The battle for the golden baton resumes starting Sunday, December 3rd. In a new season, none other than artist and writer Pepijn Lanen, musician Frédérique Spigt, singer Ammar Bozoglu, actor Tjitske Reidinga, stand-up comedian Glodi Lugungu, presenter and actor Chris Zegers and presenter and journalist Roos Moggré dive into the world of four-four time, sheet music and conducting patterns. Frits Sissing stands by them as a familiar face during this musical challenge.
How important a conductor is and how complex this role is becomes ruthlessly clear in Maestro: some masterpieces emerge unrecognizable and battered from the struggle with an inexperienced candidate on the podium as leader of the orchestra. But through the combination of newly discovered talent and plenty of practice, something magical happens on stage. And this season perhaps even more so, when various enchanting pieces of music pass in review in an episode completely dedicated to famous fairy tales. During the holidays, the candidates provide extra magic with Christmas classics and symphonic fireworks.
New repertoire
This season the candidates conduct a lot of new popular classical works that have never appeared in the program before. But the familiar classics are not missing this season either, with the dreaded final piece as the grand finale: Beethoven's Fifth. Who can stay calm, has the most feeling for the music and handles the baton best? Who will become the seventh Maestro in the program's history? The aspiring conductors are accompanied by the Maestro orchestra, which, like last season, consists of freelance musicians.
New jury chair
Conductor and pianist Ed Spanjaard is the new jury chair for this season. He was for many years principal conductor of the Limburgs Symfonie Orkest and the Nieuw Ensemble and worked together with renowned composers. In 2002 he was responsible for the music at the wedding of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. Now comes a new challenge and together with Dominic Seldis and Isabelle van Keulen he provides the seven participants on the podium with commentary and scores.
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