Black Pencil will perform at the 50th Anniversary of Almere held at the Kunstlinie Theatre in Almere, Netherlands on October 18th, 2026 from 3pm.

The ensemble which includes Marko Kassl (accordion), Jorge Isaac (recorder), Matthijs Koene (panpipes), Esra Pehlivanli (viola) and Enric Monfort (drums), will perform with poet Séun Steenken and InnerCircle, and premiere Music for Ally as well as presenting the CD “Hyper Nature”.

“Let yourself be carried away in a unique mix of classical, early and contemporary music. With crossovers to spoken word and cultural heritage. This afternoon, music sounds like the heartbeat of the city.”

Music for Ally Program:

Premieres by Composer Laureate Camiel Jansen and Roderik de Man.

Premieres of compositions by the four Black Pencil Prize 2026 finalists

• Antek Cholewinski (Poland, 1998): two naïve folk dances from the city of Aalmere (2026)
• Erik Sköld (Sweden, 1991): Almere Rain (2026)
• László Sándor (Hungary, 1975): La Mi Re for Almere (2026)
• Pei-Cheng Chu (Taiwan, 2000): Where The Trees Preach, The Grasses Listen (2026)

Black Pencil Prize 2026 ceremony. Mayor Hein van der Loo and children’s mayor Xeneviève symbolically receive Music for Ally.

CD presentation Hyper Nature – Commissioned by Black Pencil, music was written for all ten land art artworks in the province of Flevoland. These compositions are on the new CD Hyper Nature. Black Pencil will play some parts of it at this afternoon concert.

City poet Séun Steenken – A spoken-word ode to Almere.

InnerCircle – Creative Campus Campositie – A new composition. Originated from a local pitch for A-A-Almere. About a special place in Almere Buiten. With Caroline in ‘t Veld, Johan Fransen and Patrick Bakkenes.

Music of all times – Black Pencil plays sparkling music from its repertoire on a unique set of instruments recorder, panpipes, viola, accordion and percussion.

For further information email: info@kunstlinie.nl