What's new this year: music by Rozalie Hirs

Worldpremieres

Poetry pieces (I-III) for poet and soundtrack (2008)
April 26, 2008 (part I, II), Zaoem Polypoetry Festival, Minardschouwburg, Walpoortstraat 15, Ghent, Belgium (WP)
May 8, 2008 (part III), Words in here/Versal launch party, Sugar Factory, Lijnbaansgracht 236, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (WP)
performed by Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack/laptop)



article 5 for solo soprano (2008)
June 14, 2008, 13:00, Wendingen Festival, Bijbels Museum, Herengracht 366, Amsterdam, Netherlands (WP)
June 14, 2008, 14:00, Wendingen Festival, Bijbels Museum, Herengracht 366, Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 15, 2008, 13:00, Wendingen Festival, Bijbels Museum, Herengracht 366, Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 15, 2008, 14:00, Wendingen Festival, Bijbels Museum, Herengracht 366, Amsterdam, Netherlands
performed by Irene Maessen (soprano)
commissioned by Marja Bon and Wendingen



New work for large orchestra and electro-acoustic sounds (2007-08)
November 8, 2008, 20:30, Nederlandse Muziekdagen, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands (WP)
performed by Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Micha Hamel (conductor)
instrumentation 3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.3.1/4perc/arp.cel.pf/str(16.14.12.10.8) & electro-acoustic sounds
commissioned by NPS and Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst



Hello heaven hello thunder (2007)
February 19, 2009, 20:30, Muziek van nu, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands (WP)
performed by Orkest De Volharding
instrumentation Fl, 3Sax, Pf, Cor, 3Trp, 3Tb, Cb
commissioned by Orkest De Volharding and Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst



Other performances

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

April 4, 2008, Festival, Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano (Switzerland), article 0 [transarctic buddha], performed by Johannes Fischer (percussion)

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

April 23, 2008, Fulda (Germany), article 0 [transarctic buddha], performed by Johannes Fischer (percussion)

April 26, 2008, 20:00, Zaoem Poetry Festival, Minard Schouwburg, Ghent (Belgium), Aan de zon, de wereld, Van het wonder is woord, In LA, performed by Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)

April 27, 2008, 16:00, Culturele Peepshow, Perdu, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Aan de zon, de wereld, performed by Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack)

May 26, 2008, 20:00, Musica Nova, Felicia Blumenthal Music Center, Tel-Aviv (Israel), article 4 [map butterfly], performed by Carmel Raz (violin)

August 8, 2008, Oberstdorfer Musiksommer, Oberstdorf (Germany), article 0 [transarctic buddha], performed by Johannes Fischer (percussion)

November 18, 2008, Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin (Germany), article 0 [transarctic buddha], performed by Johannes Fischer (percussion)

March 15, 2009, 16:00, Woorden en Muziek, Goethe Institut, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Poetry pieces (I-III), Van het wonder is woord, and other pieces, performed by Stevko Busch (piano), Rozalie Hirs (voice, laptop)

March 18, 2009, Women's work series, concert and podcast, Greenwich Music School, New York (United States), article 1 to 3 [the] [aleph] [a], performed by Jenny Lin (piano)




News

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



Recommended work at IREM, Lisbon (P), December 2007
The electroacoustic composition Pulsars (music, text, voice Rozalie Hirs) receives the predicate 'Recommended work'
11th International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music (IREM/ UNESCO), Lisbon, Portugal, December 17-20, 2007
Pulsars was commissioned by Café Sonore, VPRO Radio, Netherlands
Download the results of the 11th IREM (pdf)



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