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Intermezzo
Intermezzo’s career began in 1984 when five students at the Utrecht Conservatory decide to fill their free time with harmony and sound. After finishing their studies they continued to meet and sing together. What started as an innocent past time began to take on a serious note in 1990 when Intermezzo was asked by director Shireen Strooker to take part in the theater show 'Bouvard en Pécuchet', from the book by Gustave Flaubert. At the same time the group was working on its own theater show titled ‘An evening with Intermezzo’, with their official theater debut in 1991. That same year Intermezzo released its first ‘In Fool Color’, fulfilling yet another dream. With the help of others including Jeremy Jackman - known from the ‘King's Singers’ - Intermezzo worked on a new theater show they called ‘Tribunal’, that went into première in 1993. Almost simultaneously they released their second album ‘Still Crazy’, when Intermezzo brings their own repertoire of a cappella vocal virtuosity to perfection. During the theater season of 1995 and 1996 they bring their newest release to the stage with a show of the same name. In the mean time, Intermezzo receives the Silver Harp award from the Conamus Music Foundation for its unique contribution to Dutch popular music. In Germany where Intermezzo regularly performs, the group received the cabaret prize from the city of Wilhelmshaven: the ‘Knurrhahn’. In addition to Germany, the group also toured throughout Indonesia and the Middle East. In January of 1996 their third album is released titled ‘The Orchestra’, and this time the group works with the artistic jack-of-all-trades Bram Vermeulen to direct their newest theater show 'Tour 97'. The vocal refinement that trademarks Intermezzo is heard more and more in their own compositions, arrangements and Dutch language lyrics. In 1998 they again collaborated with director Bram Vermeulen when their fifth theater show ‘Aap Noot Mies’ went into première. Named after the traditional Dutch ABC primer, Intermezzo received outstanding reviews from the critics “Dutch glory at its finest!” (De Telegraaf), “Intermezzo is beauty in her purest form” (Noordhollands Dagblad) en “Three times around with an uninterrupted Intermezzo” (De Volkskrant). A number of songs from ‘Aap Noot Mies’ find their way on the fourth album with the same name. At the end of the 1998 the group again leaves for Germany, where they perform to sold out venues with the international theater show 'Under The Rainbow'.
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