Prix Annelie de Man

02/08/2025

In the following days and weeks, we will reveal the concert program and introduce the artists of the 2025 Prix Annelie de Man Festival - and let us just say, you've got a lot to look forward to!

If you want an idea of just how fun and wild things are going to get, here is a small taster shared by our artist Jane Chapman: segment of Tom Armstrong's Divertissements for Harpsichord and Electronics, remixed by Simon Zagorski-Thomas!

Stay tuned (in whatever tuning you prefer) with us for more festival program introductions!

https://youtu.be/h4PC99YYs2g?si=Hr_V-11yxRlGbb5y

Learn more about Prix:
https://www.prixdeman.com/

This is the fourth of four short remixes by Simon Zagorski-Thomas of segments of Tom Armstrong's Divertissements for Harpsichord and ElectronicsHarpsichord -...

31/07/2025

Meet ! Elena is one of the main pillars of the festival this year: as the 2023 first prize winner, she returns as an artist to perform, but besides that, she is also one of our jury members this year! Who better to have on the panel for our players than someone who knows first hand what it takes?
Elena will also talk about notating, tuning and playing a Bohlen-Pierce harpsichord during the symposium program on Friday 21st November afternoon.

We asked Elena to talk about her experience with Prix:
"Taking part in The Prix Annelie de Man Competition and Festival was a truly inspiring experience for me. I met amazing musicians from all over the world, heard stunning new compositions for the harpsichord, and attended very interesting lectures and workshops. I’m already looking forward to the next edition of the festival!"

She also shared a bit more about what she's been up to recently:
"I continue my artistic journey by mixing early and contemporary music and exploring baroque instruments in different contexts – from classical concert formats to performances at independent art festivals and free improvisation concerts. Currently, I am working on a project involving a Bohlen-Pierce tuned harpsichord, in collaboration with two Hamburg-based composers and researchers, Yuri Akbalkan and Todd Harrop. Starting in July 2025, I will be part of the stART.up program by the Claussen-Simon Stiftung, which supports musicians, artists, performers and more, who are interested in interdisciplinary work."

To learn more about Elena's work, you can visit her website: https://elenakhurgina.com and follow her on instagram at

Visualised: Elena performing A Peculiar State by Christopher Ramm & photos from The Garden, her music theatre performance after Virginia Woolf's Orlando

Come meet Elena in person at Prix Annelie de Man, in from 19th to 23rd November 2025!

29/07/2025

Ensemble Black Pencil is coming back as the ensemble in Residence at our festival this November! This group, consisting of one-of-a-kind combination of instruments and brilliant musicians, devotes a major part of their concert in the festival to performance of pieces by composers selected through our competition!

Are you a composer intrigued by the chance to write a new work for this renowned ensemble?
If selected as a finalist, you will have your work performed and recorded on video during our festival - and one of you wil be awarded the Black Pencil Prize worth 3.000€!

Between 19th and 23rd November 2025, Orgelpark in Amsterdam (NL) will transform into our festival grounds, where you will be able to mix with international artists, composers, scholars and listen to concerts that could not be found anywhere else.

We are looking for creative composers without any age or nationality limits and requirements! Check out website out and apply, deadline is on 1st of September!

Find out more about Ensemble Black Pencil:

Read all about the festival, our mission, the competition and how to apply on our website:
http://prixdeman.com/competition-2025

Photo credit: Joe Finch Photography

14/07/2025

Are you a player in your studies or early career, looking for a challenge, curious to explore new repertoire and willing to do something different?

Prix Annelie de Man offers just that - participating in the competition means you'll immerse yourself in contemporary repertoire, grow your technique, but you will also be able to listen to many interesting concerts and meet fellow artists and leaders in the field of new music.

Sounds good?
Check out the regulations and learn more about Prix and about Annelie de Man, whose legacy our competition and festival celebrates.
http://prixdeman.com/

10/07/2025

Dear composers,
are you intrigued by the premise of writing a piece for an internationally renowned ensemble with a one-of-a-kind instrumentation?

A chance to win a 3.000 euro prize and performances of your music has just popped up!

The Ensemble Black Pencil Prize is an integral part of the biannual competition and festival Prix Annelie de Man, instigated by the festivals' ensemble in residence,

Between 19th and 23rd November 2025, Orgelpark in Amsterdam (NL) will transform into our festival grounds, where you will be able to mix with international artists, composers, scholars and listen to concerts that could not be found anywhere else.

We are looking for creative composers without any age or nationality limits and requirements!

Find out more about Ensemble Black Pencil:

Read all about the festival, our mission, the competition and how to apply on our website: http://prixdeman.com/competition-2025/

Photo credit: Joe Finch Photography

10/07/2025

Dear harpsichordists, harpsichord lovers, lovers of people who love harpsichord!

The biannual competition and festival Prix Annelie de Man, which is all about harpsichord and new music is back for another edition.

Between 19th and 23rd November 2025, Orgelpark in Amsterdam (NL) will transform into our festival grounds, where you will be able to mix with international artists, composers, scholars and more.

Are you a harpsichord player under 35?

Are you ready for a challenge of taking on a programme of music written in the last 65 years, or even fresh off the press?

Do you want to learn from experts in contemporary music performance, compete for a financial prize, meet likeminded people and listen to concerts you surely won’t find anywhere else?

We are waiting for you in Amsterdam.

Read all about the festival, our mission, the competition and how to apply on our website: http://prixdeman.com/competition-2025/

Help us by sharing this with anyone who could be interested in taking a part, please!

Photo: Co Broerse

10/07/2025

Dear composers,
What do you really know about the harpsichord?

Are you ready to challenge yourself and write music for harpsichord or a chamber music piece that highlights the colourful and unique sound world of this instrument?

The biannual competition and festival Prix Annelie de Man, which is all about harpsichord and new music is back for another edition - and so is a chance to win a 3.000€ prize and performances of your music!

Between 19th and 23rd November 2025, Orgelpark in Amsterdam (NL) will transform into our festival grounds, where you will be able to mix with international artists, composers, scholars and listen to concerts that could not be found anywhere else.

We are looking for composers, without any age or nationality limits and requirements, who wish to submit their scores for composition for harpsichord (solo or ensemble)

We are waiting for you (and your music) in Amsterdam!

Read all about the festival, our mission, the competition and how to apply on our website: http://prixdeman.com/competition-2025/

Please help us by sharing this with anyone who could be interested in taking a part!

Photo by: Co Broerse

10/07/2025

Two years ago, took home the first prize of the Harpsichord performance competition, as well as praise of the jury for her understanding and dedication to contemporary music: Will this be you this year?

In addition to competing, you will be able to meet fellow professionals, colleagues, artists - and visit a wide variety of concerts at the festival that present the harpsichord in a new light each night!

Competition for harpsichordists is accepting applications until 1st September, so you're right in time to apply! Find all regulations on http://prixdeman.com or via clicking at link in our bio!

We look forward to meeting you this November in magical autumnal Amsterdam!

07/07/2025

What can you expect as a composer from Prix Annelie de Man? Jānis Petraškevičs, winner of the first prize in composition at Prix Annelie de Man 2023, says: "Prix Annelie de Man gave me an opportunity to collaborate with excellent performers, and to experience an outstanding rendering of my piece."
Also this year, Prix is gathering dedicated, imaginative and experienced musicians with love for new music to perform your pieces.

And what has Jānis been up to since then? A lot, it turns out!
"During 2024 I have completed two large-scale pieces: violin concerto "words with letters lost"; double concerto for two percussionists and ensemble "What was here before". Both works were premiered in the beginning of 2025: the violin concerto – on January 24 at the Latvian National Opera in Riga by Magdalēna Geka, Sinfonietta Riga, cond. Normunds Šnē; the double concerto – on February 2 at the Konzerthaus in Berlin by Freibergs & Āzers Duo, ensemble unitedberlin, cond. Vladimir Jurowski. Currently I'm working on a piece for Musikfabrik Brass Quartet as well as a new work for Liepāja Symphony Orchestra / Baltic Music Days 2026."

Pictured: Jānis with conductor Vladimir Jurowski after the premiere of his double concerto in Berlin. Photo: Marta Veinberga

Interested in joining the ranks of our esteemed composition competition winners? Apply now! All information and regulations can be found on https://www.prixdeman.com/competition-2025.

04/07/2025

Meet Peter Jakober! () For Prix Annelie de Man 2025 festival, he is developing a unique piece of music, designed to fit our home base, Orgelpark, exploring the interaction of the sound worlds of organ and harpsichord.

Some days ago, he visited us in Amsterdam to learn more about the instruments and their different stops.

Peter works with tempo polyphonic music - which practically means the performers play with headphones, which have diverse click tracks: musicians then have to navigate their own tempi alongside the tutti pace.

Audiences can look forward to exploring the dynamic, special quality of sound that comes from filling the space with different tempi, that are very close and similar to one another, and sometimes come together and phase again with acceleration or slowing down.

You won’t want to miss this event: set your calendars to remind you to buy a ticket!

Prix Annelie de Man 2025 is taking place 19-23rd November in Amsterdam, and will bring a variety of sound worlds and plenty of exciting new music surrounding harpsichord.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Photo: Franz Reiterer
Video: Peter Jakober

29/05/2025

Hear, hear!

Biannual competition and festival all about harpsichord and contemporary music, Prix Annelie de Man, is back.

Between 19th and 23rd November 2025, Orgelpark in Amsterdam (NL) will transform into our festival grounds, where you will once again be able to hear an ever-growing range of new music for harpsichord (and surrounding harpsichord), performed by exciting international artists, our competition participants, and our ensemble in residence, Black Pencil!

We will soon start rolling out the competition info, unveil the festival programme and much more!

Follow our page not to miss it and help us share the good news!

09/03/2025

Prix Agenda tip! - On Wednesday 19th March, Amstelkerk welcomes harpsichordist Luibov Titarenko, along with Paul Schauenburg and Walter van Hauwe (recorders). In the Sit Fast concert series hosted by Black Pencil, our ensemble in residence, she will perform Far Ears, the newest work by Maarten Altena, as well as her program Exigeant, which combines music from 17-18th and 21st centuries!

A can't miss event for all harpsichord and new music enthusiasts, to ring in the Prix Annelie de Man 2025 countdown!

Amstelkerk, Amsterdam (NL) - 19/03/2025 at 20:15

Tickets via stadsherstel.nl/cultuuragenda