IRENE KALISVAART
NEW SOLO ALBUM!!
AVAILABLE HERE ON ALL PLATFORMS
L!VE
26.08.2026 Trieste (Italy), Trieste Estate Festival, DUO with Anna Garano
28.08.2026 Trieste (Italy), Museo Sartorio, DUO with Anna Garano
24.04.2027 Kaiserslautern, DUO with Britta Jacobs (Flute)
past events 2025 / 2026
11.06.2026 Leipzig, private, with Cat Storm
07.05.2026 Cologne, Kölner Philharmonie, with Cat Storm
07.04.2026 Izmir (Turkey), Yaşar University, Solo concert
06.04.2026 Izmir (Turkey), Yaşar University, Masterclasses
25.01.2026 Cologne, KunstRaum Dorissa Lem, Solo
04.10.2025 Saarbrücken, Theaterschiff Maria Helena, Where The Night Looms – with Haraldur R. Sverrisson
25.07.2025 Argalasti/Pelion, Greece, Old Pau Monastery, Pau Festival, Solo
26.06.2025 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DUO with Anna Garano
27.06.2025 Duderstadt, Ursulinenkloster, DUO with Anna Garano
14.06.2025 Schleiden-Gemünd, KunstForum Eifel, Where The Night Looms – with Haraldur R. Sverrisson
L!STEN & WATCH
IRENE KALISVAART
CLASSICAL GUITAR
Her guitar loves, complains, hisses, is hurt and amused. Whether as a solo artist or in an ensemble: Irene Kalisvaart impresses with her richness of nuances and exciting, yet empathic flair. Born in the Netherlands, her passion is in interpreting the classics of the concert guitar with virtuosity and panache. Numerous international prizes and awards are the results of a deep wellspring of enthusiasm combined with hard work. Her open approach to music-making spans the spectrum from baroque arrangements, new music, and even forays into techno and bluegrass.
At the age of seventeen, Irene Kalisvaart was awarded the highest prize at the “National Competition for Young Guitarists” in Amsterdam. She studied with Jorge Oraison (Uruguay) in Rotterdam, and continued with Ansgar Krause and Hubert Käppel at the Cologne Conservatory where she completed her studies with distinction. In 2001 she completed the “Konzertexamen”, the highest performance level in the German music conservatory sphere. In between and afterwards she received numerous scholarships, international prizes and awards. Irene Kalisvaart attended master classes with the following internationally renowned guitarists: David Russell (Spain), Darko Petrinjak (Croatia), Laura Young (Canada), Dale Kavanagh (Canada), Thomas Müller-Pering (Germany), Zoran Dukic (Croatia), Aniello Desiderio (Italy), Alex Garrobe (Spain), Marco Socias (Spain).
Irene Kalisvaart also appears on stage with her voice and lends her own character to classical songs, pop-and folksongs as well as contemporary music.
NEW CD!!
„20th Century Music for Flute and Guitar“
This album of 20th-century masterpieces for flute and guitar features works composed especially for this combination of instruments plus arrangements of works by Bartók and Ravi Shankar. Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Sonatine for Flute and Guitar is considered to be one of the finest compositions for this combination of instruments, constrasting joyfulness with poignant melodies. The warm sound of the alto flute is given expressive range in Takemitsu’s Toward the Sea, while Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango takes us on a journey from the form’s beginnings in the brothels of Buenos Aires, to its acceptance as one of the most loved musical art forms of the 20th century.
Available HERE on all platforms!
A simple email to Irene is the fastest way to a signed copy (Paypal or bank transfer)!!!
DUO
Irene Kalisvaart & Britta Jacobs
Together with the solo flutist of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Britta Jacobs: from contemporary compositions, fiery interpretations of Spanish music, intimate tangos to arrangements of Bach!
“All of their interpretations are obviously the result of a good deal of shared thought, though there is never the sense of something so well-prepared and thoroughly rehearsed that it loses all feelings of new life and spontaneity. That each of the musicians has an absolute mastery of her instrument is unmistakeably clear. … Whatever the idiom or mood, Duo Britta Jacobs & Irene Kalisvaart Flute&Guitar prove to be convincing interpreters.” – Musicweb International, 2023
“Duo Britta Jacobs & Irene Kalisvaart Flute&Guitar showcase their ability to juxtapose the style of repertoire and still play stylistically accurate phrases while paying close attention to the natural tendencies in a variety of culturally specific styles. …a very enjoyable recording and have great interpretations of some of the most beloved 20th-century works for flute and guitar.” – Fanfare Magazine, 2022
