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On Thursday June 2nd the Amsterdam Arts Fund (AFK) announced the nominees for the Amsterdam Arts Prize 2016. For the category Cultural Achievement: Wende, Joris Laarman and Sadettin Kirmiz?yüz are the nominees.

About the Amsterdam Arts Prize
The AFK awards the Amsterdam Arts Prize annually (three awards of €35,000 and a unique Amsterdam trophy) to three artists or organizations whose work offers a distinguishing and relevant contribution to the culture of the city. The longlist is assembled from the motivated recommendations of many Amsterdammers. A professional jury – this year headed by journalist and author Tracy Metz – then selects a shortlist according to the nominees, and finally the winners.
The Amsterdam Arts Prize is the most significant cultural award of the capital, and is awarded in three categories. One award stimulates innovative artists and organizations with an incentive prize, there is an award for the best cultural achievements, and finally a prize for proven quality. The awards ceremony for all three prizes will take place this year on August 25th. Read more

From February until May 2017, Wende will tour the Netherlands and Belgium with a new show.
She will play in both theatres and clubs. Most venues started their ticket sales already.
Remark: Not all the venues are in sale yet, please note the ticket link behind the venue in ‘LIVE’ on this website.

About the show:
Wende is a true storyteller, with her own unique voice, transcending genre. Her new show also has this central theme of ‘Storytelling on Music’, as she calls it. Here she approached renowned authors both in the Netherlands and abroad to write new stories and songs with her, discussing their own lives, the future, language, and the world we live in. The result is an intimate, surprising and sometimes confronting journey.

After a sold out concert in the Wagenhuys on 28/2 last year, Wende will be back for a one off concert in Leuven on March, 11th. Read more

This month, Wende and string orchestra Amsterdam Sinfonietta performed their ‘Beyond Classical’ tour for ten sold-out concert halls. Many people hoping to buy a last minute ticket were out of luck. An extra concert date has therefore been planned, in Paradiso on May 24. Click here for: Tickets Read more

After making passionate love, there comes the tender acquiescence: Wende Snijders and Sinfonietta are a match made in heaven

These song arrangements are so powerful, they will make you forget the original versions. Read more

The iconic singer David Bowie, whose new album came out just last week, died on Sunday January, 10th. 2016 aged 69 in New York .
DWDD dedicated the whole broadcast to David Bowie.
Wende performed HEROES together with Maarten van Damme & The Red Limo String Quartet.

Amsterdam Sinfonietta’s annual concert series ‘Broader than classical’ will have it’s kick off tonight in Enschede. Wende & Amsterdam Sinfonietta will share the stage in 10 venues throughout the Netherlands. Amsterdam and Leiden are already sold out.

Amsterdam Sinfonietta’s annual concert series ‘Broader than classical’, a programme featuring collaborations with artists outside the classical world, has firmly established itself upon the live music scene. The tour is completely sold out, every year. Following artists such as Patrick Watson, De Dijk and last year’s success Ludovico Einaudi, this year the Amsterdam Sinfonietta will share the stage with the multi-talented singer and performer Wende. They will perform ten concerts throughout the Netherlands. Read more

Yesterday evening in Amsterdam, live at the daily talkshow DWDD (De Wereld Draait Door) the nominations were announced for the Golden Calfs (Gouden Kalveren) 2015, the Grand Prix of the Dutch film. TV host Matthijs van Nieuwkerk announced the nominations for Best Film, Best Actress and Best Actor.
Wende was nominated in the category Best Actress for her lead role in ZURICH. Other nominees in this category are Kim van Kooten, Maria Kraakman, Georgina Verbaan and Eliste van’t Laar.

The Golden Calves are awarded on Friday 2nd October in the Beatrix Theatre, the closing night of the Dutch Film Festival.