Holland Festival

In recent years, multimedia, visual arts, film and architecture were added to the festival roster.

[1] Performances take place in Amsterdam venues such as the city theatre, the opera, the Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw concert halls and the Westergas factory site.

Each edition is loosely themed, and the programme features both contemporary work and classical pieces presented with a modern edge.

Notable world premieres included Karlheinz Stockhausen's Helicopter String Quartet.

Outreach initiatives to new audiences include successful non-western concerts such as an Umm Kalsoum tribute by Egyptian star Amal Maher in 2010.

Stadsschouwburg with a banner of the Holland Festival in 2011
Newsreel of Willem van Otterloo conducting the Residentie Orchestra in a people's concert during the 1951 Holland Festival
Logo of the Festival, launched in 2019