The Turing Foundation - Art

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 :

January 2011	*Poetry in literary magazine De Gids* 2011** In 2012, literary magazine De Gids will be celebrating its 175th anniversary. For the past three years, De Gids has been able to... more	October 2010	Children's Opera about Napoleon, by Frank Groothof, 2010-2011 Frank Groothof succeeds time and again in enthusing and exciting large groups of children with classical music. The... more
October 2010	Poetry anthology Simon Vestdijk, 2010 Over a period of four years, Van Oorschot Publishing will be publishing twelve beautiful, bound anthologies. Said anthologies hold the best... more	October 2010	Bach Day - An Introduction to Bach at Dutch Primary Schools, 2010 The three-year project 'Bach Day' (Dag van Bach) focuses on primary schools across the country and... more
July 2010	Main patron Paul Klee exhibition, CoBrA Museum Amstelveen, 2012 The Cobra Museum organises an exhibition on the much-loved artist Paul Klee (1879-1940) and his relation to the CoBrA... more	July 2010	Turing Car for the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and the Chabot Museum 2010-2011 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... more
May 2010	The Second Turing National Poetry Contest 2010-2011 The Turing National Poetry Contest is the only national poetry contest in the Netherlands that is accessible to everyone and is... more	May 2010	The Amsterdam Cello Biannual 2010 This two-yearly international cello 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... more
May 2010	Main patron Dutch Youth String Orchestra NJSO 2010 The NJSO has 24 musicians. All of them are between the ages of 12 and 20 years old and are associated with the young talent... more	May 2010	Romantic Music Day 2010 This year will see the 24th edition of 'Romantic Music Day', organized by the Buitengoed Foundation. During this free festival, musicians of renowned... more
May 2010	Poetry anthologies Van Geel & Morriën, 2010 Over a period of four years, Van Oorschot Publishing will be publishing twelve beautiful, bound anthologies. Said anthologies hold the... more	May 2010	Free classical music at the Vondelpark 2010 On Sunday Summer mornings, renowned music ensembles render free classical music in the Amsterdam Vondelpark Theater. In 2010... more
March 2010	*Main supporter Diane Arbus - A Retrospective, FOAM Amsterdam, 2012-2013* Diane Arbus (1923-1971) is one of the most fascinating and important photographers of the second... more	March 2010	*Music performance Who will tame the king?, 2010-2011* The Apollo Ensemble has specialized in baroque performances played with authentic instruments. In Who will tame the... more
March 2010	Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2010 The Ricciotti Ensemble consists of 40 idealistic conservatory students, and performs a minimum of 100 times a year. They seek out the... more	March 2010	*Main supporter Alla Turca, Rotterdam Opera days 2010* The Rotterdam Opera days were founded in 2001 to make opera accessible to everyone. For ten days straight there will be... more
March 2010	The Princess Christina Concours - Classical Express, 2010 The Princess Christina Concours strives to excite as many children as possible for classical music. To that end, in 2007... more	March 2010	Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, 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
March 2010	*Poetry in literary magazine De Gids* 2010** The Dutch cultural and literary magazine De Gids has already been published for 170 years. Its aim is to promote literature and to... more	January 2010	*Main supporter Dance* from Matisse, Hermitage, Amsterdam, 2010** In Spring 2010, the Amsterdam Hermitage organises an exhibition of 75 master pieces by artists like Picasso,... more
January 2010	Main supporter National Poetry Day 2010 Every year, National Poetry Day ('Gedichtendag') puts poetry in the national spotlight. On 28 January 2010 over three hundred poetry-related... more	January 2010	Main supporter First Bach Festival, Dordrecht, 2010 The Bach Festival Dordrecht has the ambition to become the first biennial Bach festival in the Netherlands. It will offer 80 to... more
January 2010	A Tribute to Umm Kulthum, Holland Festival 2010 For many years, the Holland Festival has brought the world's best artists to the Netherlands. The 2010 edition of the festival... more	January 2010	Main supporter Warenar by P.C. Hooft, 2010 The ambition of theatre company De Kale is to make classical poets and old Dutch texts accessible to a large Dutch audience. De Kale will... more
January 2010	Main supporter Classical music in..., Hengelo en Naarden-Vesting, 2010 Classical music in ... was founded to bring free classical music concerts to towns and cities that hardly have... more	January 2010	*The Music Factory, school- and family concerts, 2010-2011* Calefax Reed Quintet has given more than 600 concerts in twenty countries since it was founded in 1985. The Times... more
October 2009	Chamber Music Concerts for youngsters, Amsterdam, 2009-2010 The IJ-Salon is a private initiative by members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. The foundation wants to make first-rate... more	October 2009	Vincent van Gogh: the artist and his letters, 2009-2010 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
July 2009	*Main supporter Theo van Doesburg and the Avant-Garde, de Lakenhal, Leiden, 2009-2010* Hundreds of works that have never been seen before in the Netherlands, from Van Doesburg, Mondriaan, Moholy-Nagy, Lissitzky and others, will be... more	July 2009	Bach Day - An Introduction to Bach at Dutch Primary Schools, 2009-2010 The three-year project 'Bach Day' (Dag van Bach) focuses on primary schools across the country and... more
July 2009	Children's Opera based on Goethe's Faust, by Frank Groothof, 2009-2010 Frank Groothof succeeds time and again in enthusing and exciting large groups of children with classical... more	July 2009	*Main supporter Bram and Geer van Velde, Museum Belvédère, Friesland, 2009* The Belvédère Museum is preparing an exhibition on the work of artists and brothers Bram and Geer... more
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	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
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	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
July 2009	Festival for Shanty Choirs, Den Burg, 2010 The 50-headed Oudeschilder Visserskoor sings traditional fishermen's songs, not only at festivities but also in nursing homes and... more	April 2009	The First Turing National Poetry Contest 2009-2010 On 21 April 2009 the Turing National Poetry Competition was launched. This is the first national poetry contest that is open to... more
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	April 2009	Pitié, Holland Festival 2009 Since 1947 the annual Holland Festival has staged a wide array of impressive and high-profile artistic projects from all over the world,... more
April 2009	*International wind instruments festival On Wings!* 2009** In June 2009 the city of Groningen will stage On Wings!, Holland's first wind instruments festival. Players of wind... more	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
April 2009	Poetry anthologies Vasalis & Hanlo, 2009 Publishing house Van Oorschot is planning to publish twelve beautifully printed hardcover anthologies in the course of four years. These... more	April 2009	Matthew Passion by Residentie Bach Ensembles, 2009 Each year, the Residentie Bach Ensembles offer a varied concert programme of classical music, aiming to reach as many... more
April 2009	*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... more	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
January 2009	Main supporter Anton Mauve exhibitions, Singer Museum, Laren and Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 2009-2010 In the Autumn of 2009 The Singer Museum in Laren and the Teylers Museum in... more	January 2009	Main supporter Meijer de Haan retrospective, Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, 2009-2010 From 11 October 2009 the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam will present a generous... more
January 2009	Chamber Opera Festival 2009 Zwolle's Chamber Orchestra Festival is the only festival dedicated exclusively to chamber opera and small-scale musical theatre. For as many as ten days... more	January 2009	*Main supporter 'The Orchestra Kitchen'* 2009** The Holland Symfonia is one the major Dutch symphony orchestras, acting as the regular accompanist of the Dutch National Ballet... more
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	October 2008	*Main Supporter Paris Central, CoBrA Museum, Amstelveen, 2009-2010* The Cobra Movement was established in 1948 in Paris, the capital of European art of that time. In those... more
October 2008	*Main supporter 'Jan Lievens - A Dutch Master Rediscovered', Rembrandthuis Amsterdam, 2009* Jan Lievens was a prodigy child who lived in the seventeenth century. He established... more	October 2008	Main Supporter Elizabeth Peyton exhibition, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, 2009-2010 The Bonnefanten Museum celebrates its 125th anniversary with several special exhibitions, such... more
October 2008	World Premiere Svadebka! The Village Wedding, 2009 Svadebka! De Dorpsbruiloft (The Village Wedding) is the completed version of Stravinsky's unfinished instrumentation of Les... more	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
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	October 2008	Main Supporter of the Children's Concert of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 2009 Following the success of Benjamin's Orchestra in 2007, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will... more
October 2008	Opera per Tutti - Opera for everybody, 2008-2009 Opera per Tutti puts on operas of good quality in an informal atmosphere. Parts of well-known or less famous operas are performed in... more	October 2008	Christmas concerts Händel and Purcell, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Emmen, 2008 Capella Frisiae is a professional chamber choir which is well-known in the North of the Netherlands.... more
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	July 2008	Main Supporter Retrospective Exhibition Jan van Scorel, Centraal Museum Utrecht, 2009 Jan van Scorel was one of the first Dutch painters to practice the new Renaissance style of painting. The Centraal Museum of Utrecht... more
July 2008	*Contemporary Art Exhibition: Not Normal, Beurs van Berlage, 2009-2010* The manifestation Not Normal - Difference on Display is centred on an international visual art exhibition displaying paintings by Marlene Dumas, Louise Bourgeois, Luc Tuymans, Marc Quinn... more	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
July 2008	*Music Theatre Vincent van Gogh, a Life in Paintings, 2008-2009* 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	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
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	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
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	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
May 2008	*Rossini's Opera Il Turco In Italia, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, 2008* 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	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
May 2008	*Wouter van Bemmel "Persweeën", 2008* 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	May 2008	*Music Theatre "Ik en de Koningin", Max Tak, 2008-2009* Children who have never before seen an orchestra perform live, and have no knowledge of classical music, can in this show... more
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	February 2008	*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... more
February 2008	Poetry anthologies Van Schagen & Der Mouw, 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	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
February 2008	*Main supporter La Pasion segun San Marcos, Holland Festival 2008* International art critics have called it "the first masterpiece of the 21st century". In this swinging, large choral work, the Argentinean composer... more	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
November 2007	De Week van de Poëzie 2008 At least 60 poetry events are taking place in April 2008, organised by libraries, book shops, publishers and... more	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
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	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
November 2007	*Family show of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess, 2007-2008* With his opera arrangements, Frank Groothof succeeds time and again in enthusing and exciting large groups of children... more	November 2007	Concerts of the World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales, 2008 Under the inspiring baton of the young Spanish conductor Josep Vincent, the World Orchestra will give four concerts in January 2008... more
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	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
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	July 2007	The 10th Grachtenfestival of Amsterdam, 2007 During this yearly music festival, performances of classical music in special locations in the historic town centre of Amsterdam and special concerts in... more
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	May 2007	Opera 'Khadish/Erwartung', 2007 A group of young and idealistic musicians produces a 'true contemporary opera', an artistic whole, composed of... more
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	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
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	March 2007	*Main supporter Era La Notte, Holland Festival 2007* During the 60th edition of the Holland Festival, soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci sings early Italian baroque music. This concert... more
January 2007	Main supporter of De Week van de Poëzie 2007 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	January 2007	*Poetry anthology 'The First Miracle'* , 2007** The thematic poetry anthology 'Het Eerste Wonder' of Dutch poems about birth is published... more
January 2007	Bouw 'Classic Express' of the Princess Christina Concours, 2007 Het Prinses Christina Concours wil de jeugd kennis laten maken met klassieke en jazz muziek... more	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
2006	Extension opening hours Museum Belvédère 2007-2009 Museum Belvédère is het eerste museum voor moderne en hedendaagse kunst in Friesland... more	2006	Children's Concert of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 2007 The RCO gives a children's concert that is linked to an educational project which enables primary school children in Amsterdam to enjoy... more
2006	The Atlas Ensemble 2007-2009 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	2006	25th anniversary of the Amsterdam Chamber Music Society, 2007 Het Reizend Muziekgezelschap is een kamermuziekgezelschap met een wisselende bezetting van internationale topmuzikanten... more

Poetry
	*Poetry in literary magazine De Gids* 2011** In 2012, literary magazine De Gids will be celebrating its 175th anniversary. For the past three years, De Gids has been able to substantially invest in the publication of poetry and managed to continue publishing the physical edition of the magazine, thanks to the Turing Foundation. In conclusion of their funding, the Turing Foundation will support poetry in De Gids for the next two years (for the last time) as well as help out during all anniversary activities. In total, the Turing Foundation will donate €10,000 in 2011 and 2012 for the publication of poetry in De Gids. see also: De Gids: other projects An issue of De Gids
	Poetry anthology Simon Vestdijk, 2010 Over a period of four years, Van Oorschot Publishing will be publishing twelve beautiful, bound anthologies. Said anthologies hold the best poems of outstanding poets (who are at risk of losing public interest), praised by inspired and well-known readers. In doing so, Van Oorschot wants to reach new and current readers. The most recent publication in the series contain work by Simon Vestdijk. The Turing Foundation will adopt Van Oorschot's beautiful series of anthologies by donating €60,000, so the selling price can be kept at a level affordable for everyone. Earlier publications contain work by Vasalis, Hanlo, Van Schagen en Der Mouw. see also: Van Oorschot: other projects Poetry anthology Simon Vestdijk
	The Second Turing National Poetry Contest 2010-2011 The Turing National Poetry Contest is the only national poetry contest in the Netherlands that is accessible to everyone and is not about a poet, but a poem. With 15,688 poems submitted, the first edition was a resounding succes. Starting 23 April 2010, entries for the second edition can be sent in. The 100 best poems will be published in an exclusive anthology. There will be cash prizes for the top ten poems. First prize is €10,000. Chairman of the judges will be Gerrit Komrij. Ramsey Nasr, the Country's Poet, is the contest's ambassador. The results will be revealed in January 2011, on the eve of National Poem Day. The Turing Foundation has set aside €250,000 to fund the contest for five years. €45,000 is intended for the 2010 edition. The Turing Foundation organizes the contest in association with the Poetry Club. see also: De Tweede Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd 2010 Selectie uit de 100 beste gedichten (Met het Oog op Morgen) Oog: 1 november 2010: De gedichtenwedstrijd! (Met Het Oog Op Morgen) 'Onder de Sterren' winnaar (Parool) Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd op Facebook Top 100 Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd (De Contrabas) Dansen op de maat van het ogenblik (Uitgeverij Augustus) Bijna 10.000 inzendingen Tweede Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd (Persbericht) De Eerste Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd (2009) Iedereen een dichter, vindt ook Komrij (De Stem) Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd: other projects Poëzieclub: other projects Henk van Loenen wins the Second Turing National Poetry Competition 2010/2011
	Poetry anthologies Van Geel & Morriën, 2010 Over a period of four years, Van Oorschot Publishing will be publishing twelve beautiful, bound anthologies. Said anthologies hold the best poems of outstanding poets (who are at risk of losing public interest), praised by inspired and well-known readers. In doing so, Van Oorschot wants to reach new and current readers. The most recent publications in the series contain work by C. J. van Geel and Adriaan Morriën. The Turing Foundation will adopt Van Oorschot's beautiful series of anthologies by donating €60,000, so the selling price can be kept at a level affordable for everyone. Earlier publications contain work by Vasalis, Hanlo, Van Schagen en Der Mouw. see also: Pas verschenen: Chr. J. van Geel (Haarlems Dagblad) Adriaan Morriën - nieuw deel in de bejubelde Turingreeks Van Oorschot: other projects Poetry anthologies Chris van Geel & Adriaan Morriën
	*Poetry in literary magazine De Gids* 2010 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 two years the Turing Foundation adopts the poetry section and special poetry issues of De Gids in 2010 (€ 10,000). see also: De Gids**: other projects A special poetry issue of De Gids
	Main supporter National Poetry Day 2010 Every year, National Poetry Day ('Gedichtendag') puts poetry in the national spotlight. On 28 January 2010 over three hundred poetry-related activities will take place (lectures, recitals, school and library projects, et cetera). Newspapers will publish poetry and poems will be recited on radio, TV and even in the House of Commons. The Poetry Day Collection (this year with poems by poet Tsjebbe Hettinga) will be published in a large run and sold against a low price. By donating € 90,000, the Turing Foundation is the main contributor of National Poetry Day in 2010, 2011 and 2012. see also: De dichter van nu is een slammer (Algemeen Dagblad) Poëzie hekelt en plakt pleisters (Brabants Dagblad) Elfde editie Gedichtendag in Nederland (Dagblad vh Noorden) Gedichtendag: other projects Poetry International Festival Rotterdam: other projects Poetry Day 2010
	Main supporter Warenar by P.C. Hooft, 2010 The ambition of theatre company De Kale is to make classical poets and old Dutch texts accessible to a large Dutch audience. De Kale will present P.C. Hooft's poem Warenar in the Muiderslot Castle. With this project De Kale Foundation especially intends to reach secondary school students. Their aim is to make 600 pupils familiar with the poetry of P.C. Hooft and in such way fire up their interest in poetry in general. By donating € 10,000, the Turing Foundation is the main sponsor of this project. Warenar by P.C. Hooft in castle Muiderslot
	The First Turing National Poetry Contest 2009-2010 On 21 April 2009 the Turing National Poetry Competition was launched. This is the first national poetry contest that is open to anyone over 16 and focuses, first of all, on poetry, not on the poet. The concept originated in the UK where over many years similar initiatives have helped promote the interest in poetry, well-known poets, and new talent. The contest is being organised by the Dutch Poëzieclub. The best 100 poems will be published in a special anthology, introduced by Gerrit Komrij. The authors of the best 10 poems will be invited by Augustus publishers to submit a manuscript to be considered for publication. The winning poet will receive a € 10,000 prize. Chair of the jury is Gerrit Komrij. Dutch Poet Laureate Ramsey Nasr will serve as ambassador of the competition. Over the next five years the Turing Foundation will set aside € 250,000 for the Turing National Poetry Competition, of which € 70,000 is earmarked for the start up year 2009. see also: Winnaars Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd 2009 bekend "Ik ben hier niet op gekleed" (NRC) Schouwburg vol dichters (Volkskrant) Leidenaar wint Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd (Trouw) Dennis heeft al contract over eerste dichtbundel (Gelderlander) Voorbij de verdrietjes (Volkskrant) De 100 winnende gedichten gebundeld in "Zoals Een Haan Een Ei Legt" Gedichten, voorgelezen in Met Het Oog Op Morgen, 7 t/m 26 januari 2010 'Met het Oog op Morgen' in het teken van de Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd Meer dan 15.000 gedichten Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd Gedichten stromen binnen voor Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd (Gelderlander) Iedereen een dichter, vindt ook Komrij (De Stem) Gerrit Komrij lanceert nieuwe poëzieprijs (De Morgen) Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd: other projects Poëzieclub: other projects The Turing National Poetry Competition
	Poetry anthologies Vasalis & Hanlo, 2009 Publishing house Van Oorschot is planning to publish twelve beautifully printed hardcover anthologies in the course of four years. These anthologies feature the very best poems by excellent Dutch poets - who may be in danger of being forgotten by the general public - edited and applauded by enthusiastic and well-known anthologists. Websites on the series will be developed, and people can take out free subscriptions to a daily poem by e-mail from the anthologies. In this way, Van Oorschot aims to reach a new and modern reading public. The most recent anthologies in the series feature M. Vasalis and Jan Hanlo. By donating € 60,000, the Turing Foundation adopts the whole series by Van Oorschot, thereby achieving a selling price that brings the anthologies within easy access of most buyers. see also: Vasalis: De eenvoud achterhaald (FD Persoonlijk) Van Oorschot: other projects The first anthologies in 2009
	*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
	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 activities will take place, including lectures, recitals, and school and library projects. Newspapers will publish poems, poetry will be recited on radio and TV as well as in the House of Commons. A collection of new poems by a major poet will be printed in a large run and sold against a low price. The main event for National Poetry Day 2009 will be the election of the new Poet Laureate. By contributing € 20,000, the Turing Foundation will act as the main supporter of National Poetry Day 2009. see also: Gedichtendag: other projects Poetry International Festival Rotterdam: other projects Poetry Day 2009
	Poetry Circus 2008 The Poetry Circus organizes literature and poetry performances for a young, new and varied audience. The combination of experienced poets and new talent turns out to be a great success. The organisation is, however, beginning to become too large and too successful to remain fully dependent on volunteers. The Turing Foundation contributes € 14,000 to the projects of the Poetry Circus in 2008, in order to help this young, ambitious organisation professionalize. Presentation of the Golden Albatros NK Poetry Slam
	*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
	Poetry anthologies Van Schagen & Der Mouw, 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) Nieuwe "kernachtige" reeks poëziebloemlezingen (De Papieren Man) Van Oorschot: other projects the first two anthologies: november 2008
	De Week van de Poëzie 2008 Many large and sparkling, or instead modest poetry activities and events related to poetry from all over the Netherlands come together in De Week van de Poëzie (poetry week). At least 60 poetry events organised by libraries, stages, book shops and publishers will take place during De Week van de Poëzie (5 to 11 April 2008). This year's theme is First Love. The Turing Foundation donates € 25,000 to the 2008 Week van de Poëzie, of which € 5,000 will be used to finance the collection of poems presented at the end of the Week. see also: Week van de Poëzie: other projects Poëzieclub: other projects Poetry Week - First Love
	*Poetry anthology 'Jou Willen Is Je Missen', 2008* In the context of the "First Love" theme of the Poetry Week 2008 (Week van de Poëzie), poetry magazine Awater and the Poëzieclub presented the thematic poetry anthology "Jou Willen Is Je Missen" on 11 April 2008. This anthology of Dutch poems about love was edited by Marjoleine de Vos. The Turing Foundation contributed € 5.000,- to the publication of this anthology. see also: Awater: other projects Poëzieclub: other projects Jou Willen Is Je Missen
	Main supporter Gedichtendag 2008 Every year, Gedichtendag (Poem Day) brings poetry to the notice on a national level. Three hundred poetry activities will take place on or around 31 January 2008 (including lectures, recitals and school and library projects). Newspapers will publish poems, there will be poetry readings on radio and TV, poems are recited in the House of Commons and the Gedichtendag collection of poems will be printed in a large run and sold against a low price. The theme for Poem Day of 2008 is the relation between poetry and every day objects. By contributing € 30,000, the Turing Foundation is the main supporter of Gedichtendag 2008. see also: Gedichtendag: other projects Poetry International Festival Rotterdam: other projects Poetry Day 2008
	38th Poetry International Festival, 2007 The Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam has through the years proven itself as the leading (inter)national poetry festival. The theme for 2007 is the relation between poetry, insanity and melancholy. Several Dutch and international poets will participate in the festival. The Turing Foundation commits € 20,000 towards activities at the 38th edition of Poetry International that are meant to make poetry more accessible. see also: Poetry International Festival Rotterdam: other projects Poetry International Festival
	Main supporter of De Week van de Poëzie 2007 Many large and sparkling, or instead modest poetry activities and events related to poetry from all over the Netherlands come together in Week van de Poëzie (Poetry Week). At least 60 poetry events organised by libraries, stages, book shops and publishers will take place during De Week van de Poëzie. The opening event of the Week van de Poëzie is a poetry manifestation in De Rode Hoed on Saturday April 21st, organised in cooperation with De Poëzieclub. The theme is Birth. By contributing € 40,000, the Turing Foundation is the main supporter of De Week van de Poëzie. Of the total donation, € 5,000 will be used to finance the collection of poems 'Eerste Wonder' (First Miracle). see also: Week van de Poëzie: other projects Poëzieclub: other projects Poetry Week - Birth
	*Poetry anthology 'The First Miracle'* , 2007** In the context of the "Birth" theme of the Poetry Week 2007 (Week van de Poëzie), poetry magazine Awater and the Poëzieclub presented the thematic poetry anthology "The First Miracle" on 21 April 2007. This anthology of Dutch poems about love was edited by Tsjead Bruinja en Thomas Möhlmann. The Turing Foundation contributed € 5.000,- to the publication of this anthology. see also: Awater: other projects Poëzieclub: other projects Het Eerste Wonder (The First Miracle)
Exhibitions
	Main patron Paul Klee exhibition, CoBrA Museum Amstelveen, 2012 The Cobra Museum organises an exhibition on the much-loved artist Paul Klee (1879-1940) and his relation to the CoBrA art movement's artworks. The exhibition will be set up with the help of the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern and the Danish Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. The collective exhibition will consist of a minimum of 90 of Klee's works and around 60 of the Louisiana Museum and the Cobra Museum's masterpieces by artists such as Constant, Jacobsen, Pedersen, Jorn and Appel. With a €75,000 donation, the Turing Foundation is this exhibition's main patron. see also: Nieuwe directie Cobra Museum organiseert Paul Klee tentoonstelling (Persbericht) CoBrA Museum Amstelveen: other projects Paul Klee exhibition Klee and CoBrA - Child's Play (Kinderspel)
	Turing Car for the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and the Chabot Museum 2010-2011 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. 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 initiated this project in 2007 and has invested € 140,000 into it until 2010. see also: Turing museumbussen - overzichtspagina Topidee: De Gratis Museumbus (Villa d'Arte) Duizenden aanmeldingen voor Turingmuseumbus Eerste rit Turingmuseumbus 'Turingcar' voor Chabot Museum en Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (persbericht) Scholieren gratis met bus naar museum (RTV Rijnmond) Chabot Museum: other projects Museum Boijmans van Beuningen: other projects The first ride of the 'Turingcar', october 2008
	*Main supporter Diane Arbus - A Retrospective, FOAM Amsterdam, 2012-2013* Diane Arbus (1923-1971) is one of the most fascinating and important photographers of the second half of the 20th century. Never before have The Netherlands exhibited an extensive retrospective of her work and it is unlikely to happen again anytime soon. It is especially the choice and quality of the works on display (mainly vintage prints, printed by the artist herself) that give the exhibition its extraordinary quality. This FOAM project has been nominated with the Turing Art Grant 2009. With a €100,000 patronage, the Turing Foundation is the main patron of the exhibition, enabling FOAM to enter into a contract to realise this ambitious project. Diane Arbus - A retrospective will be on display from 25 October 2012 - 13 January 2013 in FOAM. see also: FOAM Amsterdam: other projects Diane Arbus: Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967
	*Main supporter Dance* from Matisse, Hermitage, Amsterdam, 2010** In Spring 2010, the Amsterdam Hermitage organises an exhibition of 75 master pieces by artists like Picasso, Kandinsky, Van Dongen and Matisse. This exhibition presents a beautiful overview of modernism, featuring many works of art that have not been exhibited before in the Netherlands. The Turing Foundation specifically contributes to the loan of one masterpiece in this exhibition that is hardly ever brought to other museums. By donating € 100,000, the Turing Foundation is the main sponsor of this exhibition, which will run from March to September 2010. For the first time in history, Matisse's Dance is brought to The Netherlands. see also: De Dans van Matisse zes weken in het Hermitage 'De Dans' te zien in de Hermitage (Telegraaf) Met je neus op 'De Dans' (Volkskrant) Matisses dansers vliegen naar de Amstel (Parool) Naakte danseressen welkom in Hermitage (AD) Naakte danseressen welkom in Hermitage (Trouw) Matisse zit even klem in Hermitage (Parool) Kijken naar kunst (nu.nl) Henri Matisse, Danse, 1910 (© Succession Henri Matisse c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2010)
	Vincent van Gogh: the artist and his letters, 2009-2010 Vincent van Gogh is one of the most important artists of all times. Apart from his many exceptional paintings and drawings, he also left behind one of the most fascinating artist's correspondences we know of. After years of intensive research the Van Gogh Museum publishes Vincent van Gogh's letters in a 'definitive version': 2,240 pages in 6 bound volumes, with high-quality reproductions of the originals and illustrations of all 2,000 works of art Vincent van Gogh referred to in his letters - whether these be his own works or the works of others. Furthermore, as of 9 October 2009 the Van Gogh Museum will organise an exhibition around the letters and the works the letters refer to. And a new scientific website gives access to the results of the project. The Turing Foundation contributes € 200,000 to the publication of the letters, avaialble as of 9 October 2009. see also: Het Brievenproject (Van Gogh Museum) Over 120 Van Gogh Letters On View (Art Daily) Brieven van Vincent van Gogh volledig in beeld gebracht Van Gogh Museum: other projects One of the Van Gogh letters
	*Main supporter Theo van Doesburg and the Avant-Garde, de Lakenhal, Leiden, 2009-2010* Theo van Doesburg still inspires many contemporary artists. The exhibition Constructing a New World: Theo van Doesburg and the Avant-Garde in De Lakenhal shows his perception and his time. Apart from hundreds of works by Van Doesburg himself, art works are shown by more than 70 contemporaries who directly or indirectly influenced him, like Mondriaan, Moholy-Nagy, Schwitters and Lissitzky. Half of the more than 400 art works in total have never been shown before in the Netherlands. By donating € 85,000, the Turing Foundation is the main sponsor of this exhibition, which will be on display in Leiden from 16 October 2009 until 3 January 2010. In January 2010 it will travel on to partner museum Tate Modern in London. Georges Vantongerloo, Study, 1920 (Oil, 52 x 61.5 cm)
	*Main supporter Bram and Geer van Velde, Museum Belvédère, Friesland, 2009* The Belvédère Museum is preparing an exhibition on the work of artists and brothers Bram and Geer van Velde. The focus of the exhibition will be on the development phase of both artists. It shows how the two brothers have inspired and influenced each other, at the same time drawing on the achievements of modern art surrounding them, and eventually developing their very own modes and styles. The exhibition will feature paintings and works on paper, including loans from private collections in the Netherlands and abroad and from Dutch and international museums. The Turing Foundation donates € 11,800 towards this exhibition, which is the remainder of an earlier donation to the Belvédère Museum. see also: Museum Belvédère: other projects Geer van Velde in the Belvédère Museum, Friesland
	Turing Car for the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum and the Chabot Museum 2009 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 Museum Ticket, with which the child can return to the museum free of charge together with an adult. 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 initiated this project in 2007 and invests € 140,000 into it until 2010. see also: Turing museumbussen - overzichtspagina Topidee: De Gratis Museumbus (Villa d'Arte) Duizenden aanmeldingen voor Turingmuseumbus Eerste rit Turingmuseumbus 'Turingcar' voor Chabot Museum en Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (persbericht) 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
	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
	Main supporter Anton Mauve exhibitions, Singer Museum, Laren and Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 2009-2010 In the Autumn of 2009 The Singer Museum in Laren and the Teylers Museum in Haarlem will simultaneously present a special exhibition of the popularly acclaimed painter Anton Mauve (1838-1888). The Haarlem exhibition will focus on the development of Mauve's artistry from student to master, his religious background and the relationship between Mauve and Van Gogh. In the Laren exhibition the emphasis will be on Mauve's influence on the genesis of the so-called "Laren School of Painting" and on realising a retrospective of a number of "American Mauves": works by Mauve that almost immediately after their creation were sold to the USA and became part of private collections. By contributing a total sum of € 60,000 the Turing Foundation will act as the main supporter of both exhibitions, which together will offer the largest retrospective ever of Mauve in the Netherlands. see also: Duo-tentoonstelling Mauve trekt ruim 100.000 bezoekers Mauve Website (Singer/Teylers Museum) Singer Museum Laren: other projects Teylers Museum: other projects Rit langs het Scheveningse strand, Anton Mauve, 1976
	Main supporter Meijer de Haan retrospective, Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, 2009-2010 From 11 October 2009 the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam will present a generous retrospective of the 19th-century artist Meijer de Haan. For the first time in 125 years this exhibition will offer all of Meijer de Haan's works kept in private collections from all over the world as well as from Dutch, French, and American Museums. Apart from Meijer de Haan's oeuvre the exhibition will show works by contemporaries and friends such as Gauguin, Roy, Schuffenecker, Isaacson, Baruch de Laguna and Pothuis. By contributing € 50,000 the Turing Foundation will act as the main supporter of the exhibition, which will run from 13 October 2009 to 24 January 2010. see also: De verborgen meester (JHM) Joods Historisch Museum Amsterdam: other projects Meijer de Haan, Motherhood, 1889
	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 Foundation initiated the Turing Art Grant, a € 450,000 donation to be presented biennially to a single exhibition. In this way the Turing Foundation is able to offer key advance contributions to exhibitions that would otherwise be unlikely to be staged, with works of art that would otherwise only be on view in museums abroad. All Dutch Museums may compete for the new Turing Art Grant. For more information, see the Turing Art Grant Website. Update 2009: The first Turing Art Grant was granted on May 25, 2009 to the exhibition plan of the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum. see also: Tweejaarlijks bedrag voor grote exposities (NRC) Turing Foundation lanceert Turing Toekenning (Persbericht) Zestien musea dingen mee naar de eerste Turing Toekenning (Persbericht) Turing Art Grant 2009 Photo: Vincent van Gogh, Zelfportret als schilder, 1888 (c)Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	*Main Supporter Paris Central, CoBrA Museum, Amstelveen, 2009-2010* The Cobra Movement was established in 1948 in Paris, the capital of European art of that time. In those years, the most important Cobra artists Appel and Jorn became part of a larger European network of (abstract) artists who worked according to the rules of the expressionist school. They are the artists of the post-war 'École de Paris'. In recent years, they have attracted a lot of renewed attention. The CoBrA Museum continuously brings the works of Cobra artists, their contemporaries and 'kindred spirits' to the notice. In 2009, the museum organises the special exhibition Paris Central, which will focus on the School of Paris and will feature paintings by artists such as Bram and Geer van Velde, Jean Dubuffet and Henri Michaux. Many works originate from leading private and foreign collections. By donating € 100,000, the Turing Foundation is the main supporter of the exhibition Paris Central, which can be visited from September 2009 until January 2010 in the CoBrA Museum. see also: Paris Central - Europese Meesters uit de jaren vijftig CoBrA Museum Amstelveen: other projects Nicolas de stael, Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1954
	*Main supporter 'Jan Lievens - A Dutch Master Rediscovered', Rembrandthuis Amsterdam, 2009* Jan Lievens was a prodigy child who lived in the seventeenth century. He established himself as an independent master painter when he was only ten years old. His painting greatly influenced the work of Rembrandt. Due to a collaboration with two prestigious American partners (the Washington National Gallery and the Milwaukee Museum of Fine Art), the Rembrandthuis has succeeded in bringing 90 loans from all over the world to the Netherlands for this exhibition. One third of the objects shown in this special exhibition has never before been shown in the Netherlands. As its main contributor, the Turing Foundation donates € 60,000 to the exhibition Jan Lievens (1607-1674) - A Dutch Master Rediscovered. The exhibition will be held from May 17 to August 9, 2009 at the Amsterdam Rembrandthuis. Jan Lievens (1607-1674), self-portrait c 1629
	Main Supporter Elizabeth Peyton exhibition, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, 2009-2010 The Bonnefanten Museum celebrates its 125th anniversary with several special exhibitions, such as a retrospective on contemporary painter Elizabeth Peyton. Her work has never before been shown in the Netherlands. The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York organises this first comprehensive survey of Peyton's oeuvre. 85 of her paintings can be seen in the Bonnefanten Museum from October 20, 2009 to March 21, 2010. Since the opportunity of this exhibition of high quality would otherwise have passed the Netherlands, the Turing Foundation as a main sponsor pays the full project costs of € 75,000. Democrats are more beautiful (after Jonathan Horowitz), 2001, Coll. Laura and Stafford Broumand
	*Main Supporter of The Secret of Silence, Roermond, 2009* Stichting De Roermondse Kartuizers (The Carthusians of Roermond Foundation) organises the exhibition 'Het Geheim van de Stilte -De besloten wereld van de Roermondse Kartuizers' (The Secret of Silence - The Hidden World of the Carthusians of Roermond) in the Carthusian Bethlehem Cloister of Roermond. The exhibition will feature panels by many early sixteenth and eighteenth century artists, originating from cities such as Aachen, Grenada, Bruges and Liege. Some of the works have never been displayed in the Netherlands before. Even in Spain and Italy painters immortalized how monks of the Bethlehem Cloister were murdered by the troops of William of Orange. A donation of € 35,000 makes the Turing Foundation the main supporter of this very special exhibition, which will be held from March 27 until June 21, 2009. The Secret of Silence - Roermondse Kartuizers
	The letters of Vincent van Gogh, 2008-2009 Vincent van Gogh is one of the most important artists of all times. Apart from his many exceptional paintings and drawings, he also left behind one of the most fascinating artist's correspondences we know of. After years of intensive research the Van Gogh Museum will publish Vincent van Gogh's letters in a 'definitive version': 2,240 pages in 5 bound volumes, with high-quality reproductions of the originals and illustrations of all 2,000 works of art Vincent van Gogh referred to in his letters - whether these be his own works or the works of others. In 2009/2010 the Van Gogh Museum will also organise an exhibition around the letters and the works the letters refer to. On top of that, there will be a scientific website which gives access to the results of the project. The Turing Foundation will contribute € 200,000 to the publication of the letters in 2008 and 2009. see also: Het Brievenproject (Van Gogh Museum) Over 120 Van Gogh Letters On View (Art Daily) Brieven van Vincent van Gogh volledig in beeld gebracht Van Gogh Museum: other projects One of the Van Gogh letters
	Main Supporter Retrospective Exhibition Jan van Scorel, Centraal Museum Utrecht, 2009 From 21 March to 28 June 2009, the Centraal Museum of Utrecht organises a major retrospective exhibition entitled Jan van Scorel and Utrecht painting. Jan van Scorel (1495-1562) was one of the first Dutch painters to practice the new Renaissance style of painting. The Turing Foundation is its main sponsor, donating € 80,000 to this special exhibition. see also: Scorels Roem - Hoe een Utrechtse schilder de Renaissance naar het Noorden bracht Jan van Scorel, Portrait of Agatha van Schoonhoven, 1529
	*Contemporary Art Exhibition: Not Normal, Beurs van Berlage, 2009-2010* From 11 December 2009 (to 7 March 2010) the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam hosts the manifestation Niet Normaal • Difference on Display. Next to games, movies and documentaries, Not Normal displays many paintings by painters such as Marlene Dumas, Louise Bourgeois, Luc Tuymans, Marc Quinn and Erik van Lieshout. Many of the works shown have not been accessible to Dutch audiences before. The exhibition is a cooperation with the Deutsches Hygiene Museum in Dresden and the Welcome Trust in London. The Turing Foundation contributes € 100,000 to this exhibition, which will be on display from 11 December 2009 to 7 March 2010. see also: De grenzen van lichaam en geest (Volkskrant) Kunst ondergeschikt aan hoger doel (NRC Handelsblad) Niet normaal, wie bepaalt dat? (De Telegraaf) Wie bepaalt de norm? (Trouw) Niet Normaal (trendbeheer) Luc Tuymans, Die Diagnostische Blick, 1996
	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: Turing museumbussen - overzichtspagina Topidee: De Gratis Museumbus (Villa d'Arte) Duizenden aanmeldingen voor Turingmuseumbus Eerste rit Turingmuseumbus 'Turingcar' voor Chabot Museum en Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (persbericht) 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
	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)
	*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.
	*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
	*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.
	*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) De familie de Bray: 't Zit in de genen! Venus and Cupid in the forge of Vulcan (Jan Salomonsz de Bray, 1683, 213 x 208 cm)
	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
Classical and contemporary music
	Children's Opera about Napoleon, by Frank Groothof, 2010-2011 Frank Groothof succeeds time and again in enthusing and exciting large groups of children with classical music. The Turing Foundation already made donations to earlier music theatre production of his, amongst which Vincent van Gogh, A Life in Paintings and Gershwin's Porgy & Bess. The Turing Foundation will support the activities of his production office structurally during the coming years, enabling fifteen extra school performances by donating a yearly sum of € 15,000 until 2011. see also: Vrije Val: other projects Music Theatre Performances Frank Groothof, 2010-2011
	Bach Day - An Introduction to Bach at Dutch Primary Schools, 2010 The three-year project 'Bach Day' (Dag van Bach) focuses on primary schools across the country and introduces children to classical music, musicians and their musical instruments. In the coming three years, the Netherlands Bach Society intends to reach 13,500 pupils with their project, amongst whom many children who would otherwise not necessarily get into contact with classical music. The children will listen to a concert by professional musicians and will be confronted with Bach's music in a very valuable way. The Turing Foundation makes available € 45,000 for this project until June 2012. see also: Dag van Bach: leerlingen beleven klassieke muziek (weekkrant) Nederlandse Bachvereniging: other projects Bach Day - An Introduction to Bach at Dutch Primary Schools
	The Amsterdam Cello Biannual 2010 The ACB is a biannual international cello festival. From 5-13 November 2010, 37 concerts will be held. The festival offers specialist performances, but also focuses on a broader audience from all over the Netherlands, offering accessible activities and free cello performances. The Turing Foundation contributes €20,000 to the accessible public activity "Bach & Breakfast" by the Amsterdam Cello Biennale 2010. see also: Cellofestival verrast weer (Volkskrant) Mega Kinder Cello Orkest laat de cello huilen (NRC) Solisten kruisen de strijkstokken (Volkskrant) Een cello is vooral melancholisch (Trouw) Amsterdamse Cello Biënnale: other projects Bach & Breakfast, monday 8 November 2010, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
	Main patron Dutch Youth String Orchestra NJSO 2010 The NJSO has 24 musicians. All of them are between the ages of 12 and 20 years old and are associated with the young talent classes of the Dutch Schools of music. Thanks to the Turing Foundation, they are able to increase their yearly number of performances from 15 to a minimum of 21. They play in homes for the elderly, community centres and schools. The concerts are always accompanied by renowned musicians like Lisa Ferschtman, Cora Brugman and the Zapp string quartet. By donating €15,000, the Turing Foundation will be the main patron of NJSO's free concerts. see also: Nederlands Jeugd Strijkorkest: other projects Main patron Dutch Youth String Orchestra NJSO 2010-2012
	Romantic Music Day 2010 This year will see the 24th edition of 'Romantic Music Day', organized by the Buitengoed Foundation. During this free festival, musicians of renowned orchestras will be performing along with laureates of the Princess Christina Concourse and the Young Musical Talent Foundation. The day, that attracted tens of thousands of visitors last year, will be concluded with a moonlight concert. The Turing Foundation will donate €5,000 to the festival that will be held 8 August 2010. see also: Stichting Buitengoed: other projects Romantic Music Day 2010
	Free classical music at the Vondelpark 2010 On Summer Sunday mornings, renowned music societies will be performing classical pieces for free in the Amsterdam Vondelpark Open air theatre. In June, July and August 2010 there will be performances by the Dutch Chamber Orchestra, the Ricciotti Ensemble, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, and perhaps the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra and the Atlas Ensemble. Like last year, the Turing Foundation will once again adopt these successful classical performances with a €20,000 donation for 2010. Classical Music Evenings in the Vondelpark
	*Music performance Who will tame the king?, 2010-2011* The Apollo Ensemble has specialized in baroque performances played with authentic instruments. In Who will tame the king? the focus is on baroque music for children. The show aims at having children experience the 18th century by performing music by Purcell, Desmas, Bach, Hume and others. There will be 13 family concerts throughout the Netherlands as well as 8 performances at schools in the province of Flevoland. The Turing Foundation will donate €20,000 to this musical performance developed especially for children. see also: Orkaan Producties: other projects Muziekvoorstelling Wie temt de Koning?, 2010-2011
	Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2010 The Ricciotti Ensemble consists of 40 idealistic conservatory students, and performs a minimum of 100 times a year. They seek out the people that are unable to attend live classical performances for different reasons. The Ricciotti performs, invited or not, in health care residences, prisons, at schools, in the street and in refugee centres. From 2007-2009 we have been Ricciotti's main patron. By donating €90,000 until the end of 2012, the Turing Foundation will remain main patron of the Ricciotti Ensemble's Dutch performances for the next 3 years. see also: Ricciotti Ensemble: other projects Ricciotti plays in a hospital
	*Main supporter Alla Turca, Rotterdam Opera days 2010* The Rotterdam Opera days were founded in 2001 to make opera accessible to everyone. For ten days straight there will be concerts on various stages, in the street and at special venues in the city. For the 2010 edition, the Turing Foundation supports the festival in the realisation of the show Alla Turca by the baroque orchestra B'rock. B'rock is currently a national and international hit. Alla Turca combines oriental music - as westerners used to think it must sound - with Mozart. The Turing Foundation will donate €10.000 which makes it the main patron of the Alla Turca concert. Operadagen Rotterdam
	The Princess Christina Concours - Classical Express, 2010 The Princess Christina Concours strives to excite as many children as possible for classical music. To that end, in 2007 the Turing Foundation contributed to the development of the Princess Christina Express, a truck that tours schools in the Netherlands to perform classical concerts for children. Due to the overwhelming success, the Classical Express wants to go from 300 to 500 concerts a year in order to reach 12,000 children each year. The Turing Foundation will donate €60,000 until the end of 2012 for the expansion of the number of school concerts. see also: Prinses Christina Concours: other projects A concert in the Classic Express
	Main Supporter of the Community Concerts of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, 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! makes 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 2010, just like in the last two years, 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
	Main supporter First Bach Festival, Dordrecht, 2010 The Bach Festival Dordrecht has the ambition to become the first biennial Bach festival in the Netherlands. It will offer 80 to 100 large and small-scale concerts, performed by renowned musicians and recently graduated young talent from home and abroad. The concerts will be performed in- and outdoors, at lunch time, in the middle of the night and at all other times of the day. The Turing Foundation donates € 20,000 to the first Bach Festival. see also: Bach heeft Dordrecht ingenomen (Trouw) Begin Bach Festival ongekend muziekfeest (AD Dordrecht) Eerste Bach Festival trekt 10.000 bezoekers Rappen op Bach in Dordrecht (Telegraaf) Gustav Leonhardt en hartveroverende Tranen van Bach (AD Dordrecht) Bach Festival presenteert klassiek én vernieuwend programma Nieuw Bach Festival voor Dordrecht Lisa Jacobs tijdens de opening van het Eerste Bach Festival in Dordrecht
	A Tribute to Umm Kulthum, Holland Festival 2010 For many years, the Holland Festival has brought the world's best artists to the Netherlands. The 2010 edition of the festival will start with songs by Umm Kulthum, written for the in the region very popular 'Arab Maria Callas'. The songs will be performed by the Egyptian singer Amal Maher. This concert, brought to the Netherlands especially for the Holland Festival, was first performed in 2009 during the Beiteddine Festival of Lebanon. The Turing Foundation donates € 50,000 to this special musical performance. The foundation made earlier donations to the festival in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and will continue to support it at least until 2012. see also: Holland Festival: other projects Amal Maher opens the Holland Festival 2010 with A Tribute to Umm Kulthum
	Main supporter Classical music in..., Hengelo en Naarden-Vesting, 2010 Classical music in ... was founded to bring free classical music concerts to towns and cities that hardly have any classical music calendar at all. Musicians of ensembles such as the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will give several concerts. Children in the 7th and 8th grades of primary school will be actively involved in the concerts through the project The Music Box. By donating € 10,000 the Turing Foundation is the main supporter of this project in the Summer of 2010 in Hengelo en Naarden-Vesting. see also: Klassieke klanken bij de kazerne Klassiek voor de Kazerne, Naarden-Vesting, 19 juni 2010
	*The Music Factory, school- and family concerts, 2010-2011* Calefax Reed Quintet has given more than 600 concerts in twenty countries since it was founded in 1985. The Times on Calefax: "Calefax - five extremely gifted Dutch Gents who almost made the reed quintet seem the best musical format on the planet." With their Music Factory project, Calefax wants to develop and play a compact 'Out of the Boot Concert' (kofferbakvoorstelling): easy to perform in concert halls and churches, with no complicated technical requirements, props or actors. The Turing Foundation donates € 15,000 and is the main supporter of 19 concerts for children and young concert goers in 2010-2011. see also: Orkaan Producties: other projects Calefax Rietkwintet
	Chamber Music Concerts for youngsters, Amsterdam, 2009-2010 The IJ-Salon is a private initiative by members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. The foundation wants to make first-rate chamber music accessible to a wide audience by means of concerts in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam. For € 10,000 the Turing Foundation adopts the 'Mini-IJ-Salon': eight school concerts and a family concert that will reach around 800 schoolchildren from carefully selected secondary schools in Amsterdam Zuidoost, Amsterdam West and Krommenie. Chamber Music Concerts for youngsters, Amsterdam
	Bach Day - An Introduction to Bach at Dutch Primary Schools, 2009-2010 The three-year project 'Bach Day' (Dag van Bach) focuses on primary schools across the country and introduces children to classical music, musicians and their musical instruments. In the coming three years, the Netherlands Bach Society intends to reach 13,500 pupils with their project, amongst whom many children who would otherwise not necessarily get into contact with classical music. The children will listen to a concert by professional musicians and will be confronted with Bach's music in a very valuable way. The Turing Foundation makes available € 45,000 for this project until June 2012. see also: Nederlandse Bachvereniging: other projects Bach Day - An Introduction to Bach at Dutch Primary Schools
	Children's Opera based on Goethe's Faust, by Frank Groothof, 2009-2010 Frank Groothof succeeds time and again in enthusing and exciting large groups of children with classical music. The Turing Foundation already made donations to earlier music theatre production of his, amongst which Vincent van Gogh, A Life in Paintings and Gershwin's Porgy & Bess. The Turing Foundation will support the activities of his production office structurally during the coming years, enabling fifteen extra school performances by donating a yearly sum of € 15,000 until 2011. see also: Vrije Val: other projects Music Theatre Performances Frank Groothof, 2009-2011
	Free classical music at the Vondelpark 2009 On several summery Sunday mornings, renowned music societies will give free classical music concerts at the Amsterdam Vondelpark Open Air Theatre. In June, July and August 2009, performances have been scheduled by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Ricciotti Ensemble, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, and possibly the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest and the Atlas Ensemble. Like in previous years, the Turing Foundation adopts these successful classical music concerts in 2009 by donating € 20,000. see also: Amsterdamse Vondelpark Openluchttheater: other projects Classical Music Evenings in the Vondelpark
	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
	Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2009 The Ricciotti Ensemble consists of 40 idealistic (conservatory) students who give 100 concerts a year for people who are unable to attend live performances of symphonic music. The orchestra plays at venues such as care homes, prisons, schools and asylum centres. The Turing Foundation is the main sponsor of the Ricciotti Ensemble in 2009, just like past years (€ 35,000 a year). see also: Turing Foundation hoofddonateur ricciotti Ricciotti Ensemble: other projects Ricciotti plays in a hospital
	Festival for Shanty Choirs, Den Burg, 2010 The 50-headed Oudeschilder Visserskoor sings traditional fishermen's songs, not only at festivities but also in nursing homes and homes for the elderly. Their foundation is organising a festival especially for shanty choirs (the Wadden Shanty Choirs Festival) on 26 June 2010. The Turing Foundation makes a once-only donation of € 5,000 to support a successful first edition of the festival. Oudeschilders Visserskoor, Texel
	Pitié, Holland Festival 2009 Since 1947 the annual Holland Festival has staged a wide array of impressive and high-profile artistic projects from all over the world, including theatre, music, dance, and the plastic arts. Like in 2007 ('Era La Notte') and 2008 ('La Pasión según San Marcos'), the Turing Foundation will contribute to this year's Holland Festival by supporting Pitié by Les Ballets C de la B. The performance is a fresh 'total experience' of Bach's St Matthew's Passion, pivoting around the much loved 'Erbarme dich' aria. In addition, African influences are explicitly part of the performance. In this way, starting from Bach rather then ending in Bach, the composer becomes liberated from the dominant Western tradition. The Turing Foundation contributes € 25,000 to the performances, which are scheduled for 11, 12, and 13 June in the Carré Theatre, Amsterdam. see also: Holland Festival: other projects Pitié by Les Ballets C de la B
	*International wind instruments festival On Wings!* 2009** In June 2009 the city of Groningen will stage On Wings!, Holland's first wind instruments festival. Players of wind instruments from home and abroad will perform throughout town. Apart from the many concerts, a wind instruments contest as well as varied peripheral activities will be organised. In order to reach as large an audience as possible, On Wings! has sought collaboration with almost every single cultural platform in town, such as schools of music, concert halls and theatres. In addition, on June 13 Groningen will witness a wide array of free, easily accessible performances of music by Bach in a great number of venues as well as in the streets and in the Station Building. The Turing Foundation has adopted the activities of Saturday, June 13, by donating € 15.000, so as to make the free Bach concerts possible. see also: On Wings: other projects International Festival of Windplaying On Wings!
	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
	Matthew Passion by Residentie Bach Ensembles, 2009 Each year, the Residentie Bach Ensembles offer a varied concert programme of classical music, aiming to reach as many young people as possible without damaging the quality of the music. In 2006, their Matthew Passion, adapted and translated into Dutch, became a national hit. Just like last year, the Turing Foundation will be the main supporter of the performances of the Matthew Passion in 2009 (€ 10,000). see also: Residentie Bach Ensembles: other projects Residentie Bach Choir and Residentie Orchestra
	Chamber Opera Festival 2009 Zwolle's Chamber Orchestra Festival is the only festival dedicated exclusively to chamber opera and small-scale musical theatre. For as many as ten days performances from home and abroad, and from baroque to contemporary music will be on offer. In the past, the festival attracted on average 4,500 visitors each year but its aim is to cater for at least 7,500 visitors in the future. In order to achieve this goal the festival will organise free open-air performances, schedule opera productions for and to be performed by young people and set up substantial peripheral activities. The Turing Foundation will offer a once-only € 20,000 in order to support the festival's activities aimed at broadening its audience. KamerOpera Festival 2009
	*Main supporter 'The Orchestra Kitchen'* 2009** The Holland Symfonia is one the major Dutch symphony orchestras, acting as the regular accompanist of the Dutch National Ballet and the Nederlands Dans Theater. Developed especially for children, "The Orchestra Kitchen" was set up by Holland Symfonia to display, in a "kitchen setting", a great number of musical compositions. Children are thus given the chance to be introduced to live classical music. The performance is aimed at making, tasting, colouring and listening to music together. By contributing € 27,500 the Turing foundation will be the main supporter of the performances in 2009. De Orkestkeuken
	World Premiere Svadebka! The Village Wedding, 2009 Svadebka! De Dorpsbruiloft (The Village Wedding) is the completed version of Stravinsky's unfinished instrumentation of Les Noces by the Dutch composer Theo Verbey, written in 1919. It has never before been performed. For this performance, De Dorpsbruiloft Foundation has acquired the exclusive rights from the Stravinsky heirs. The world premiere of the piece will be staged in 2009 during the opening of the Hermitage in Amsterdam and will be part of the Grachtenfestival. After the Dutch concert series, the production will travel to Saint Petersburg. The Turing Foundation contributes € 20,000 towards the costs of this project. Svadebka! The Village Wedding
	Main Supporter of the Children's Concert of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 2009 Following the success of Benjamin's Orchestra in 2007, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will in the Spring of 2009 be putting on Händel's 'Music for the Royal Fireworks' in children's adaptation, entitled 'Koninklijk Vuurwerk' in Dutch. The story is based in Händel's house in London, which was closed for years because it was thought to be haunted. In order to reach even more children this year who would not normally get in touch with classical music, the choice has been made to aim this project expressly at the schools right outside Amsterdam, such as Almere and Purmerend. Transportation by bus is included in the project. The school concerts are given on February 27, 2009. After that, two public concerts will be organised on March 1. As the main supporter of the project, the Turing Foundation contributes € 30,000 to the children's concerts. see also: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest: other projects The Children's Concert of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
	Opera per Tutti - Opera for everybody, 2008-2009 Opera per Tutti puts on operas of good quality in an informal atmosphere. Parts of well-known or less famous operas are performed in a light-hearted way, while no harm is being done to the quality of the performance. The music performed and the corresponding plots are briefly explained to the audience. The founders want to offer opera on a weekly basis in informal concert locations. Opera per Tutti thus organises weekly performances in the Vondelkerk in Amsterdam, offering a mix of professional opera singers and students of the Nieuwe Opera Academie and the conservatories of Amsterdam and The Hague. The performances attract opera lovers from all over the country. The Turing Foundation contributes € 20,000 to the activities of Opera per Tutti in the 2008/2009 season. Opera per Tutti
	Christmas concerts Händel and Purcell, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Emmen, 2008 Capella Frisiae is a professional chamber choir which is well-known in the North of the Netherlands. At the end of 2008, the choir organises a series of Christmas concerts (featuring works by Händel and Purcell) together with baroque orchestra The Northern Consort. The first concert takes place on Christmas Eve in the restored station hall of Groningen, which was once built to function also as a concert hall and which has marvellous acoustics. The second and third concert take place on December 27 in De Harmonie in Leeuwarden and on December 28 in the Grote Kerk of Emmen. The Turing Foundation contributes € 10,000 to the concerts. There is no entrance fee for the concert in Groningen, and visitors are asked for a token payment only for the concerts on December 27 and 28. In this way, as many people as possible can enjoy the concerts. Capella Frisiae in concert
	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
	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
	*Music Theatre Vincent van Gogh, a Life in Paintings, 2008-2009* 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
	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
	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
	Noorderkerk Concerts: Marketplace for Music 2008 The Noorderkerk Concerts Foundation wants to reach a new and varied audience with short, easily accessible concerts of high quality, given in an informal atmosphere. Each year the foundation organises a series of 30 to 35 concerts in the Noorderkerk, located at the Noordermarkt, in the heart of the Amsterdam Jordaan area. Each Saturday, directly after the organic market, NKC plays contemporary or classical music at this location. The Turing Foundation contributes € 25,000 to this initiative in 2008. Noorderkerk Concerts: Marketplace for Music 2008
	*Rossini's Opera Il Turco In Italia, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, 2008* The Nederlands Blazers Ensemble (NBE) has created a 'new' opera genre - the chamber opera - suitable to be performed at multiple types of locations and with well-accessible music for starting or younger visitors of opera. In the fall of 2008 the ensemble will perform Rossini's Il Turco in Italia, adapted into a chamber opera. The Turing Foundation contributes € 20,000 to this series of concerts. Chamber Opera 'Il Turco In Italia' by the NBE
	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 from all over the Netherlands visit this festival in Museum 'De Prinsenhof' in Delft. The 2008 festival will be held from 1 to 10 August. With a onetime donation of € 20,000 the Turing Foundation contributes to a number of activities in order to interest more youth and a new audience in chamber music, with the expectation that these will be able to finance themselves in the years after. Examples are the free of charge lunch concerts and the cocktail concerts. Music Registrations of previous Delft Chamber Music Festivals
	*Wouter van Bemmel "Persweeën", 2008* The Weerdruk Foundation will perform the composition "Persweeën" by Wouter van Bemmel during Open Monument Day on 14 September, 2008, in the Amsterdam Veem Theater. The sound of printing presses running and the Monotype pouring machine form the basis of this piece of music. The piece will also be performed during the final manifestation of Amsterdam Wereldboekenstad in April 2009. The Turing Foundation finances the performances of this piece of music on 14 September, 2008 with € 4,350. Wouter van Bemmel's 'Persweeën': piece of music for printing press and orchestra
	*Music Theatre "Ik en de Koningin", Max Tak, 2008-2009* Orkest Max Tak produces the show Ik en de Koningin (Me and the Queen), based on the novel of the same name by poet and novelist Ted van Lieshout. In the show the orchestra plays the leading role; a total of 10 musicians, accompanied by singer Lottie Hellingman. The purpose of the show is to give children who have never before seen an orchestra perform live, and have no knowledge of classical music, a first introduction to music. The Turing Foundation contributes € 35,000 to the performances of Ik en de Koningin in 2008-2009. "Ik en de Koningin" by the Max Tak Orchestra
	Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2008 The Ricciotti Ensemble consists of 40 idealistic (conservatory) students who give 100 concerts a year for people who are unable to attend live performances of symphonic music. The orchestra plays at venues such as care homes, prisons, schools and asylum centres. The Turing Foundation will be the main sponsor of the Ricciotti Ensemble in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (€ 35,000 a year). see also: Turing Foundation hoofddonateur ricciotti Ricciotti Ensemble: other projects Ricciotti plays in a hospital
	*Main supporter La Pasion segun San Marcos, Holland Festival 2008* The Holland Festival has been offering a sampling of impressive and spectacular artistic projects from all over the world since 1947: theatre, music, dance, opera and plastic arts. After the successful cooperation for 'Era La Notte' in 2007, the Turing Foundation has decided to be the main supporter of the closing performance of the 2008 Holland Festival again by donating € 50,000. 'La Pasión según San Marcos' will receive its Dutch premiere in the Carré Theatre of Amsterdam on 22 June 2008. The performance will be televised live on Nederland 2 by the NPS. International art critics have called 'La Pasión según San Marcos' the first masterpiece of the 21st century". In this swinging, large choral work, the Argentinean composer Golijov blends apparently incompatible styles from numerous cultures, from Western classical violin melodies to American gospel; from South-American new tango to Spanish flamenco. Parts of the text originate from the Gospel according to St Mark. see also: Holland Festival: other projects Holland Festival 2008: La Pasion segun San Marcos
	Free classical music in the Vondelpark 2008 On Thursday Summer nights, renowned music ensembles render free classical music in the Amsterdamse Vondelpark Openluchttheater. In June, July and August 2008, the programme features performances by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Ricciotti Ensemble, Amsterdam Sinfonietta and possibly the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest and the Atlas Ensemble. The Turing Foundation adopts these classical music evenings in 2008, 2009 and 2010 by donating € 20,000 per year. see also: Amsterdamse Vondelpark Openluchttheater: other projects Classical Music Evenings in the Vondelpark
	Matthew Passion translated/adapted by Jan Rot, 2008 Each year, the Residentie Bach Ensembles offer a varied concert programme of classical music, aiming to reach as many young people as possible without damaging the quality of the music. In 2006, their Matthew Passion, adapted and translated into Dutch, became a national hit. The Turing Foundation will be the main supporter of the performances of the adapted Dutch version of the Matthew Passion in both 2008 and 2009 (€ 20,000). see also: Residentie Bach Ensembles: other projects Residentie Bach Choir and Residentie Orchestra
	*Family show of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess, 2007-2008* 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
	Concerts of the World Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales, 2008 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
	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
	Main patronage of the Ricciotti Ensemble 2007 The Ricciotti Ensemble consists of 40 idealistic (conservatory) students who give 100 concerts a year for people who are unable to attend live performances of symphonic music. The orchestra plays at venues such as care homes, prisons, schools and asylum centres. The Turing Foundation will be the main sponsor of the Ricciotti Ensemble in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (€ 35,000 a year). see also: Turing Foundation hoofddonateur ricciotti Ricciotti Ensemble: other projects Ricciotti plays for prisoners
	The 10th Grachtenfestival of Amsterdam, 2007 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
	Opera 'Khadish/Erwartung', 2007 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
	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 Amsterdam Vondelpark Open Air Theatre. The Turing Foundation adopts the classical music evenings at the Amsterdam Vondelpark Open Air Theatre for € 20,000. see also: Amsterdamse Vondelpark Openluchttheater: other projects Classical music in the Amsterdam Vondelpark
	Bouw 'Classic Express' of the Princess Christina Concours, 2007 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
	*Main supporter Era La Notte, Holland Festival 2007* 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
	Children's Concert of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 2007 In October 2007, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra gives three children's concerts. One of these is linked to an educational project which enables primary school children in Amsterdam who seldom or never get it touch with music through their parents to enjoy classical music. The Turing Foundation will pay for the total costs of these concerts in 2007 (€ 50,000). see also: Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest: other projects The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays 'Peter and the Wolf' for children
	25th anniversary of the Amsterdam Chamber Music Society, 2007 The Amsterdam Chamber Music Society is a chamber music ensemble with a changing line-up of international top musicians. Violinist Christiaan Bor is the founder and artistic manager of the group. In 2006 and 2007, the Amsterdam Chamber Music Society will organise extra activities for the occasion of its 25th anniversary. The Turing Foundation donates € 50,000 to these jubilee activities. Het Reizend Muziekgezelschap
	The Atlas Ensemble 2007-2009 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