Performances and other news: music by Rozalie Hirs



2011

New work for soprano, ensemble and electronic sounds World premiere
November 10, 2011, 20:15, Donderdagavondserie/ PROMS, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 12-13 (TBA), 2011, November Music, Den Bosch, Netherlands
November 19-27 (TBA), 2011, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield, England
Commissioned by Asko/Schönberg Ensemble, with financial support of NFPK+


Curved space/ Gekromde ruimte
Poetry pieces I-III
Aan de zon de wereld

February 27, 2011, 20:30, Gekromde ruimte, De Toonzaal, Prins Bernhardstraat 4-6, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Ned McGowan (flute), Tobias Klein (contrabass clarinet), Joost Buis (trombone, lapsteel guitar), Stevko Busch (piano), Robert van Heumen (computer, controllers), Arnold Dooyeweerd (double bass), Rozalie Hirs (voice)
With financial support of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds/ Alida Beekhuis Fonds



2010

Selected electroacoustic works (TBA)
November 10-14, 2010, TBA, November Music, Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Electroacoustic portraits of twelve composers


Zenit
September 24, 2010, 16:00-18:00, Klank en kleur festival: Confrontaties, AAA Concertgebouw series, Spiegelzaal, Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A dialogue with Rudi Fuchs, Rozalie Hirs, and Maarten Kloos
Music by Josef Matthias Hauer, Rozalie Hirs, and Arnold Schönberg
Soloists of the Concertgebouw Orchestra


Little whale and the ice
August 29, 2010, 17:00, Toonzetters festival, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Orchestra De Ereprijs and Wim Boerman (conductor)


Venus world premiere
June 8, 2010, 16:00, Holland Festival, Bach Pavilion (architecture: Zaha Hadid), Gashouder/Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 8, 2010, 20:30, Holland Festival, Bach Pavilion (architecture: Zaha Hadid), Gashouder/Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Music by Gérard Grisey, Alvin Lucier, James Tenney, Richard Ayres, Abel Paul, and Rozalie Hirs
Commissioned by Slagwerkgroep Den Haag with financial support of the Eduard van Beinum Foundation
Slagwerkgroep Den Haag and Clare Gallagher (sound diffusion)


In LA U.S. premiere
May 8, 2010, 19:00, Agitprop, 2837 University Ave, San Diego, California, USA
Reading series curators K Lorraine Graham, Mark Wallace
With support of a travel fellowship, Fonds Podiumkunsten/ Performing Arts Fund, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


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May 3, 2010, 18:00, Forum, MAT/ Media arts and technology, University of California Santa Barbara, United States
Mark Menzies (violin)


Zenit world premiere
May 1, 2010, 20:30, Les espaces acoustiques and beyond: New music after Gérard Grisey, REDCAT, Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theatre, Los Angeles, United States
The Formalist Quartet


Curved space/ Gekromde ruimte
Poetry pieces I-III
Aan de zon de wereld
April 25, 2010, 16:00, Gekromde ruimte, Kunsthuis 13, Velp, Netherlands
Ned McGowan (flute), Tobias Klein (contrabass clarinet), Joost Buis (trombone, lapsteel guitar), Stevko Busch (piano), Robert van Heumen (computer, controllers), Rozemarie Heggen (double bass), Rozalie Hirs (voice)
With financial support of the Prins Bernhardcultuurfonds/ Alida Beekhuisfonds


zichtbaar als zichzelf world premiere
April 18, 2010, 16:00, Finissage, Castrum Peregrini, Herengracht 401, Amsterdam, Netherlands
co-composition Rozalie Hirs, Henk van der Waal
text Henk van der Waal, Zelf worden, Querido, Amsterdam, 2010
Rozalie Hirs (voice), Henk van der Waal (voice)


Little whale and the ice/ Kleine walvis en het ijs world premiere
February 14, 2010, 16:00, Opening concert of the 16th Young composers' Meeting, De Gigant, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Orchestra De Ereprijs and Wim Boerman (conductor)


Other news

Pulsars (NL)
November 2010, TBA, CD release, Attacca Records/ MCN, November Music, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Presentation of full-length portrait CD Pulsars with electroacoustic music and text pieces by Rozalie Hirs


Lectures and lessons at Guildhall School of Music & Drama (E)
June 24, 2010 consulation lessons for postgraduate students with Rozalie Hirs
June 23, 2010, 18:00-20:00 (room 210) Open seminar: lecture by Rozalie Hirs about her music
June 23, 2010, 14:00-17:00 (room 224) Postgraduate seminar: lecture by Rozalie Hirs about the work and compositional techniques of Tristan Murail
Composition department,Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Barbican, Silk street, London England


Lecture at UCSD (USA)
May 4, 2010, 18:00-20:00, Focus composers' seminar: lecture by Rozalie Hirs about her music
Music department, University of California San Diego, United States
With support of a travel fellowship, Fonds Podiumkunsten/ Performing Arts Fund, Netherlands


Lecture at UC Santa Barbara (USA)
May 3, 2010, 18:00-19:30, Forum: lecture by Rozalie Hirs about her music
MAT/ Media arts and technology, University of California Santa Barbara, United States
With support of a travel fellowship, Fonds Podiumkunsten/ Performing Arts Fund, Netherlands


Guest composer at CalArts (USA)
April 29, 2010, 20:00, rehearsal of Zenit (music: Rozalie Hirs) by Formalist Quartet, CalArts, United States
May 1, 2010, 20:30, performance of Zenit by Formalist Quartet, REDCAT, Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theatre, Los Angeles, United States
May 7, 2010, 16:10-18:00, lecture by Rozalie Hirs about her music and some spectral techniques, Spectral music seminar by Wolgang von Schweinitz, CalArts, United States
With support of a travel fellowship, Fonds Podiumkunsten/ Performing Arts Fund, Netherlands


Contemporary compositonal techniques and OpenMusic (NL)
January 14, 2010, 14:00-15:30, book presentation of Contemporary compositional techniques and OpenMusic,
Rozalie Hirs, Bob Gilmore (editors), published by IRCAM/ Delatour, France, 2009
On Murail's Le lac and OpenMusic, lecture by Rozalie Hirs, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Oosterdokskade 151, Amsterdam, Netherlands


Press release [PDF]



2009

Book of Mirrors
August 30, 2009, 15:00, Toonzetters festival 2009, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
live performance with film #23.2 by Joost Rekveld
Asko/Schönberg Ensemble and Clark Rundell (conductor)


Brug van Babel world premiere
June 27, 2009, 16:00, opening party, Android: sound installation by Roel van Timmeren/ILAP - with electro-acoustic compositions by Gerda Geertens, Huba de Graaff, Rozalie Hirs and Mayke Nas, Kinker bridge (corner Kinkerstraat and Tweede Kostverlorenkade), Amsterdam, Netherlands
12-hour a day sound installation June 27 - September 27, 2009


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May 22, 2009, 20:00, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Rokokotheater, SWR, Stuttgart, Germany
Live aus Schwetzingen: Grenzgänge, live radio transmission, SWR2/ARD, Germany
Johannes Fischer (percussion)


Curved space/ Gekromde ruimte world premiere
Poetry pieces I-III
Aan de zon de wereld
April 5, 2009, 14:00, WortMusik: Curved space, Goethe Institut, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ned McGowan (flute), Tobias Klein (contrabass clarinet), Joost Buis (trombone, lapsteel guitar), Stevko Busch (piano), Robert van Heumen (computer, controllers), Arnold Dooyeweerd (double bass), Rozalie Hirs (voice)


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March 18, 2009, 20:00, Women's work series, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House, New York, United States
Jenny Lin (piano)


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March 8, 2009, 15:00, Concert recital by Jenny Lin, Passaic Library, New Jersey, United States
Jenny Lin (piano)


Poetry pieces I-III
Van het wonder is woord
In LA
Aan de zon, de wereld

March 4, 2009, 20:00, Word Lounge, Het patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtracks)


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March 1, 2009, 17:00, Kammermusikreihe im Kirchbergforum, Lollar, Germany
Johannes Fischer (percussion)


Book of Mirrors
February 20, 2009, 20:30, REDCAT, Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theatre, Los Angeles, United States
live performance with film #23.2 by Joost Rekveld
CalArts New Century Players and David Rosenboom (conductor)


Other news

Special guest at Radio Klara, Belgium
July 17, 2009, 17:00-18:00, Culture Magazine La Dolce Vita, Radio Klara, VRT, Brussels, Belgium
Radio interview with Rozalie Hirs on recent work


Perspectives on sound, Austria
May 8, 2009, 13:30, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Haydn-Saal, Vienna, Austria
Lecture On Murail's Le lac by Rozalie Hirs, interview with Tristan Murail
Other lectures by Denis Smalley, Tristan Murail, Georg Friedrich Haas, Michael Levinas, Danielle Cohen-Levinas, May 7-9, 2009


Selection for Toonzetters, Netherlands
April 15, 2009, Roseherte for orchestra and electronic sounds is selected for Toonzetters 2009, Buma Cultuur
Jury Lucas Vis (Netherlands), Luca Francesconi (Italy), Graham McKenzie (England), Mark Delaere (Belgium), Bert Palinckx (Netherlands)


Radio portrait: Rozalie Hirs, Belgium
April 8, 2009, 17:00-19:00, Radio Centraal, Antwerp, Belgium
Live streaming two-hour radio portrait of composer/poet Rozalie Hirs by Rudi Claessens: broadcast of Hirs' musical works
Book of Mirrors
Poetry pieces I-III
article 0
Sacro Monte
Roseherte
Van het wonder is woord
Pulsars
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and live reading by Rudi Claessens of Hirs' poems Levensloop, Wiskunde, [tussen], [jij], [bootje], [albumblad], Dezelfde dingen, Genesis, Orewoet, Amfibisch, Locus, Toverlantaarn




2008

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November 18, 2008, 20:00, Debut im Deutschlandradio Kultur, Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
live radio transmission, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Germany
Johannes Fischer (percussion)


Roseherte world premiere
November 8, 2008, 20:30, Nederlandse Muziekdagen, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Micha Hamel (conductor)


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August 8, 2008, Oberstdorfer Musiksommer, Christuskirche, Oberstdorf, Germany
Johannes Fischer (percussion)


In LA
July 12, 2008, 21:00, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arnold Marinissen (voice, soundtrack)


Poetry pieces I-III
June 27, 2008, 21:00, Eindfeest voor winnaars, Perdu, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


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June 15, 2008, 14:00, Wendingen Festival, Bijbels Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Irene Maessen (soprano)


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June 15, 2008, 13:00, Wendingen Festival, Bijbels Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Irene Maessen (soprano)


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June 14, 2008, 14:00, Wendingen Festival, Bijbels Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Irene Maessen (soprano)


article 5 [dolphin, curved time] world premiere
June 14, 2008, 13:00, Wendingen Festival, Bijbels Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Irene Maessen (soprano)


Poetry Pieces I-III
June 11, 2008, 20:00, An evening with Robert Gray and Words in here, Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


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May 26, 2008, 20:00, Musica Nova, Felicia Blumenthal Music Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Carmel Raz (violin)


Poetry pieces III world premiere
May 8, 2008, 20:00, Words in here/Versal launch party, Sugar Factory, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


Aan de zon, de wereld
Poetry pieces I-II

April 27, 2008, 16:00, Culturele Peepshow, Perdu, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


Poetry pieces I-II world premiere
Aan de zon, de wereld
Van het wonder is woord
In LA

April 26, 2008, 20:00, Zaoem Polypoetry Festival, Minardschouwburg, Ghent, Belgium
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


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April 23, 2008, Fulda, Germany
Johannes Fischer (percussion)


Aan de zon, de wereld
April 20, 2008, 14:00, Poëziefestival, Landgoed De Overste Hof, Landgraaf, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


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April 4, 2008, Festival, Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
Johannes Fischer (percussion)


Aan de zon, de wereld
January 30, 2008, 20:00, Passa Porta, Dansaertstraat 46, Brussels, Belgium
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


Other news

California Tour, United States
November 13, 2008, 11:00, Radio interview with Michael Pisaro and Rozalie Hirs, Global village (Thursdays with John Schneider), KPFK 90.7FM, United States
November 17, 2008, 17:00, Lecture by Rozalie Hirs "Contemporary compositional techniques and OpenMusic", UCSD Department of music, San Diego, United States
November 18, 2008, 17:00, Workshop by Rozalie Hirs "Contemporary compositional techniques and OpenMusic", UCSD Department of music, San Diego, Unites States


Young composers' meeting, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
February 17-22, 2008, 14th Young composers' meeting, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Chair Louis Andriessen
Directors Richard Ayres, Michaël Daugherty, Rozalie Hirs and Martijn Padding
The Young composers' meeting is an initiative of Orchestra De Ereprijs and Gaudeamus




2007

Aan de zon, de wereld
Van het wonder is woord

December 9, 2007, 20:30, Dichtersdinsdag, De kring, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


Aan de zon, de wereld
In LA
Van het wonder is woord
Pulsars part IV

September 30, 2007, 16:00, Mona Lisa, Cameleon, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


Sacro Monte
September 15, 2007, 20:00, Driekönigskirche, Dresden, Germany
Ensemble Courage, Titus Engel (conductor)


Aan de zon, de wereld
August 9, 2007, 21:00, Les nuits d'été, LUX, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


Vlinders gras
May 15, 2007, 20:30, De Badcuyp, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jackson Mac Low band (male voices)


Vlinders gras world premiere
May 12, 2007, 16:00, Tolhuistuin Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jackson Mac Low band (male voices)


Sacro Monte
April 10, 2007, 19:00, Konsertti Aboa Nova III, Sigyn-sali, Turku Music Academy, Finland
Musiikkiakatemia NYTT! Ensemble, Erkki Lahesmaa (conductor)


In LA
March 18, 2007, 16:00, Opening concert of the exhibition Rompebaceza, Vishal, Haarlem, Netherlands
Arnold Marinissen (voice, soundtrack)


Zenit, uur nul
March 6, 2007, 20:00, The soul awakens, Logos Foundation, Ghent, Belgium
Zephyr Kwartet (string quartet)


In LA world premiere of new version for male voice
March 1, 2007, 21:00, Sang love songs, Toonzaal, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Arnold Marinissen (voice, soundtrack)


Zenit, uur nul
February 28, 2007, 20:30, The soul awakens, Bethaniënklooster, Barndesteeg 6B, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Zephyr Kwartet (string quartet)


Zenit, uur nul
February 18, 2007, 16:00, The soul awakens, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Zephyr Kwartet (string quartet)


Source of blue/ Bron van blauw
February 17, 2007, 19:15, Red White and Blues, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
Marcel Worms (piano, voice)


Zenit, uur nul world premiere
February 11, 2007, 14:30, The soul awakens: works by Scelsi, Radulescu, Vivier and Hirs, Museum De Pont, Tilburg, Netherlands
Zephyr Kwartet (string quartet)


Other news

Recommended work at IREM, Lisbon, Portugal
December 20, 2007: Pulsars (music, text, voice Rozalie Hirs) receives the predicate 'Recommended work'
11th International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music (IREM/ UNESCO), Lisbon, Portugal


Platonic ID
June 27, 2007, CD release Attacca Records, Amsterdam, Netherlands






2006

Aan de zon, de wereld
In LA

November 18, 2006, 15:00, Salon 390/Wendingen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


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November 5, 2006, 16:00, Piano Amsterdam, Goethe-Institut, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dante Boon (piano)


Aan de zon, de wereld
November 5, 2006, 16:00, Piano Amsterdam, Goethe-Institut, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack), Stevko Busch (piano), Joost Buis (trombone), Tobias Klein (bass clarinet), Arnold Dooyeweerd (double bass)


Platonic ID
September 5, 2006, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Asko Ensemble and Bas Wiegers (conductor)


Aan de zon, de wereld
July 27, 2006, 15:00, Dichters in de Prinsentuin, Groningen, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


Aan de zon, de wereld world premiere
June 24, 2006, 5:00, Summer solstice festival, Phillip Morris Observatorium, Lelystad, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


Pulsars world premiere
May 23, 2006, 23:02, Café Sonore, VPRO radio, Hilversum, Netherlands


In LA
Van het wonder is woord
Pulsars part IV
May 19, 2006, 20:00, Defense of the free word, International festival More than words, De Balie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


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May 14, 2006, 15:00, Recital Dante Boon, Mellotone studios, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dante Boon (piano)


Source of blue/ Bron van blauw
March 30, 2006, 10:00, Red White and Blues, Music academy, Skopje, Macedonia
Marcel Worms (piano, voice)


Platonic ID world premiere of new version for chamber orchestra
March 19, 2006, Prague Premieres concert series, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Prague Philharmonia and Michel Swierczewski (conductor)




2005


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November 28, 2005, 13:10, Studio 3, Dartington College of Arts, England
Elisabeth Smalt (viola)


article 4 [map butterfly] world premiere of new version for viola
October 15, 2005, 20:00, UK MicroFest 1, riverhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Elisabeth Smalt (viola)


Van het wonder is woord world premiere
October 15, 2005, 17:00, Dicht aan het IJ, Loods 6/Stichting Perdu, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


Source of blue/ Bron van blauw world premiere
October 15, 2005, 15:00, New blues for piano, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marcel Worms (piano, voice)


In LA world premiere
May 27, 2005, 20:30, Performance Notes, Perdu, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)


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May 9, 2005, 20:30, Hungarian Academy, Rome, Italy
Dante Boon (piano)


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May 8, 2005, 20:00, Accademia Kandinsky, Avellino, Italy
Dante Boon (piano)


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May 7, 2005, 18:30, Castel del Sasso, Cerveteri, Italy
Dante Boon (piano)


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Arpil 15, 2005, 15:30, ISCM, Miami, United States
Dante Boon formerly know as Dante Oei (piano)


Platonic ID world premiere
February 23, 2005, 20:15, Tijdgenoten, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Asko Ensemble, Bas Wiegers (conductor)