Tamar BrüggemannCo-director of Wonderfeel Festival
‘At Wonderfeel all your stress disappears. Top performances in an idyllic setting, what more can one ask for in times of crisis?’ (Trouw).
Wonderfeel, an outdoor festival for classical music located in the woods near Amsterdam, is founded (in 2015) and co-directed by Tamar Brüggemann. She started her career at the Utrecht Early Music Festival (2001-2013) and subsequently managed the baroque orchestra Holland Baroque for several years. In 2019, the first edition of 'What About Now' took place, a long night that focused on social sustainability by celebrating the here and now. In 2024, a new international collaboration emerges with the first edition of Wonderfeel Helsinki.
Besides Wonderfeel, Tamar also fulfilled a few additional functions, including advising the Performing Arts Fund NL and the Municipality of Rotterdam and Amersfoort. She is currently lecturer at ArtEZ University on the course Curatorial Practices in Music, a member of the Advisory Board of the Istanbul Music Festival, board member of the European Festivals Association and of the Dutch equivalent, the Performing Arts Festivals Association. Together with Peter Florence, she recently founded the European Festivals Forest Foundation to plant a forest in Iceland in cooperation with as many festivals as possible to offset their CO2 emissions.
To breathe in some air outside the cultural bubble, Tamar started playing football a few years ago. Her goal is to score at least once again next season.
