Portfolio of cellist Lidy Blijdorp
Lidy Blijdorp is a young, passionate cellist with enormous narrative power, praised for her ‘breathtaking musicality’ (Amsterdam Cellobiennale).
Her debut cd Journeyers received two Edison awards.
Photo: Lidy Blijdorp playing the Beethoven Triple Concerto. Brussels: Flagey
Repertory with Orchestra
Some solo concerts Blijdorp has played:
Dvorák Cello Concerto
State Hermitage Orchestra
Nederlands Blazers Ensemble
Tsjaikovsky, Rococo Variations
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Bloch, Nigun
Residentie Orkest
Alexandre Kordzaia: Alex, How is it going with your Cello Concertino?
Schönberg Ensemble
Vivaldi double concert in G minor
Chapelle Elizabeth Orchestra
Haydn, 13th Symphony: Adagio Cantabile
Residentie Orkest
Other past performances with orchestra include
Beethoven triple Concerto
Boccherini, 3rd Cello Concerto
Dvorák, Rondo op 94
Dvorák, Waldesrühe op 68
Elgar, Cello Concerto opus 85
Haydn, Cello Concerto in D
Saint Saëns, 1st cello concerto
J. Heutmekers, Flux
Sergej Yevtushenko, Hermitage
Lidy will be happy to play any other cello concerto.
Special wishes are the Schumann, the Shostakovitsj or the Prokofiev Cello Concerto.
Chamber Music
Some past performances:
Beethoven Ghost Trio with Lorenzo Gatto, and Maria João Pires
Madrid Auditorio Nacional
Ravel Duo with Rosanne Philippens
Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Josef Suk, Elegie
With Vera Beths, the Ragazze Quartet and others
Franz Liszt, Elegie nr.1, S.196
with Frank van de Laar, Astrid Haring and Dirk Luijmes
Boccherini, Sonata in A, G4
with Juan Perez de Albeniz and Mike Fentross
Beethoven String Quartet opus 130
With Rosanne Philippens, Julia Philippens, Joël Waterman
Chopin Sonata for cello and piano with Julien Brocal
24 Classics
Cello solo
Kodály solo sonata for Cello, 1st mov
Uitgast Lelystad
Kodály solo sonata for Cello, 2nd mov
Podium Witteman
Calliope Tsoupaki, Thin Air
Opening Cello Biennale 2020
Kate Moore, Lidy’s Piece
Dutch TV Vrije Geluiden
Tarantella by Kate Moore
De Muze van Zuid
Bach, 6th Suite, Allemande
Virus, radio 4
Martijn Padding, Hommage to and with Anner
Cellobiënnale 2020
Combined Arts
Music, literature, dance: combined arts mutually enhance.
Literary concert: with philosophical Toon Tellegen musings
Sponsored by Anner Bijlsma Award
A walk through Paris: narrative with music from the Fin de Siècle
with pianist Tobias Borsboom
Anner’s Cello with Jan Brokken
About the cello of Anner Bijlsma – which Lidy has ‘inherited’
Music and dance: Seele/Herz
with LeineRoebana
Music and dance: Bach and Kate Moore
Cello020, Amstelkerk
Music and theatre: Schubertianen and the House warming 1826
with Tobias Borsboom, Pieter van Loenen and others
Music and theatre: Het Nooit Vergeten Meisje
About Anne Frank
