‘Remarkable range of
colour and timbre.’
— BBC Music Magazine
★★★★★
Chamber Choice
‘Remarkable range of colour
and timbre’
BBC Music Magazine
★★★★★
Chamber Choice
Lidy Blijdorp is a young, passionate Dutch cellist praised for her enormous narrative power and ‘breathtaking musicality’.
Lidy has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, the State Hermitage Orchestra of St. Petersburg, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège and the Residentie Orkest.
‘From a hazy dream to a fierce attack – Blijdorp can do anything’ – de Volkskrant.
Video
Second movement from Kodály’s Cello Sonata (Podium Klassiek)
Projects
Poulenc recording
Lidy Blijdorp recorded Poulenc’s Cello Sonata with Pascal Rogé and Elena Font (Onyx, 2026).
‘Flawlessly delivered… with apparent ease.’
— BBC Music Magazine
Paris sonatas
With pianist Tobias Borsboom, Lidy recorded sonatas by Franck, Debussy, Nadia Boulanger and Matthijs Vermeulen.
‘Smart definition and inner energy… tonally sure, completely agile.’
— Gramophone
BBC recognition
Both Blijdorp’s Poulenc recording with Pascal Rogé and her French sonata album with Tobias Borsboom received ★★★★★ reviews and were selected as Chamber Choice in BBC Music Magazine.
— BBC Music Magazine
Recordings
Lidy Blijdorp has received two Edison Classical Awards. Her debut album ‘Journeyers’ won both the Audience Award and the Best Debut Award, featuring works and her own arrangements of Ravel and Kodály.
‘A phenomenally impressive debut album.’
— Opus Klassiek