Let's talkshow! / Prof. dr. Frits van Oostrom

Frits van Oostrom was emphatically urged not to mince words as cp-curator for the Utrecht Early Music Festival 2021. And so it may also concern secrets and mysteries, for example involving the Vatican. With theologian Paul van Geest, who was the first Dutch person to be appointed member of the Pontifical Theological Academy and an initiate in those sacred halls, it will be about tradition, symbolism and music.

Language: Dutch

Prof. Frits van Oostrom is a university professor in Utrecht. He is specialised in Dutch literature of the Middle Ages. In 1995 he won the Spinoza Prize for his scientific work. In 1996 his book Maerlants wereld (Maerlant's World) was awarded the AKO Literature Prize and in 2018 he received the Libris Geschiedenisprijs (history prize) for his book Nobel streven (Noble Ambition). Van Oostrom is co-curator of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2021.

Johannes Keller studied harpsichord with Jörg-Andreas Bötticher and basso continuo and ensemble direction with Jesper Christensen and Andrea Marcon at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He is co-founder of Ensemble Il Profondo and Duo L’Istante. Keller performs with ensembles including La Cetra Barockorchester in Basel, Venice Baroque Orchestra and Les Siècles, and has been guest of the Freiburger Barockorchester, the Berliner Philharmoniker and the hr-Sinfonieorchester. Since 2013 Keller has taught intonation and tuning types at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. His research is mainly dedicated to enharmonic (microtonal) instruments of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and their performance practice.