Fee Suzanne de Ruiter

Melancholia

Melancholy is a longing for something you have never experienced. In Melancholia, mezzo-soprano Fee Suzanne de Ruiter gives voice to that elusive feeling. Together with pianist Florian Verweij, she takes you on a journey through music by, among others, Bach, Von Bingen, Boulanger and Berio.

In this concert, we navigate between the different temperaments – sanguine (optimistic), phlegmatic (irritable) and choleric (calm) – until everything comes together in melancholy. Not heavy or sombre, but rich in nuance and imagination.

Fee Suzanne sings with a free, warm voice and a refined stage presence, through which she completely draws the audience in. You can expect the same in Melancholia. She offers an invitation to transform melancholy into something beautiful, born from the awareness of transience and unfulfilled longing. For her, melancholy is a muse—the embodiment of a longing for longing itself.

Dutch Classical Talent
Fee Suzanne de Ruiter is a finalist of Dutch Classical Talent, an important talent development programme in Dutch classical music. A professional jury selects four top young musicians who follow a coaching programme and tour the major concert halls of the Netherlands. In this way, they are given the opportunity to develop their own programme and establish their name. Previous participants include names such as Tania Kross, Lavinia Meijer and Nora Fischer.