Liliia Mitronina & Sterre van Boxtel

Soprano Sterre van Boxtel and pianist Liliia Mitronina invite the audience into an intimate musical journey through the changing states of the human soul.

The programme unfolds as a psychological and spiritual path: from longing, irony and the dream of an unreachable paradise in Kurt Weill’s songs, through the obsessive energy of La Folia, to the fragile and fragmented world of Ophelia in Richard Strauss’ three songs. The journey then deepens with Bach-Brahms’ Chaconne in D minor for the left hand — a solitary passage through darkness, endurance and transformation.

The concert ends with a final luminous piece: transparent, peaceful and purifying rather than triumphant. Together, voice and piano create a programme that is dramatic, introspective and deeply human.

Programme

Kurt Weill

Three Songs

Wie lange noch?

Barbara Song from Die Dreigroschenoper

Youkali

C. P. E. Bach

12 Variations on La Folia d’Espagne

Piano solo

Richard Strauss

Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op. 67

Wie erkenn’ ich mein Treulieb

Guten Morgen, ’s ist Sankt Valentinstag

Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloß

J. S. Bach / Johannes Brahms

Chaconne in D minor for the left hand

Piano solo

Final luminous piece

To be confirmed

Possible works: Caccini — Ave Maria, Fauré — Pie Jesu, or Rachmaninoff — Vocalise 

Sterre van Boxtel

Sterre van Boxtel was born and raised in Alkmaar and began her first singing lessons at the age of seven with soprano Karin ten Cate. She is currently studying Classical Voice at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with vocal pedagogue Sasja Hunnego. At the age of fourteen, Sterre was admitted to the Sweelinck Academy, the national young talent programme of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

From a young age, Sterre has appeared as a guest soloist with choirs and performed on several major stages. At fourteen, she performed in the supporting programme of Thomas Oliemans at Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, appeared as a soloist at the Royal Concertgebouw, and sang as a guest soloist at De Doelen.

In 2019, she gave a TEDx Talk in Alkmaar, and in 2020 she won the RABObank Young Talent Prize, performing at De Vest in Alkmaar. In 2021, she joined the jury of the same prize. She has also performed at De Kleine Komedie in Amsterdam, returned to the Royal Concertgebouw in 2023 with tenor Leonardo Gramenga, and appeared at the Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam.

During Christmas 2023, Sterre appeared on the NPO television programme Podium Klassiek with Debussy’s Nuit d’étoiles. In March 2024, she made her debut at the Boekmanzaal of Dutch National Opera & Ballet during Opera Forward Festival 2024 with the new composition Pull up if I pull uP. In 2025, she appeared in a Silbersee production with works by Britten and Kate Moore at TivoliVredenburg.

Liliia Mitronina

Liliia Mitronina was born in Kazan and began playing the piano at the age of five. From an early age, she actively performed in concerts and won prizes in competitions. At eleven, she became a laureate of an international competition in Lonigo, Italy. In 2016, she graduated with honours from the Kazan Conservatory in the class of Evgeny Mikhailov.

Liliia holds three master’s degrees: a Master of Classical Music from Rotterdam, a Master of Performance from Lucerne, and a Master of Music Pedagogy from Lucerne. During her studies, she performed in concert halls across Russia and Europe and won various international competitions. Important milestones include winning the Yamaha Europe Piano Foundation competition in Groningen and reaching the finals of the Grachtenfestival Conservatorium Concours in Amsterdam.

As an active chamber musician, Liliia frequently performs with other artists and creates programmes with strong artistic concepts, including Memories, Of Trolls and Elves and Echoes of Soul and Earth. Since 2012, she has also been teaching piano, combining her performing and pedagogical practice with a deep interest in cultural heritage and meaningful musical storytelling.