recital
Forty-five minutes of live chamber music played by two conservatoire musicians inside the central library auditorium at noon.

19 September 2026
Event Conservatorium cello and piano recital in the central library
Michal Riefeld on cello and Liza Blokhina on piano play a forty-five-minute classical set at lunchtime.

19 September 2026
Event Frisse Oren brings toddler music theatre Tuimelaar to Muziekgebouw
Percussion, clarinet, and trumpet accompany tumbling performers in a playful show introducing toddlers to physical gravity.

16 September 2026
Event Sensory concert Tuimelaar for babies and parents
Live trumpet, percussion, and clarinet weave through an intimate, tactile performance designed for six to eighteen-month-olds.

16 September 2026
Event Tuimelaar: Frisse Oren explores gravity and balance
Three musicians combine trumpet, clarinet and percussion to explore balance and falling in an accessible family show.

16 September 2026
Event Tuimelaar brings balance, gravity, and percussion to families
Percussion, clarinet, and trumpet interact with physical balance games in this forty-five-minute show designed for children and parents.

16 September 2026
Event Anger and strings in family show RUSTIG!!!
Three cellists tackle fury and frustration through live playing and staging in this forty-five-minute show designed for families.

12 September 2026
Event Preschool music making in the Splendor attic
Children try instruments, sing together, and hear working ensembles rehearse before parents join at the end.

12 September 2026
Event Frisse Oren: Tuimelaar sensory concert for toddlers
Percussion, trumpet and clarinets build a gentle forty-five-minute sound world designed specifically for babies, toddlers, and their families.

12 September 2026
Event Small-group strength and conditioning led by a physical therapist
Ten people train together on IJburg with professional physical therapy oversight to build general stamina.

12 September 2026
Event Live music and movement for babies in UMI
Musicians and dancers improvise on the floor alongside babies aged six to eighteen months during the autumn break.

11 September 2026
Event Ancient glassmaking talk and exhibition tour at Allard Pierson
Former curator René van Beek presents recent laboratory findings on antique glassware before touring two hundred excavated pieces.

11 September 2026
Event Free Dutch mini-opera underneath Kraaiennest metro station
Open air classical singing on the public square, scored for cello, clarinet, and bassoon for all ages.

11 September 2026
Event End the working week with a Quiet Decompress Sesh
Forty-five minutes spent largely in silence, sitting or lying down with minimal movement and gentle guided breathing.

11 September 2026
Event Free Dutch mini-opera staged beneath Kraaiennest metro station
Soprano and baritone voices join a small woodwind and string ensemble for a free performance on the open square.

11 September 2026
Event Blind Date: open-air mini-opera under the metro tracks
A free Dutch-language performance for two singers, cello, bassoon and clarinet, staged outdoors on the square beneath the rails.

11 September 2026