De Pauw en de Pauw  is a poetic performance about the love found in friendship. Ella Salvador Dalemans(*) presents seven love poems in the form of a theatrical mini-concert. She sings of a kind of love often dismissed as inferior, dressed in a grand costume and bold shoes. It’s about trust and closeness, dandelions and cranes, about women resting together.


De Pauw en de Pauw  is part of a series of performances exploring love in its broadest sense. Through this creative process, Ella investigates the kind of love that nurtures and heals (since yearning, desire, and pain have already been written about extensively). With these performances, she offers a counter-narrative to the distorted images of love produced by patriarchal pop culture.

(*)Ella Salvador Dalemans (she/her) is a poet, musician, and performer. Her work explores human relationships, grief, and womanhood. She approaches these themes with both thoughtfulness and playfulness. Ella is a member of the feminist collectives Hyster-x and My Friends House, and a musician in the Dutch-language rave-pop band monokimono.

An Pierlé and Koen Gisen have become household names—partners in life and musical crime since around 1997. To celebrate their many albums in various line-ups, solo projects, and life itself, An Pierlé and Koen Gisen return to the basics. In the purest form possible: piano and vocals, bass clarinet and saxophone. So simple that they almost forgot how well it works.

With a repertoire spanning nearly 25 years, they have plenty to choose from. A personal 'Best Of,' reinvented in the moment—proof that songs reveal their true strength in their most stripped-down form.
It’s a moving journey from an instrumentalist who became a renowned producer and a playful singer with a voice that pours straight from the heart and soul.

They play with maturity and a youthful spirit. The unique world they create together effortlessly stands the test of time; their themes remain universal and transcendent, and their loyal audience has grown alongside them.
And above all, they have an undeniable urge to share this with a live audience.