Founded by the composer & chromatic harmonicist Hon Ning Cheung, together with a group of musicians in Conservatorium Maastricht since 2021, devoting to creating music inspired by humans, nature, and life. The Collective is passionate about exploring new concert formats and collaborating actively with living composers, in hopes of introducing new music to the public. Since 2021, We have been organizing our annual concert episodes  to embrace the theme of life. With free entrance open to the public as always, we bonded to the non-profit organizations through our rendition and conceptual messages: previous collaborations including the fundraising concert supporting Refugee Project Maastricht, which is devoted to the cultural integration and supporting hundreds of refugees in our city, and the Utrecht-based Foundation Prinses Máxima Centrum, which is devoted to improving the survival rate and life quality of children with cancer in the Netherlands.

This year, all support will be donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation the Netherlands, granting life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses, in hopes of creating positive and memorable experiences that inspire and uplift both the children and their families.

Previous concert editions:

Last Minutes Alive III: My Memory Lane (2022) Alexander Scriabin 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrtQl2yeVmE

Last Minutes Alive IV: In the Clouds (2023) | Refugee Project Maastricht

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5RjBVYLtIQ&t=147s

Last Minutes Alive V: Gift of Dreams | Portrait Concert of Einojuhani Rautavaara |Prinses Máxima Centrum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV2hXAhXClc&t=10s

Concert info

Event link: https://fb.me/e/7BfaHzy8n

Nefelibata Sinfonietta: Nomads

2 February, 12:00 Willem HIJSTEK Concert Hall, Conservatorium Maastricht

Bonnefantenstraat 15, 6211 KL Maastricht

*Free entranceSupport from the audeicne will be donated to Refugee Project Maastricht, devoted to the cultural integration and supporting hundreds of refugees in Maastricht,and Make-A-Wish Foundation Netherlands, granting life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses, in hopes of creating positive and memorable experiences that inspire and uplift both the children and their families.

Concert Program:

John Cage: Four2

Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!

Nefelibata Choir with singers from Aachener Vokalsolisten, Aljoscha Ristow (cond.)

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite - Berceuse & Finale

Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra I. Allegro ma non troppo

Sofija Subbotina, Lilian Phan, Piano

Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Nefelibata Sinfonietta, Hon Ning Cheung (cond.)

Ethan Blackburn: Disquiet

Paula Vicente Romero(harp), Jorge Gomez Josa(alto saxophone)

Marina Mielgo Martín (French horn) , Ethan Blackburn (piano & celesta)

Hon Ning Cheung (cond.)

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite - Berceuse & Finale

Nefelibata Sinfonietta, Hon Ning Cheung (cond.)