Freedom soup & music

• Date: 05 May
• Time: 11:15 - 13:00
• Location: Grote Kerk Den Haag

Freedom Soup & music from other regions in Grote Kerk

On Tuesday 5 May it is Liberation Day, when we celebrate that we are able to live in freedom in the Netherlands. We mark this by gathering around the table for a Hague Freedom Meal — because meeting new people broadens your perspective and sharing food brings people together. This year we are also hosting a Hague Freedom Meal. Will you join us on Liberation Day?

Take a seat at the table in the high choir beneath the vaulted ceilings and listen to music by flutist Inta Paula Brinke, the Eastern Periphery trio and the Indian composer Edelgeist. Music that touches the core of Liberation Day: what does the freedom to express yourself mean, the freedom to make music, the freedom to share? What does freedom sound like? The music programme has been curated together with students from the Royal Conservatoire The Hague.

Music by young makers from the Royal Conservatoire The Hague

The music program has been put together with students from the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, with a central role for composition student Tanishq Bhat, who composes under the name Edelgeist. The fully acoustic concert is followed by an interview in which the composers and musicians talk about freedom in music and composition.

Inta Paula Brinke

The Latvian flutist Inta Paula Briņķe (2003) is a passionate and curious musician and studies at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music and at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.

Inta has performed and taken part in competitions throughout Europe. Among other things, she received recognition from the Latvian Ministry of Culture, a special jury prize at the Latvian Young Flutist Competition and the title Outstanding Laureate at the World’s Best Musicians competition. In 2025 she opened the Huntenkunst Festival in the Netherlands and joined the Jong Metropole Orchestra.

During the concert Inta will play::

• Wake Up van Tilman Denhard
• For the Ugliest Angel van Edelgeist 

Eastern Periphery

Eastern Periphery is a trio formed by students of the Royal Conservatoire The Hague and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. The ensemble performs original compositions and distinctive arrangements in which jazz, Turkish, Balkan and Indian musical traditions come together. At times influences of spiritual music, funk, techno and latin/flamenco can also be heard. Rooted in rhythmic intensity and intercultural dialogue, Eastern Periphery seeks the intersection between tradition and contemporary expression.

Line-up:
Yankı Saraçoğlu - piano
Nina Cekov - basgitaar
Dhruv Sharma - drums, tabla, darbuka

During the concert the trio will play:

• Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım van Âşık Veysel (arr. Yankı Saraçoğlu)
• Adrianna van Dhruv Sharma
• Lady L van Shakti (arr. Eastern Periphery)

Edelgeist

Edelgeist is the alter ego of composer Tanishq Bhat. His projects consist not only of music, but are a total work of art: in immersive performances choreography, singing, instrumental performance and narrative come together in one expressive form. By combining extended instrumental techniques with a rich harmonic language, Edelgeist explores the boundaries between sound, movement and story.

Freedom Soup and Open Poetry Stage

The freedom soup (vegan) and music program is served on the high choir of the Grote Kerk. After the music program, just like last year, there will be an Open Poetry Stage. Visitors are invited to bring a poem that relates to the theme ‘freedom’. In this way we inspire one another and return home with a full stomach, a head full of ideas and a sense of connection.

Practical information

Date: 5th of May 2026
Location: Van Assendelft Chapel, Grote Kerk Den Haag
Address: Access to the church at the city entrance, opposite of the Old City Hall (Dagelijkse Groenmarkt 1)
Doors open: 10.45 am
Start of program: 11.15 am
End: 1.00 pm
Admission: Free, registration appreciated. Everyone is welcome.

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