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

Who better to examine the musicality of a successful orator than a professor of Journalism and New Media, who also sings in a choir and is a loyal visitor to our festival? Jaap de Jong talks about the impact of voice and musicality in public speaking, and places the good (and not so good) speakers in the contemporary political arena under the microscope. You will never again look and listen to politicians with the same eyes and ears.

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 was co-curator of the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2021.

Augustin Lusson is a promising French violinist. He won second prize at the Concours Corneille 2016 in Rouen. With The Beggar's Ensemble, which he co-founded with Daria Zemele, he was the big winner of the International Van Wassenaer Competition 2018. Lusson plays on a violin from the Jumpstart Jr. collection and can be heard regularly at the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, Harmonia Sacra, La Petite Bande and Le Poème Harmonique.