Riedijk has sung as a guest soloist with leading European ensembles including Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Asko Ensemble, Schönberg Ensemble, Nieuw Ensemble, Kammerensemble (Stockholm), Osiris Piano Trio and Altenberg Trio of Vienna. In June 2008 she and her duo partner, pianist Ellen Corver, enjoyed a successful debut at the Musikverein in Vienna. Their debut in Carnegie Hall (New York) is scheduled for the autumn of 2009.

Charlotte Riedijk has performed works dedicated to her by various composers in various festivals in Graz, Frankfurt, Viitasaari and Finland as well as the Holland Festival and Stockholm New Music Festival. Following her debut at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in 2001, where she sang Messiaen's Harawi accompanied by Joanna MacGregor - acclaimed by the press as 'the best classical concert in Ireland in 2001' - she was immediately reinvited back for the 2002 and 2003 editions of the festival. In 2006 and 2008 she returned once again as a guest of this festival, performing music by Shostakovitch, Dowland and Torstensson.
In the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in the 2004/05 season, she successfully premiered two major works written especially for her: In grosser Sehnsucht, for soprano and piano trio by Klas Torstensson and Deep Blue Marine, for two percussion, harp, actress and soprano) by Klaas de Vries.

Further highlights in the last seasons were a concert series of Poulenc's La Voix Humaine with the Holland Symfonia (staged by Monique Wagemakers), a tour of Scandinavia with the Osiris Trio, concerts with Vienna's Altenberg Trio, a solo opera production based on In grosser Sehnsucht with Opera OT as part of the 2007 Rotterdam Opera Days Festival, a new chamber opera by Rob Zuidam (Der Hund), the world premiere and Dutch tour of Param Vir's new opera Black Feather Rising (produced by the Octopus Foundation, October 2008) and several performances of Elliott Carter's masterpiece A Mirror on Which To Dwell.

Future plans include several performances in the Toonfestival Brabant, Torstensson's opera The Expedition in Stockholm with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (April 2009) and in the Flanders Festival (Mechelen) concerts with the Orchestra of Padova, Italy and the Emanon Ensemble. In the summer of 2009 Riedijk will be a guest at the Delft Chamber Music Festival where she will perform with Elisabeth Leonskaja, Liza Ferschtman, Dimitri Ferschtman and Enrico Pace in works of Debussy, Shostakovich and Ravel.

Her versatility also encompasses early 20th century music including such works as Schönberg's Das Buch der hängenden Gärten and his Second String Quartet; Berg's Seven Early Songs and Altenberg Songs; and Webern's Songs including his Opus 13 and Opus 8 compositions.

In opera, Riedijk has long distinguished herself as Susanna, Despina, Euridice and Satirino. A more modern-age milestone was her highly acclaimed appearance as Anna Charlier in Torstenssons opera The Expedition which received its premiere in the 1999 Holland Festival under the direction of Peter Eötvös. Critically acclaimed performances followed shortly therafter in Stockholm and Oslo (Ultima Festival).

Charlotte Riedijk has broadcast frequently on radio and television throughout Europe. Her discography includes: Urban Solo/Urban Songs Torstensson; La Disciplina Boogman; Seven Romances after poems by Alexander Blok op. 127 Shostakovich; The Expedition Torstensson and Cinq Chants d'Amour for soprano and orchestra by Arthur De Greef (KTC 4013).
Charlotte's latest CD, In grosser Sehnsucht, written by Klas Torstensson, was widely acclaimed and is available on Cobra Records (0018).

January 2009