Babis Tyropoulos is visiting Utrecht and is giving a workshop at Touchstone! Later that evening, he's joined on stage by two friends for a special concert. Check within for details!

Babis Tyropoulos is visiting the Netherlands and he's giving a workshop at Touchstone, combined with a concert with friends, later that evening. Check within for details!

Join us on 20/12 for a proper Rebetiko evening at Touchstone Utrecht. We have prepared two sets with favourite tunes from the legendary Rebetiko composers of 1930-1960s.

Francisca and Ard will finally share with you the songs that they’ve been hiding from the public, plus some new material! Join them for this cozy night in the wharf cellar, their voices and guitars have some poetic warmth for you in store.

After a year of tracing the footsteps of James Joyce and many others around Sweny’s Pharmacy, Merrion Square Park, and Finn’s Hotel, the songs and verses performed during The Poetry Stroll have now been gathered on an album: Lotus Eater: Songs & Verses from the Poetry Stroll.

Sometimes, it is only when we close our eyes that we truly begin to see. It allows us to perceive layers of sound and emotion more deeply.

As a first guest in this series of duet concerts, Giannis is very excited to invite pianist, Flery Vlachodimou!

The quartet’s music is a tuneful fusion of the Balkans’ vibrant rhythms and Asia Minor’s rich folk traditions. Drawing inspiration from centuries-old songs, they weave together the expressive voices of the lavta, oud and clarinet with dynamic percussion and heartfelt vocal performances.

Since 2020 Calamari proposes a guitar and voice journey into music of South America, Southern Italy and Greece, exploring their connections and creating new ones. 

Voice Flow is a Singing Circle, organized by Tamar Spierenburg. Be very welcome to join this voice experience. Together we will feel the vibrations of our voices. Feel free to participate in a way that suits you in the moment. You can use your voice, listen, move, laugh, cry, be.

Flowers/Ghosts & Echoes is an immersive and experimental audio-visual trio from The Hague. Consisting of two electric guitars and live visuals, they exploring a unique world of slow-moving, atmospheric textures. Think drones, post-rock textures, noise soundscapes, and minimalist repetition.

The duet of Kostis Katsibras (guitar, vocals) and Stelios Ladopoulos (bouzouki, vocals) brings to life the sounds of Greek urban folk and rebetiko music , performing songs from the 1930s to 1960s by composers such as Vasilis Tsitsanis, Manolis Chiotis and Kostas Skarvelis.

Three vibrant voices of the new Cretan music scene invite you on a powerful journey through the soul of Crete—an evening where folk tradition breathes, dances, and transforms in real time.

Voice Flow is a Singing Circle, organized by Tamar Spierenburg. Be very welcome to join this voice experience. Together we will feel the vibrations of our voices. Feel free to participate in a way that suits you in the moment. You can use your voice, listen, move, laugh, cry, be.

Tasos Kofodimos and Yvonne Melissa present "Roots and Horizons." An evening dedicated to the sounds of the Eastern Mediterranean and Greek tradition, both anonymous and renowned creations, with the lute and violin conversing improvisations, transformations, and live interpretations.

Plain Talk is a songwriter duo rooted in transparency and connection. Two songwriters, HSTR and Ellis Newman - who both explored their ways as solo artists - join forces in this plain-spoken project. The heart of the duo is in the name: their music begins with ‘plain talk’ between friends.

Las niñas del matute is a quartet based in the Netherlands with Spanish background. Las niñas are four classical trained musicians exploring the Folk music from their own roots. The repertoire includes folk from different parts of Spain, mixing with other latin countries.

Voice Flow is a Singing Circle, organized by Tamar Spierenburg. Be very welcome to join this voice experience. Together we will feel the vibrations of our voices. Feel free to participate in a way that suits you in the moment. You can use your voice, listen, move, laugh, cry, be.