"Sometimes those strange elements can be very beautiful—like the subdued, almost phantom electronics on Rozalie Hirs’s resonant Roseherte (which, to judge from the way people were talking about it Sunday, was the breakout hit of the festival)." Kevin Whitehead: Inclusive Internet review of Netherlands Music days festival, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ & Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7-9 November, 2008 [Read entire blog post] Muziekplein, November 11, 2008, Netherlands "Hirs conjured for us an enchanting play of sound color, transforming the orchestra into one breathing and pulsating entity, in which [...] recurring motives received an everchanging illumination." Thea Derks: Head-banging in Muziekgebouw Internet review of Netherlands Music days festival, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ & Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7-9 November, 2008 [Read entire blog post] Radio 4 blog, November 10, 2008, Netherlands "Roseherte by Rozalie Hirs, performed by the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, starts off with a refined play of sound color [...], followed by a striking passage where sound vortexes expand from around a more melodic core, like circles on water." Jochem Valkenburg: Hamel, allemansvriend in Nederlandse Muziek Newspaper review of Netherlands Music days festival, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ & Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7-9 November, 2008 NRC, November 10, 2008, Netherlands "With Roseherte, Rozalie Hirs delivers a work in which subtle electronic sound mixtures accentuate the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in an appealing science-fiction manner." Frits van der Waa: Hamels rare snuiters en oase van tijdloosheid Newspaper review of Netherlands Music days festival, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ & Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7-9 November, 2008 Volkskrant, November 10, 2008, Netherlands "...music of refreshingly authentic character..." "...a harmonic balance that immediately strikes [the listener]..." "...an extraordinarily captivating experience..." Patricia Werner-Leanse: Authentic Magazine review of Platonic ID [PDF] Opzij, September 2007, Netherlands "...pure fascination of sound..." "...exquisite still-lives in sound that slowly hypnotize the listener and may even cause a state of rapture..." Maarten Brandt: Hirs: Diverse instrumentale werken Newspaper review of Platonic ID [Text] De Stentor, September 2007, Netherlands "...fragile miracles of concentration and imagination..." Jochem Valkenburg: Tere wondertjes Newspaper review of Platonic ID [PDF] NRC, July 20, 2007, Netherlands "...of special allure is the recent Source of Blue by Rozalie Hirs, floating between camp and honest poetry..." "...Hirs plays a smart game with old, almost Chopinesque sounding, but contemporarily transfigured, jazz riffs..." Roland de Beer: In de ban van de blues Newspaper review of Red White Blues [PDF] De Volkskrant, July 12, 2007, Netherlands "...intriguing pieces developing drop by drop..." "...enchanting sound mixtures..." Roland de Beer: Schellen en keien Newspaper review of Platonic ID [PDF] De Volkskrant, July 12, 2007, Netherlands "...what we hear is difficult to describe..." "...straight-forward Hague School approach combined with a spectralist sensitivity to colour..." "...the works are tailored to the standard of the performers (...) and that is how they sound..." Siebe Riedstra: Performance predicate 9 Magazine review of Platonic ID [PDF] Luister, September 2007, Netherlands "...Platonic ID [by the Dutch composer Rozalie Hirs] combines the best of two worlds: new interesting sounds and a natural musical breath..." Kees Arntzen: Interessante klanken gecombineerd met een natuurlijke muzikale adem Newspaper review of Asko Ensemble concert (Gaudeamus Music week 2006) [PDF available soon] Trouw, September 7, 2006, Netherlands "...my favorite piece of the afternoon was article 1 to 3 by Rozalie Hirs..." "...her idiosyncratically titled suite (...) only hints at this Dutch composer's eccentric approach..." "...I was totally fascinated, both by the intricacy of the music and how it brewed feelings of frustration inside me. It was like being chafed by a feather..." Randy Nordschow: Miami: All keyed up Internet review of ISCM Festival, Miami, United States, 2005 NewMusicBox, The American Music Center, June 9, 2005 "...Rozalie Hirs reveals the soft gleaming skin of sounds in her music and poetry..." "...purified, as if washed clean - that is one way one might characterize the music of Rozalie Hirs..." Anthony Fiumara: Rozalie Hirs toont de zachte glimmende huid van klanken in haar muziek en poëzie Newspaper portrait [PDF] Trouw, February 23, 2005, Netherlands "...I think I am an intuitive thinker..." Els van Swol: Rozalie Hirs Portrait article in the series Dichtende componisten [PDF] Mens en Melodie 6/6 2004, December 2004, Netherlands