Conference of the Birds

Photo: Erikjan Koopmans
Photo: Erikjan Koopmans
Photo: Erikjan Koopmans
Photo: Erikjan Koopmans

Take a seat right in the middle of an orchestra with a thousand musicians. Listen to the overwhelming sound of all those instruments. Watch how they, along with dozens of dancers and actors, depict the story of Conference of the Birds.

In the summer of 2018, just outside of Leeuwarden, recreation area the Groene Ster is home to one of the largest concerts in The Netherlands. Be amazed by a thousand hafabra-musicians together with the famous trumpet player Eric Vloeimans, led by composer Sytze Pruiksma and in collaboration with the Noord Nederlands Toneel theatre company and Club Guy & Roni. Conference of the Birds is a story about nature, culture and leadership, based on the old famous Persian poem by Farid ud-Din Attar.

When: 7 / 10 / 11 / 13 / 14 / 18 July 2018
Where: Groene Ster, Leeuwarden (NL)
Time: 21.30 - 23.00
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