Holland’s best musician of 2020 is a banger

Holland’s best musician of 2020 is a banger

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norman lebrecht

December 05, 2019

The Dutch Government’s 2020 Music Award for young classical musicians has been granted to a percussionist, Dominique Vleeshouwers.

Past recipients include Janine Jansen, Pieter Wispelwey, Jard van Nes and Christianne Stotijn.

Vleeshouwers is a genre-bender who covers anything from hip-hop to gamelan.

Not everybody is thrilled by his selection, given that it is made at the expense of a ‘pure’ classical musician.

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