The first November Music took place in 1993. There is an ongoing collaboration with various international festivals. In recent years, November Music has also organised concerts outside the scope of the festival in other Dutch cities. Composers and musicians who have featured in the festival include
Sofia Gubaidulina,
Mauricio Kagel,
John Zorn,
Louis Andriessen,
Martijn Padding,
Heiner Goebbels,
Frederic Rzewski,
Daniel Johnston,
Mayke Nas,
Michel van der Aa,
Nik Bärtsch,
Kayhan Kalhor,
Helmut Lachenmann,
Christian Wolff. Furthermore, groups like
Kronos Quartet,
Arditti Quartet,
Ensemble Modern,
musikFabrik,
Asko Ensemble,
Nederlands Kamerkoor and
Raschèr Saxophone Quartet gave presence at November Music. November Music regularly links up Dutch jazz musicians with improvisators from other countries and arranges a first get-together on stage. Some combinations initiated by November Music:
Yuri Honing and
Mathias Eick, Anton Goudsmit and
The Bad Plus,
Vijay Iyer and
Misha Mengelberg,
Marc Ribot and ZAPP4, Martin Fondse and
Matthew Herbert, ZAPP4 and
Jan Bang,
Rembrandt Frerichs Trio and
Kayhan Kalhor.
Sound art installations Since 2012 November Music also has a
sound art program. Initially organized by sound artist Horst Rickels. Since 2016 sound art organisation
iii became the curator of a special line-up featuring
sound installations and
sound sculptures.
Pierre Bastien (among others) was part of the 2016 line-up in this program. The 2017 edition had programmed
Yuri Landman,
Mariska de Groot and
Dmitry Morozov (aka Vtol) and others. This program happens in the
Kruithuis, a 1620 built military
magazine. ==Previous editions==