‘Remarkable range of
colour and timbre.’
-BBC Music Magazine
‘Remarkable range of colour
and timbre’
BBC Music Magazine
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.
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Projects
Lidy Blijdorp joins Nederlands Kamerkoor in Rob Zuidam’s The Great Alone
Lidy Blijdorp joins the Nederlands Kamerkoor in The Great Alone, a new choral work by Rob Zuidam inspired by the Fermi paradox and the question: “But where is everybody?” With cello, percussion and choir, the piece explores cosmic loneliness and receives its world premiere on 25 September 2026.
Lidy Blijdorp joins Pynarello in Macho’s
With Macho’s, Pynarello turns the stage into an arena: baroque virtuosity, hip-hop energy and breakdance collide in a battle between bravado and vulnerability. Lidy Blijdorp brings out the more fragile side of machismo in special cello arrangements of Barbara Strozzi’s arias.
BBC recognition
In BBC Music Magazine, both Blijdorp’s Poulenc recording with Pascal Rogé and her French sonata album with Tobias Borsboom received ★★★★★ reviews. The two albums were named Chamber Choice of the Month in March and April 2026 respectively.
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