Over the years, artistic leader Eleonore Pameijer gathered a group of dedicated musicians with lots of experience in performing unknown music. Performing music that has never been played before requires many hours of study, deciphering manuscripts and rehearsing.
These musicians all earned a reputation in concert halls all over the world and work together on a regular basis in concerts and CD recordings. The ensemble is flexible in size and formation, the artistic leader designs a programme suitable for any occasion.
The musicians forming the Leo Smit Ensemble may vary:
Eleonore Pameijer - flute and artistic leader
Irene Maessen - soprano
Ursula Schoch - violin
Ásdís Valdimarsdóttir - viola
Dana Zemtsov - viola
Stephan Heber - cello
Erika Waardenburg - harp
Marcel Worms - piano
Tobias Borsboom - piano
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands in 2020, Eleonore Pameijer created different concert programmes with varying ensemble sizes. Would you like to know more? Contact us via e-mail.
“The Leo Smit Foundation, publication of Vervolgde Componisten in Nederland and Et’cetera’s ten-CD box together form a profoundly disturbing testimony. There is not a single CD that cannot be heard and enjoyed from beginning to end and confirms that this is not solely to be thought of as music of the Holocaust, but should be performed as music that speaks universally and needs to be heard beyond the context of Nazi persecution.”
Let forbidden music sound again
In the Second World War, many composers were silenced because of their Jewish descent or their resistance. Their music was forbidden. The Leo Smit Stichting carries out research, tells composers' stories, makes sheet music available and performs forgotten music. Together with musicians, programmers, researchers and listeners we give composers their rightful place in music history.
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