2025-2026

21/24 January 2026
On Wednesday evening, 21 January, after the last concert of the festival phase of the Liszt Competition Utrecht in the Hertz Hall of TivoliVredenburg, all eight finalists will be presented with the book Franz Liszt in the Netherlands prior to the announcement of the three winners who will perform with orchestra during the Grande finale. This is a gesture from the Franz Liszt Circle and a fitting gift, as Liszt himself performed at the “Theater op het Vredenburg” on 9 December 1842, at exactly the same location where the modern concert hall now stands. On the day of the Final, Saturday 24 January, I will have the opportunity to present the book in the Foyer of the Main Hall, starting at 3 p.m.; admission is free.

9 November 2025
Book presentation Franz Liszt in the Netherlands at the Pianola Museum in Amsterdam, see below.
Pianola Museum, Westerstraat 106, 1015 MN Amsterdam. Starting at 5 p.m.

26 October 2025
Book presentation Franz Liszt in the Netherlands in Yvo Verschoor’s cosy concert and cinema hall, again with musical accompaniment by Tobias Borsboom (see below), who will be playing a beautiful historic Blüthner grand piano.
Huis Midwoud, Midwouder Dorpsstraat 17, 1679 GB Midwoud. Starts at 3 p.m.; doors open at 2.30 p.m.

19 October 2025
Book presentation of Franz Liszt in the Netherlands, of which recently an English version appeared (AB II-11). Musical accompaniment will be provided by pianist Tobias Borsboom, who will perform five compositions during the PowerPoint presentation that Liszt himself played in the Netherlands, including an unknown waltz that he composed in The Hague for his beloved Marie d’Agoult in Paris.
Venue: the beautiful Cultural Salon ‘Première Parterre’, Groot Hertoginnelaan 52, 2517 EG The Hague. Welcome from 11:00 a.m.; presentation starts at 11:30 a.m.

5–9 September 2025
A short study trip to Orsay, Versailles and Paris in connection with a new book, Three Years in the Life of Franz Liszt (1833–1835). Below is a photo of the Château de Saint-Jean de Beauregard near Orsay, where Liszt spent a weekend in early August 1833.

21 August 2025
Book presentation Franz Liszt in the Netherlands for members of the language and culture society “Den Orde van den Prince” in the Pieter Gerritszaal in Heilig Landstichting near Nijmegen.
This is a private gathering, exclusively for members and invited guests.