Critic's choice
Discover LE CHANT DES OLIVIERS, a film by Alex Camilleri, in cinemas on September 30.
Already missing summer?
Discover ZEJTUNE by Alex Camilleri, in theaters September 30th.
Mar travels across Malta to sell the land she inherited. But the sun, the music, and Nenu - an old singer - are about to change everything.
A sun-soaked road movie where culture comes alive through song, under the Maltese sun.
Għana is Malta's dueling song tradition: fast-paced improvisation, sharp rhymes, and quick wit.
Inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, this art form sits at the very heart of Alex Camilleri’s film ZEJTUNE.
Dive into this ancestral tradition that binds memory, language, and community together.
Vocal duels under the sun, rapid-fire rhymes, warming guitars — welcome to the world of għana, the beating heart of Alex Camilleri's new film, ZEJTUNE.
Concert
Dutch National Opera - Johannes-Passion
Bach’s Johannes-Passion comes to the stage of Dutch National Opera in a powerful production by director and choreographer Sasha Waltz. Rather than presenting the work in a traditional concert setting, Waltz brings singers, musicians, choristers and dancers together, allowing movement and music to become deeply intertwined.
Written several years before the Matthäus-Passion, Bach’s Johannes-Passion draws the audience into the turbulent final moments of Christ’s life. Waltz approaches this familiar story as a poetic and profoundly human exploration of truth, justice and redemption.
Conductor Leonardo García Alarcón leads the Netherlands Bach Society, whose choir joins forces with the Chorus of Dutch National Opera. The cast features acclaimed Bach interpreters including Florian Boesch, alongside Andreas Wolf as Jesus and David Fischer as the Evangelist.
Originally created by Sasha Waltz & Guests and first presented in 2024, this Johannes-Passion transforms Bach’s masterpiece into an immersive encounter between voice, instrumental music and dance.
10–26 November 2026
Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
CD/DVD
Quatuor Zaïde's New Album: Beethoven Folk #1, String Quartets, Op.18
Quatuor Zaïde: Beethoven Returns to His Roots
We thought we knew everything about Beethoven's string quartets. After the Busch, the Alban Berg, or the Takács, what more could be brought to this Everest of the repertoire? To mark the bicentenary of the composer's death, the Quatuor Zaïde delivers a cycle of the string quartets of irresistible boldness and freshness.
Four years of research, carried out with violinist Raphaël Maillet and arranger Éric Mouret, have uncovered the folk music that runs through Beethoven's writing. Suddenly, everything becomes clear: the pizzica that races away in the finale of Op. 18 No. 1, the Gypsy verve of Op. 18 No. 4, the tarantella of Op. 18 No. 3. In these four musicians' hands, rigor is never austere: the sound is generous, the bowing precise, and the playing breathes, as if the dance had never left the score. The contrast is striking and the bridges are alive: we do not move from art music to folk music, we discover that they never stopped talking to each other. The traditional tunes, played with the grain of dance fiddles, are no gimmick: they let us hear these works rooted in the earth.
This first volume of the cycle takes its place among the landmarks of the discography with a singular personality. Our favorite, without the slightest hesitation!