Saxophonist and composer Raaf Hekkema is a soloist and teacher at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. His many composition projects include his arrangement and recording of Paganini's 24 caprices for solo violin, for which he was named instrumentalist of the year by the German ECHO Klassik in 2007. He has been a member of the Dutch Akademie van Kunsten since 2020.

National Gallery of Art: Calefax Reed Quintet

Sunday, February 9, 2025 @ 3:00pm – 4:15pm (EST)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States
Samuel BarberExcursions, Op. 20 (arr. Jelte Althuis)
Florence PricePiano Sonata in E minor ("II. Andante"; arr. Jelte Althuis)
Henriëtte BosmansString Quartet (arr. Raaf Hekkema)
Cole Porter"Just One of Those Things" from Jubilee (arr. Oliver Boekhoorn)
George GershwinRhapsody in Blue (arr. Raaf Hekkema)

Free (RSVP required)