Below is a list of Turing Foundation art projects up to July 2007.
More recent projects can be found on our art page.
Older art projects :
 July 2009 |
Free classical music at the Vondelpark 2009
On Sunday Summer mornings, renowned music ensembles render free classical music in the Amsterdam Vondelpark Theater. In 2009... more
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 July 2009 |
Turing Car for the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and the Chabot Museum 2009
A special 'Turing Car' will transport children from Rotterdam and surroundings to and from the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and the Chabot Museum free of charge. What's more, each... more
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 July 2009 |
Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, 2009
To make classical music more easily accessible to everyone, at least 30 concerts a year are played at unexpected venues for an audience that... more
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 July 2009 |
Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2009
The Ricciotti Ensemble consists of 40 idealistic students who give 100 concerts a year at venues such as care homes, prisons, schools and asylum centres, for people who hardly ever... more
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 April 2009 |
Exhibition 'Art and Games', Kortenhoef, 2009
The Kunst aan de Dijk Foundation has been organising exhibitions of Dutch painters for over 25 years. The foundation will exhibit a... more
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 April 2009 |
Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam, 2009-2010
Over the years, the Brisk Recorder Quartet has built a firm reputation, particularly when it comes to performances for children. BRISK is... more
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 April 2009 |
Poetry anthologies 2009
Publishing house Van Oorschot is planning to publish twelve beautifully printed hardcover anthologies in the course of four years. These anthologies feature... more
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 April 2009 |
Poetry in literary magazine De Gids 2009
The Dutch cultural and literary magazine... more
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 January 2009 |
Main supporter National Poetry Day 2009
Every year, National Poetry Day ("Gedichtendag") puts poetry in the national spotlight.
On 29 January 2009 over three hundred poetry-related... more
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 January 2009 |
Main supporter 'The Orchestra Kitchen'
The Holland Symfonia is one the major Dutch symphony orchestras, acting as the regular
accompanist of the Dutch National Ballet and... more
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 January 2009 |
The Turing Art Grant
One of the aims of the Turing Foundation is to enable a greater number of people to enjoy art in Dutch museums. This is why in December 2008 the Turing... more
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 October 2008 |
Main Supporter of The Secret of Silence, Roermond, 2009
Stichting De Roermondse Kartuizers (The Carthusians of Roermond Foundation) organises the exhibition 'Het Geheim van... more
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 October 2008 |
The letters of Vincent van Gogh, 2008-2009
After years of of intensive research, Vincent van Gogh's letters will be published in a 'definitive version': in five bound volumes with high-quality reproductions of all 2,000 works of art referred to in the letters... more
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 October 2008 |
Christmas concerts Händel and Purcell, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Emmen
Capella Frisiae is a professional chamber choir which is well-known in the North of the Netherlands. At the... more
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 October 2008 |
Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra 2008
To make classical music more easily accessible to everyone, at least 30 concerts a year are played at unexpected venues for an audience that... more
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 July 2008 |
Haaglanden Chamber Music Festival 2008
Haaglanden Chamber Music Festival explicitly aims to interest also the younger generation in chamber music. In 2008 the festival... more
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 July 2008 |
Music Theatre Vincent van Gogh, a Life in Paintings
The most recent music theatre production by Frank Groothof shows the life of Van Gogh, accompanied by music from contemporaries of Van Gogh - like Mendelssohn, Satie, Fauré... more
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 July 2008 |
Classical Music Performances for Small Children, Utrecht, 2008-2009
The MEMO Foundation puts small children - who are still fully receptive - into contact with live classical music. This year, MEMO plans... more
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 July 2008 |
The Amsterdam Cello Biennale 2008
This two-yearly international cello festival offers specialist performances, but is at the same time directed at a broad audience, presenting easily accessible activities and cello concerts... more
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 May 2008 |
Poetry Circus 2008
The Poetry Circus organises literature and poetry performances for a young, new and varied audience, such as the Poetry Slam. The combination of experienced poets and new talent turns out to be a great success.... more
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 May 2008 |
Turing Car for the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and the Chabot Museum 2008
A special 'Turing Car' will transport children from Rotterdam and surroundings to and from the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and the Chabot Museum free of charge. What's more, each... more
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 May 2008 |
Noorderkerk Concerts: Marketplace for Music 2008
The Noorderkerk Concerts Foundation each year performs a series of 30 to 35 short, easily accessible concerts of high quality in an informal atmosphere.... more
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 May 2008 |
Rossini's Opera Il Turco In Italia, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble
The 'Nederlands Blazers Ensemble (NBE)' has created a 'new' opera genre - the chamber opera - suitable to be performed at all kinds of locations. The music is well-accessible for... more
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 May 2008 |
Delft Chamber Music Festival 2008
The Delft Chamber Music Festival has been organising performances of chamber music in the summer months for over 20 years. Every year, around 6,000 music lovers visit... more
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 May 2008 |
Wouter van Bemmel "Persweeën"
The sound of printing presses running and the Monotype pouring machine form the basis of this piece of music by Wouter van Bemmel. The composition will... more
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 May 2008 |
Music Theatre "Ik en de Koningin", Max Tak
Children who have never before seen an orchestra perform live, and have no knowledge of classical music, can in this show... more
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 May 2008 |
Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2008
The Ricciotti Ensemble consists of 40 idealistic students who give 100 concerts a year at venues such as care homes, prisons, schools and asylum centres, for people who hardly ever... more
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 February 2008 |
Poetry in literary magazine De Gids 2008
The Dutch cultural and literary magazine... more
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 February 2008 |
Poetry anthologies 2008
Twelve beautifully printed hardcover anthologies will be published in the coming four years. Featuring the very best poems by excellent Dutch poets presented by well-known... more
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 February 2008 |
The 'Zwoele Zomeravonden' of the Kröller-Müller Museum, 2008
The Kröller-Müller Museum is famous for its collection and its sculpture garden. To increase the interest in the collection and reach new audiences... more
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 February 2008 |
Holland Festival 2008: La Pasion segun San Marcos
International art critics have called it "the first masterpiece of the 21st century". In this swinging, large choral work, the Argentinean composer... more
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 February 2008 |
Free classical music in the Vondelpark 2008
On Thursday Summer nights, renowned music ensembles render free classical music in the Amsterdam Vondelpark Openluchttheater. In 2008... more
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 November 2007 |
De Week van de Poëzie 2008 ('First Love')
At least 60 poetry events are taking place in April 2008, organised by libraries, book shops, publishers and... more
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 November 2007 |
Poetry anthology 'Jou Willen Is Je Missen', 2008
The thematic poetry anthology 'Jou Willen Is Je Missen' of Dutch poems about love is published... more
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 November 2007 |
Main supporter of 'Back to Zeeland', Zeeuws Museum, 2008
In the first large Summer exhibition at the renewed Zeeuws Museum, important showpieces from... more
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 November 2007 |
Matthew Passion translated/adapted by Jan Rot, 2008
The Residentie Bach Ensembles offer a varied concert programme of classical music in 2008 and 2009, aiming to reach as many young people... more
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 November 2007 |
Family show of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
With his opera arrangements, Frank Groothof succeeds time and again in enthusing and exciting large groups of children... more
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 November 2007 |
Concerts of the World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales
Under the inspiring baton of the young Spanish conductor Josep Vincent, the World Orchestra will give four concerts in January 2008... more
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 September 2007 |
Main supporter Gedichtendag 2008
Poem Day brings poetry to the notice on a national level. 300 poetry activities are taking place on or around 31 January. Newspapers will publish poems, poetry will be read on radio and TV... more
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 July 2007 |
Main supporter Dutch Primitives: Painters from the Late Middle Ages, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 2008
For the first time in over fifty years, there will be an exhibition on the origin of Dutch painting in... more
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 July 2007 |
Main supporter Unknown Modern Masterpieces from Moscow, Jewish Historical Museum, 2007-2008
The Jewish Historical Museum presents unknown masterpieces by Russian-Jewish artists from the period 1910-1940. The Turing Foundation is the main sponsor of the exhibition... more
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 July 2007 |
The 10th Grachtenfestival of Amsterdam
During this yearly music festival, performances of classical music in special locations in the historic town centre of Amsterdam and special concerts in... more
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 May 2007 |
Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, 2008-2010
To make classical music more easily accessible to everyone, at least 30 concerts a year are played at unexpected venues for an audience that... more
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 May 2007 |
Opera 'Khadish/Erwartung'
A group of young and idealistic musicians produces a 'true contemporary opera', an artistic whole, composed of... more
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 March 2007 |
38th Poetry International Festival, 2007
The theme for 2007 of this leading international poetry festival is the relation between poetry, insanity and melancholy. Several international... more
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 March 2007 |
Main supporter 'The De Bray Family', Frans Hals Museum, 2008
In 2008, the Frans Hals Museum of Haarlem is setting up a special exhibition on the painters of the seventeenth century De Bray family. The Turing Foundation will be the main... more
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 March 2007 |
Free classical music in the Vondelpark 2007
On eleven Thursday nights in June, July and August, free classical music concerts are played by renowned music ensembles at the central park of... more
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 March 2007 |
Holland Festival 2007: Era La Notte
During the 60th edition of the Holland Festival, soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci sings early Italian baroque music. This concert... more
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 January 2007 |
Main supporter of De Week van de Poëzie 2007 - 'Birth'
Many large and sparkling, or instead modest poetry activities and events related to poetry from all over the Netherlands come together in this 'Poetry Week'. At least 60 events... more
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 January 2007 |
Poetry anthology 'The First Miracle'
The thematic poetry anthology 'Het Eerste Wonder' of Dutch poems about birth is published... more
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 January 2007 |
Bouw 'Classic Express' of the Princess Christina Concours
Het Prinses Christina Concours wil de jeugd kennis laten maken met klassieke en jazz muziek... more
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 2006 |
Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2007
consists of 40 idealistic students who give 100 concerts a year at venues such as care homes, prisons, schools and asylum centres, for people who... more
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 2006 |
Extension opening hours Museum Belvédère 2007-2009
Museum Belvédère is het eerste museum voor moderne en hedendaagse kunst in Friesland... more
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 2006 |
Children's Concert of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
The RCO gives a children's concert that is linked to an educational project which enables primary school children in Amsterdam to enjoy... more
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 2006 |
The Atlas Ensemble
30 musicians from China, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe are united in this ensemble and bring together instruments which originate from a common 'ancestor', but... more
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 2006 |
25th anniversary of the Amsterdam Chamber Music Society , 2007
Het Reizend Muziekgezelschap is een kamermuziekgezelschap met een wisselende bezetting van internationale topmuzikanten... more
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Poetry
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Poetry in literary magazine De Gids 2009
The Dutch cultural and literary magazine De Gids has already been published for 170 years. Its aim is to promote literature and to stimulate the Dutch cultural and social debate. De Gids holds a unique position within the Dutch literary circles and prints in each issue prose and poetry next to essays on art, science and politics. Once a year, De Gids devotes a special issue to poetry.
Just like last year the Turing Foundation adopts the poetry section and special poetry
issues of De Gids in 2009 (€ 10,000).
see also:
De Gids: other projects

A special poetry issue of De Gids
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Poetry in literary magazine De Gids 2008
The Dutch cultural and literary magazine De Gids has already been published for 170 years. Its aim is to promote literature and to stimulate the Dutch cultural and social debate. De Gids holds a unique position within the Dutch literary circles and prints in each issue prose and poetry next to essays on art, science and politics. Once a year, De Gids devotes a special issue to poetry.
The Turing Foundation adopts the poetry section and special poetry issues of De Gids up until 2010 by donating € 30,000.
see also:
De Gids: other projects

A special poetry issue of De Gids
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Poetry anthologies 2008
Publishing house Van Oorschot is planning to publish twelve beautifully printed hardcover anthologies in the coming four years. These anthologies feature the very best poems by excellent Dutch poets (who however are in danger of being forgotten by the general public), presented by enthusiastic and well-known anthologists. A website will be developed on the series, where people can subscribe to receiving one poem from the anthologies by e-mail - for free - on each working day. In this way, Van Oorschot aims to reach a new and modern reading public.
By donating € 15,000, the Turing Foundation adopts the first three anthologies of the series by Van Oorschot, thereby achieving a selling price all can afford. If successful, the Turing Foundation will financially support the rest of the series too.
see also:
Der Mouw: Je kunt God zijn en ook dienstmeid (Trouw)
Van Oorschot: other projects

the first two anthologies: november 2008
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Exhibitions
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Exhibition 'Art and Games', Kortenhoef, 2009
The Kunst aan de Dijk Foundation has been organising exhibitions of Dutch painters for over 25 years. The foundation will exhibit a number of paintings by, among others, Toorop, Sluyters, and Israels, in which children's games are the main theme. The exhibition mainly shows works from private collections that are usually closed to large audiences.
The Turing Foundation is the main supporter of the exhibition, which will run in the Oude School in Kortenhoef from 6 to 28 June 2009.

Corneille, African Children, ca. 1957, litho
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Turing Car for the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and the Chabot Museum 2008
Free of charge, comfortable and safe transport turns out to be the primary factor to break down the barriers for schools to take their children on a visit to a museum. The Turing Foundation will therefore finance a special 'Turing Car' until 2010, that will transport children from Rotterdam and surroundings to and from the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and the Chabot Museum free of charge. On top of that, each child will also receive a 'Turing Card' on the Turing Car, with which the child can return to the museum together with an adult, also free of charge. This project has the ambition to ultimately have each pupil from each primary school in the Rotterdam region go to these museums at least once in their school career.
The Turing Foundation will invest € 140,000 in this project until 2010 (€ 50,000 in 2008, € 30,000 in 2009 and € 50,000 in 2010; € 10,000 was already spent on a feasibility study in 2007).
see also:
Topidee: De Gratis Museumbus (Villa d'Arte)
Duizenden aanmeldingen voor Turingmuseumbus
Eerste rit Turingmuseumbus
'Turingcar' voor Chabot Museum en Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (persbericht)
Turingcar voor Chabot en Boijmans van Beuningen (fondsen.org)
Scholieren gratis met bus naar museum (RTV Rijnmond)
Chabot Museum: other projects
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen: other projects

The first ride of the 'Turingcar', 1 october 2008
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The 'Zwoele Zomeravonden' of the Kröller-Müller Museum, 2008
The Kröller-Müller Museum is famous for its collection (Van Gogh, Picasso, Monet, Mondriaan) and its sculpture garden. Since 2006, the museum organises innovative music and theatre performances on Summer evenings, meant to increase the interest in the collection and to introduce it to new audiences.
As its main patron, the Turing Foundation will donate € 30,000 to the Zwoele Zomeravonden (Sultry Summer Evenings) in 2008.

Alfred Schaffer in the new Kröller-Müller Amphitheater (Zwoele Zomeravond 7-7-2007)
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Main supporter of 'Back to Zeeland', Zeeuws Museum, 2008
The Zeeuws Museum was reopened in 2007 after a radical rebuilding and renovation campaign. The museum displays the Zeeland identity and heritage through its own collection in a modern design and in an international context. The first large Summer exhibition at this renewed museum, Terug Naar Zeeland (May to September 2008), presents important showpieces from cities such as Copenhagen and Antwerp, manufactured in Zeeland in the 16th and 17th centuries, which are now reunited in Zeeland for the first time in 150 years.
By contributing € 65,000, the Turing Foundation is the main supporter of the exhibition Terug Naar Zeeland.
see also:
Eerste grote zomertentoonstelling vernieuwd Zeeuws Museum

Portrait of an emissary from the kingdom of Congo, probably Don Miguel de Castro, ca 1645, attributed to Albert Eckhout.
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Main supporter Dutch Primitives: Painters from the Late Middle Ages, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 2008
For the first time in over fifty years, there will be an exhibition on the origin of Dutch painting in the county of Holland of that day. The Museum Boijmans van Beuningen shows how a very typical and individual style of painting developed in Holland around 1500.
Fragile, 500 year old panels are rarely loaned, but for this unique exhibition, loans from all over the world will come to Rotterdam: from the Louvre in Paris, the National Gallery in London, the Staatlichen Museen in Berlin, the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, but also from private collections and of course from the collection of the Boijmans museum itself.
"Dutch Primitives: Painters from the Late Middle Ages" will run from February to May 2008 at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. As its main sponsor, the Turing Foundation donates € 100,000 to the exhibition.
see also:
Jozef terug bij Maria! Eeuwenoud schilderij ontdekt (Boijmans)
Expositie Vroege Hollanders (Boijmans)
Dutch Primitives. Paintings from the late Middle Ages (Boijmans)
Middeleeuwse graaf keert terug naar Nederland (Boijmans)
Giften voor Boijmans en Joods Museum (Algemeen Dagblad)
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen: other projects

Dutch Primitives: Painters from the Late Middle Ages
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Main supporter Unknown Modern Masterpieces from Moscow, Jewish Historical Museum, 2007-2008
The Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam presents unknown masterpieces by Russian-Jewish artists from the period 1910-1940. The works, forming part of the collections of the world-famous Tretjakov Gallery and the Bachroesjin Theatre Museum in Moscow, are displayed in the Netherlands for the very first time. The paintings represent the styles of both the avant-garde and social realism. Works will be shown by painters including Issak Brodsky, El Lissitzky, Ilya Chashnik and Solomon Nikritin.
By contributing € 60,000, the Turing Foundation is the main sponsor of the exhibition (19 October to 10 February 2008).
see also:
Schenking Joods Historisch Museum (NIW)
Moderne meesterwerken uit Moskou (JHM)
Giften voor Boijmans en Joods Museum (Algemeen Dagblad)
Joods Historisch Museum Amsterdam: other projects

Robert Falk, Portrait of a Woman in a Red Dress, 1918. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
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Main supporter 'The De Bray Family', Frans Hals Museum, 2008
In 2008, the Frans Hals Museum of Haarlem is setting up a special exhibition on the painters of the seventeenth century De Bray family, in cooperation with the London Dulwich Picture Gallery. During the exhibition (2 February to 21 June 2008), loans from famous museums in Paris, Washington, Edinburgh, Warsaw and Los Angeles will be on display.
The Turing Foundation is the main sponsor of 'The De Bray Family' exhibition, donating € 45,000.
see also:
Grote De Bray-expositie in Frans Hals Museum (Haarlems Dagblad)
Video-rapportage over de De Bray-expositie
Pieter Biesboer bezig met De Bray-expositie in Frans Hals

Venus and Cupid in the forge of Vulcan (Jan Salomonsz de Bray, 1683, 213 x 208 cm)
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Extension opening hours Museum Belvédère 2007-2009
Museum Belvédère is the first museum for modern and contemporary art in Friesland. The museum is located in Museumpark Landgoed Oranjewoud. Its permanent collection consists of works by important Frisian painters, painters who have lived in Friesland and works by partners in style from home and abroad. Apart from that, half of the museum is dedicated to changing exhibitions.
A donation by the Turing Foundation (€ 17,000) enables the museum to open longer twice a week, exclusively for young people.
see also:
Museum Belvédère: other projects

The Belvedere Museum
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Classical and contemporary music
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Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, 2009
'If people do not come to the orchestra, then the orchestra will come to the people.' That is the underlying thought of the extensive programme of activities GO!, launched by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) in 2005. NedPho GO! has as its purpose to make classical music more easily accessible to everyone and consists of least 30 concerts a year under the title 'Concerten in de Wijk' (Community Concerts). These concerts take place at unexpected venues for an audience that is - for various reasons - not used to visiting classical concerts. NedPho GO! can be found at the Westerpark, in rest homes, at community events, in hospitals and at festivals anywhere in Amsterdam.
In 2009 and 2010, just like in 2008,
the Turing Foundation is the main contributor
to the NedPhO GO! Community Concerts (€ 20,000 a year).
see also:
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest: other projects

NedPhO GO! Community Concerts
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Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam, 2009-2010
Over the years, the Brisk Recorder Quartet has built a firm reputation, particularly when it comes to performances for children. BRISK is aware, from experience, that school performances allow children who normally remain largely ignorant of classical music, to come into contact with it.
The Turing Foundation contributes € 10,000 to BRISK's new performance for children entitled 'Who ordered the man', aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 10, making possible a total of 30 rather than 18 school performances.

Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam
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Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra 2008
'If people do not come to the orchestra, then the orchestra will come to the people.' That is the underlying thought of the extensive programme of activities GO!, launched by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) in 2005. NedPho GO! has as its purpose to make classical music more easily accessible to everyone and consists of least 30 concerts a year under the title 'Concerten in de Wijk' (Community Concerts). These concerts take place at unexpected venues for an audience that is - for various reasons - not used to visiting classical concerts. NedPho GO! can be found at the Westerpark, in rest homes, at community events, in hospitals and at festivals anywhere in Amsterdam.
In 2008, 2009 and 2010 the Turing Foundation is the main contributor to the NedPhO GO! Community Concerts (€ 20,000 a year).
see also:
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest: other projects

NedPhO GO! Community Concerts
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Haaglanden Chamber Music Festival 2008
From 12 to 20 September 2008, the Haaglanden Chamber Music Festival organises seven concerts in The Hague and Voorschoten, centred around the theme of time travelling. The festival explicitly aims to interest also the younger generation in chamber music.
By donating € 15,000, the Turing Foundation is the main supporter of interim year 2008. The festival has managed to secure structural funds from 2009.

Haaglanden Chamber Music Festival
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Music Theatre Vincent van Gogh, a Life in Paintings
Stichting Vrije Val, the production office of Frank Groothof, time and again succeeds in enthusing and exciting large groups of children about classical music. In his most recent music theatre production, Groothof shows the life of Vincent Van Gogh, accompanied by Music from contemporaries of Van Gogh - like Mendelssohn, Satie, Diepenbrock, Liszt, Van Bree and Fauré.
Thanks to a donation of € 20,000 by the Turing Foundation, twenty schools in the Netherlands and 6,000 children can enjoy this production.
see also:
Vrije Val: other projects

Vincent van Gogh, a Life in Paintings
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Classical Music Performances for Small Children, Utrecht, 2008-2009
Since 2002, the Memorabele Momenten (MEMO) Foundation
puts small children - who are still fully receptive - into contact with live classical music at playgroups, day-care
and welfare centres. During the school year of 2008/2009, MEMO plans to seriously expand its working area, and to reach
more than 85.000 children in Amsterdam and Utrecht through the project Sharing the Extraordinary.
By donating € 25,000 the Turing Foundation is the main sponsor of MEMO's classical music performances in Utrecht.

memorable moments
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The Amsterdam Cello Biennale 2008
The ACB is a two-yearly international cello festival. From 17 to 25 October 2008, it will present 25 concerts. The festival offers specialist performances, but is at the same time directed at a broad audience from all over the Netherlands, presenting easily accessible activities and cello concerts free of charge.
The Turing Foundation donates € 20,000 to the easily accessible activities that are part of the Amsterdam Cello Biennale 2008, such as "Bach and Breakfast" and the Take Five concerts.
see also:
Amsterdamse Cello Biënnale: other projects

Amsterdamse Cello Biënnale, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
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Family show of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
The Vrije Val Foundation, Frank Groofhof's production company, has during the years earned a good reputation with its opera arrangements, including Beethoven's Fidelio, Mozart's Idomeneo, Bizet's Carmen, Mozart's Don Giovanni, and Purcell's King Arthur. Groothof succeeds time and again in enthusing and exciting large groups of children in classical music. In his most recent production, Porgy & Bess by Gershwin, he will be assisted by musicians from the Concertgebouw Orchestra.
A donation of € 17,000 by the Turing Foundation will enable children to enjoy this show in twelve extra locations all over the country in 2008.
see also:
Vrije Val: other projects

Frank Groothof plays Porgy & Bess
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Concerts of the World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales
The World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales consists of young musicians from 46 countries who play for a wide variety of audiences. The orchestra has the honour of bearing the title UNESCO Artist for Peace. Under the inspiring baton of the young Spanish conductor Josep Vincent, the World Orchestra will give four concerts in the Netherlands in January 2008, at venues such as the Kurhaus in Scheveningen and the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam.
The Turing Foundation donates € 25,000 to these four concerts.

World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales
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Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, 2008-2010
'If people do not come to the orchestra, then the orchestra will come to the people.' That is the underlying thought of the extensive programme of activities GO!, launched by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) in 2005. NedPho GO! has as its purpose to make classical music more easily accessible to everyone and consists of least 30 concerts a year under the title 'Concerten in de Wijk' (Community Concerts). These concerts take place at unexpected venues for an audience that is - for various reasons - not used to visiting classical concerts. NedPho GO! can be found at the Westerpark, in rest homes, at community events, in hospitals and at festivals anywhere in Amsterdam.
In 2008, 2009, 2010, the Turing Foundation is the main contributor to the NedPhO GO! Community Concerts (€ 20,000 a year).
see also:
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest: other projects

NedPhO GO! Community Concerts
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The 10th Grachtenfestival of Amsterdam
The Grachtenfestival is a yearly music festival of national and international standing. Its main programme consists of performances of classical music in special locations in the historic town centre of Amsterdam and special concerts in regular concert halls of Amsterdam.
During this jubilee year, more than 160 different concerts and accompanying activities will take place at 60 different venues. The festival is easily accessible: most concerts do not last longer than one hour, tickets are low-priced or free, and musicians provide information on the pieces they perform.
The Turing Foundation donates € 20,000, not to individual concerts, but to the coordinating organisation of the Grachtenfestival, which makes it into much more than the sum of its parts.

The Grachtenfestival Amsterdam
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Opera 'Khadish/Erwartung'
The Studio Minailo Foundation - a group of young and idealistic musicians - produces a 'true contemporary opera' under the direction of Sjaron Minailo. It is an artistic whole, composed of Khadish by Annat Spiegel and Erwartung by Arnold Schönberg. The full evening's production combines live singing with video images and music recordings, trying to reverse the ageing of traditional opera audiences without undermining the rich opera tradition. In order to build new, younger audiences, the production will be staged expressly on festivals not related to opera,
starting at the Theatre Festival/Amsterdam Fringe festival in September 2007.
The Turing Foundation contributes € 15,000 to the Erwartung-part of the performances of the opera project.

Opera Khadish
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Bouw 'Classic Express' of the Princess Christina Concours
The Princess Christina Competition aims to introduce classical music and jazz to young people. To this end, the organisation has developed the Classic Express : a truck driving through the Netherlands and stopping at as many primary schools as possible. In the truck, children can listen to live performances of classical music, which are made possible through the use of state-of-the-art techniques. In this way, the Princess Christina Contest plans to reach 40,000 children aged between 7 and 9 in the coming three years.
The Turing Foundation makes a once-only donation of € 50,000 to the Classic Express.
see also:
Prinses Christina Concours: other projects

Prinses Christina Concours Classic Express
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Holland Festival 2007: Era La Notte
In 2007, the Holland Festival celebrates its 60th anniversary. Over the years the festival has gained a reputation of international top quality. During the 60th edition of the Holland Festival, soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci sings early Italian baroque music (Monteverdi, Strozzi and Giramo). This concert, entitled 'Era la Notte', can be heard on 20 and 21 June at the Amsterdam Muziektheater aan 't IJ.
The Turing Foundation is the main sponsor of 'Era la Notte', donating € 20,000.
see also:
Holland Festival: other projects

Era la notte
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The Atlas Ensemble
30 musicians from China, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe are united in the Atlas Ensemble. This chamber orchestra brings together instruments which originate from a common 'ancestor', but which have through the ages and in Western and non-Western cultures developed in different ways. The combination yields an unheard sound world.
The Turing Foundation contributes € 50,000 to the activities of the Atlas Ensemble in the Netherlands.

The Atlas Ensemble brings together instruments from different cultures
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