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In addition to our new website, the Huygens-Fokker Foundation has an extensive online archive, which largely consists of the contents of the former website that had been online since 2008. Although the design of this old website is now somewhat dated, it contains a...

Ever wanted to meet Christiaan Huygens? On the morning of 5 March you’ll have your chance! Huygens’ most relevant work in relation to music, Le Cycle Harmonique (1691), is a concise mathematical treatise in which he named the 31-tone system as the most excellent of...

On 9 October 2022 at 11:00 a.m., a documentary about Leo de Vries (1924–2018) will be shown at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam (and afterwards online), made by Sharis Coppens and Sander Germanus on behalf of the Huygens-Fokker Foundation. De Vries was a violinist,...

The great organ talent Laurens de Man highlights in this concert a fairly unknown side of Arvo Pärt. In Pärt’s oeuvre the organ serves mainly as an accompanying instrument for vocal music, but in the 1980s he also composed a series of works for solo organ. Laurens de...

This special Fokker organ concert is part of the Sweelinck Festival, which takes place between 16 and 25 October 2021 at various locations in Amsterdam in honour of the 400th anniversary of the death of the great Dutch composer who lived in the Koestraat in Amsterdam....

The fourth edition of the Laboratonium is also centred around experiments with (micro)tones – now as an online concert due to the lockdown. New works by both young and established composers can be heard, with the Fokker organ often being controlled by computer. This...

The Carrillo piano, the 96-tone piano of the Huygens-Fokker Foundation, is equipped with a moderator. Unlike some other 96-tone pianos, the Carrillo piano of the Huygens-Fokker Foundation does not have a third (moderator) pedal but a manual moderator that can be...

During this Fokker organ concert at the Ongehoord Bruckner festival at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, the romantic works of the renowned composer Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) are performed in meantone tuning – a feat that is only possible on the 31-tone organ. Enhanced...

How does Andriessen sound on the 31-tone organ? In the oeuvre of Louis Andriessen, the organ does not occupy a prominent place: only one organ work bears his name. He composed De goddelijke routine—a typically Andriessen title—for the 125th birthday of his father,...

In the summer of 2018, the Huygens-Fokker Foundation had four high-quality, identical QSC speakers installed just above the Fokker organ in the Kleine Zaal of the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. This digital enhancement makes it possible to supplement the organ with...

Especially for this concert, Ere Lievonen, the regular performer of the Fokker organ, arranged piano and harpsichord works by György Ligeti for the unique 31-tone organ. In addition, the programme pays attention to the composer Conlon Nancarrow, admired by Ligeti, who...

Experience the unique sounds of the Fokker organ. The programme features a variety of works, each highlighting a different aspect of the repertoire of this extraordinary 31-tone organ. Henk Badings’ composition is one of the very first works written for this...

In the rectangular space of the Kleine Zaal at the top of the Muziekgebouw, a concert will take place featuring (post)minimal movements and galactic overtone sounds. With sweeping views over the broad IJ, you can enjoy the microtones of Ensemble SCALA and the Fokker...

In 2015, it was 65 years since the Fokker organ was built by organ builder Pels, after which it found a home in the Teylers Museum in Haarlem. This unique organ has now reached a retirement age, yet the 31-tone music that can be played on the instrument is more alive...

Since January 2014, the Huygens-Fokker Foundation has held the status of a cultural ANBI (Public Benefit Organisation). This means that donations to the Huygens-Fokker Foundation are tax-deductible. As a donor or sponsor, you can give in a fiscally advantageous way...

In celebration of the Huygens Year, Ensemble SCALA will perform in the Grote Kerk in The Hague on Sunday 7 July 2013 at 14:00. The concert will feature a small ensemble of flute, viola, and Fokker organ (using the portable Fokker organ keyboard) performing works in...

Since mid-January 2011, the Huygens-Fokker Foundation has been the proud owner of a remarkable instrument: the Carrillo piano, also known as the 96-tone piano or 1/16-tone piano. This microtonal piano, developed in the 1950s by the Mexican composer Julián Carrillo in...

Organ music can be performed on many different instruments. But in Amsterdam, there is an organ so unique that music composed specifically for it cannot be performed anywhere else. This is because it has not twelve, but 31 tones per octave. On Sunday 17 May, following...