Julia Lezhneva - Happy Birthday, Ton Koopman!
On the occasion of Ton Koopman's 80th birthday - on this way - Happy Birthday! - Julia Lezhneva, together with Maarten Engeltjes, Andreas Wolf and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, is on an anniversary tour with Handel's ESTHER with the following concerts: 19 October in Enschede, 21 October in Utrecht, 23 October in The Hague, 24 October in Brussels, 26 October in Eindhoven, 27 October in Amsterdam and 30 October in Budapest. The Jubilee is conducting from the harpsichord. The press raved about Julia Lezhneva's interpretation of the concert in Utrecht, which was broadcast live on the radio: "Her agile, yet rich and resonant delivery of this technically challenging and demanding role was endearing" (read on here). Under this link you can listen to the radio broadcast.