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Ilonka will give three extra performances in April. Two of those include performances of Onyx by Bart Spaan in concert hall De Doelen (Rotterdam) and Galerie Marzee (Nijmegen). The third concert will be a recital in Galerie 'S' (Amsterdam), with works by Claude Debussy and Willem Pijper.

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Ilonka Kolthof received excellent reviews in Dutch newspapers after the first performance of Onyx, a new piece for flute and piano by composer Bart Spaan. Watch the full performance here.

De Volkskrant: ''The 24-years old Ilonka Kolthof impressed with her precise and nuanced flute playing.''

Trouw: ''Enchanted performance by flutist Ilonka Kolthof and pianist Ralph van Raat.''

Flutist Ilonka Kolthof will soon perform the world premiere of Onyx, a new virtuoso 12-minute piece by Dutch composer Bart Spaan, written especially for Ilonka and pianist Ralph van Raat.

The performance will take place January 10, 20:15 at concert hall De Doelen in Rotterdam.

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On the 17th of November, flutist Ilonka Kolthof will perform in AVRO's dynamic late night radio show 'VIRUS'. 

The performance will be broadcasted on the 18th of November at 00:00 o'clock via the Dutch Radio 4.

Ilonka is invited to give two concerts during the International Chamber Music Festival of Janine Jansen! The performances will take place at a very special location, The Mirliton Theater in Utrecht on the 30th of December. Being part of the series 'Hidden Jewels', the concerts will be in an intimate setting.

13:00-14:00 private concert
17:00-18:00 public concert (more information)

On August 23 Ilonka visited one of the most famous contemporary composers of this time, Jonathan Harvey. Kolthof successfully worked with him on his most recent work for flute and piano Run Before Lightning.

This visit was made possible by the Willem Mengelberg Fund of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Ilonka recently received financial support from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds! 

With this great support Ilonka is now able to buy two fantastic instruments; a very high qualified piccolo and alto flute. 

This support was made possible by the Bob Vlake Foundation, the Magnus-Menko Foundation, the 9 November Foundation and the Ruarus Bloemvolk Foundation.

Flutist Ilonka Kolthof received a grant from Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's 'Willem Mengelberg Fund' to work with a number of (inter)national composers on their works for flute.

Ilonka will participate in two concerts in concert hall De Doelen in 2012. She will perform the piece Run Before Lightning by the English composer Jonathan Harvey and the world premiere of a new piece for flute and piano by Dutch composer Bart Spaan, commissioned by De Doelen in Rotterdam.

On the 28th of May Ilonka will give a concert with an ensemble of students of the Conservatory of Amsterdam and members of the Asko|Schönberg ensemble during the Oestvolskaja Festival in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam.
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Ilonka has been invited to play a concert during the International Flute Festival in 2012. This festival will be organised by the National Flute Society to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

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Ilonka is a finalist of 'The Linkprijs 2011', a competition for interpreters of contemporary music. The final concert will take place on April 12 in Tilburg.

This month Ilonka will perform eight classical children's concerts with ensemble Podiumbeesten! in the Isala Theatre in Capelle aan den IJssel. In total, more than 3000 children will visit such a concert.
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In 2011, Dutch composers Anthony Fiumara and Bart Spaan will both write a piece for Ilonka. Fiumara will write a piece for flute solo and Spaan will write a piece for flute and piano, commissioned by concert hall De Doelen in Rotterdam.

Recently Ilonka gave the Dutch premiere of the work Run Before Lightning for flute and piano by the English composer Jonathan Harvey in the Noorderkerk in Groningen.