Nederlands Blazers Ensemble
Ensemble
The Nederlands Blazers Ensemble (NBE or Dutch Wind Ensemble) is a group of more than twenty top musicians who come together around eighty times per year to play unique programmes in The Netherlands as well as abroad. Driven by their shared passion and hunger for adventure, the NBE creates theatrical music programmes which can hardly ever be captured in a single musical term; the NBE combines contemporary and early music of all shapes and sizes in programmes that speak to the senses and the imagination. The NBE is always searching for interesting collaborations with musicians from other cultures and exciting combinations with other disciplines. Through their innovative programming, the NBE wants to surprise, capture, move, and stimulate a wide audience.
In addition to the concert series at the Dutch venues, such as the Concertgebouw and the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, NBE is also the ensemble that gives the well-known New Year’s Concert, which is broadcast every year on national TV by BNNVARA. The ensemble is also regularly asked for special events, including performances at state visits in India, Thailand, and Turkey, the famous London Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, and the programming and performance of the Celebration of Thanks for H.R.H. Princess Beatrix in February 2014.