Harmony

Harmony is a new form of musical gathering centered around contemporary classical music. Harmony is not a festival, concert, or show. It is an innovative format built entirely around an intensification of listening, supported by a 360-degree visual experience. Across a series of ten music ceremonies, in which the boundaries between classical, ambient, and electronic music blur, this project brings together artists who work with sound and space with great precision and subtlety.

The call to action is: Listen.

Harmony's starting point is introspective listening: listening with an inward-facing focus. Each ceremony lasts approximately three hours, usually including a break. Each artist invites a guest artist, allowing two performances to blend into one another musically and visually. Nothing is fixed in advance: each ceremony takes shape in the moment, as an interplay between musicians, space, and audience. The piano is often the centerpiece, complemented by acoustic or electronic instruments, sometimes with vocals. Every performance has its own visual design, built on rhythm, texture, and dynamics, so that no ceremony is ever the same. The floor of Gashouder is covered in mattresses. Seated or lying down, everyone chooses how they listen, and all tickets are equal. In a monument that once stored and distributed energy, the focus now is on energy through music.

"Since stepping away from nightlife, this music has taken on a new, deeper meaning for me. It draws me inward, toward stillness, reflection, and a more intense way of listening. Just as dance music invites you to dance, this music invites you to listen and feel attentively. Harmony was created to share that experience with a wider audience."

— Duncan Stutterheim, initiator

The musicians

Ten musicians are taking part in the first edition of Harmony: Ben Lukas Boysen, Simeon ten Holt - Canto Ostinato with Jeroen van Veen & Friends (6 pianos), Jeroen van Veen, Jon Hopkins, Lisa Morgenstern, Niklas Paschburg, Robin Scherpen, Shida Shahabi, Sven Väth with an ambient set, and Yehezkel Raz.

Program

Tuesday 17 November 2026:
Opening ceremony with Robin Scherpen & Friends

Wednesday 18 November 2026:
Sven Väth presents Inner Horizon

Thursday 19 November 2026:
Niklas Paschburg

Friday 20 November 2026:
Jon Hopkins with Maddie Ashman and Leo Abrahams

Saturday 21 November 2026:
Matinee - Yehezkel Raz
Afternoon - Ben Lukas Boysen
Evening - Lisa Morgenstern

Sunday 22 November 2026:
Matinee - Simeon ten Holt - Canto Ostinato with Jeroen van Veen & Friends (6 pianos)
Afternoon - Jeroen van Veen plays Ludovico Einaudi and Philip Glass
Evening - Shida Shahabi