10.00-13.30 Fentener Van Vlissingenzaal, Utrechts Conservatorium
Competition: First Semi-Final Round 
Free programme including the compulsory Danses Sacrée et Profane by C. Debussy. With semi-finalists 1-4 and the Rubens String Quartet. The candidates will introduce their own programme.
11.00-12.00 Private
Children’s concert: The Girl and the Minotaur
Concert for schoolchildren based on The Crown of Ariadne by R. Murray Schafer. With Liesbeth Vreeburg, harp and Susanne Roos, director/performance.
14.30-18.00 Fentener Van Vlissingenzaal, Utrechts Conservatorium
Competition: Second Semi-Final Round
Free programme including the compulsory Danses Sacrée et Profane by C. Debussy. With semi-finalists 5-8 and the Rubens String Quartet. The candidates will introduce their own programme.
19.30-20.00 Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh | free admission
Meet & Greet: Warming-up for the evening
Meet & Greet allows the audience to get to know the evening’s artists during a leisurely interview with the performers. Our guests will be Lavinia Meijer and Herman van Kogelenberg, and Gwyneth Wentink will talk about her exciting late-night appearance following the concert.
20.15-22.30 Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh
Evening concert: Dutch Masters
with Lavinia Meijer harp and Herman van Kogelenberg flute
Over the last few years, Lavinia Meijer has become the best-known harpist of The Netherlands. As the winner of the Dutch Music Prize, she is one of the most important champions/advocates/supporters of the harp today. Tonight, she is going to play a special programme with Herman van Kogelenberg, during which they will perform two world premieres.
Programme
N. Rota – Sonate
N. Rota – Sarabande and Toccata, harp solo
C. Debussy – Syrinx
C. Debussy – Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune, arrangement for flute and harp
E. Verbugt – Two movements from … world premiere
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M. Flothuis – Sonata da camera
W.F. Bon – Rifflessioni
E. Ludwig-Leone – Suite for flute and harp world premiere
F. Borne – Fantasie Brilliante on themes from Bizet’s Carmen
23.00-24.00 Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh
Late-Night: Better Than Coffee
with Gwyneth Wentink harp, George Brooks saxophone, Kala Ramnath Indian violin, tabla
You’ll stay awake for this programme! Gwyneth Wentink, one of the leading harpists of her generation, has been fascinated by Indian culture for many years. She travels around India regularly, made quite a name for herself there and introduced the country to the harp which was formerly unknown. And one of the major fruits of her travels to India is the unique ensemble she has formed there: Better Than Coffee. This ensemble is making its first appearance in The Netherlands tonight; an evening not to be missed!