August 2010
disquiet media
disquiet media
Michel van der Aa has founded a new multimedia label, Disquiet Media, a label that embraces unfurling technologies in a wide spectrum of the arts. Based in Amsterdam, it focuses on compositions and music-theatre works that are firmly rooted in twenty-first century life.
Disquiet Media will be launched on Saturday 28 August during the Toonzetters festival at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam.
The label’s first two CDs, with works including Spaces of Blank, Imprint, Mask and the Here trilogy, will be presented, and ASKO|Schönberg will perform Mask, Here [in circles] and the Dutch premiere of Rekindle.
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June 2010
The Book of Disquiet in Poland and Germany
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Following the successful Portuguese premiere of The Book of Disquiet in February in Porto, the work will be performed in its original German version at the Wroclaw Film Festival (Polish premiere) on 1 August 2010 by musikFabrik, conducted by Joana Carneiro. Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer returns to interpret the role he created in 2009. This German version travels to the Staatstheater Saarbrücken on 20 May 2011.
Excerpts from the recent Portuguese version, starring Joao Reis and Ana Moura, can be viewed online: vanderaa.net/disquiet-trailer
June 2010
Tour After Life
Roderick Williams
The 2009/2010 tour of the opera After Life, with staged productions in Amsterdam and Lyon, concluded with a semi-staged performance at London’s Barbican Centre. In Amsterdam, De Nederlandse Opera presented a 5-performance revival; Opéra de Lyon produced the work as part of the Lyon Biennale; and at the Barbican it was part of the ‘Present Voices’ series. The nearly sold-out Lyon production in particular attracted a remarkably young audience. The well-attended Barbican production enjoyed massive media attention, from pre-concert publicity to post-concert reviews, eliciting a lively discussion on the essential nature of opera.
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May 2010
Follow Michel van der Aa on Twitter and Facebook
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Connect with Michel van der Aa via the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. Instant updates offer a glimpse behind the scenes at rehearsals, premieres and international events, and give you the chance to interact with Michel personally.
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April 2010
Barbican Centre 'After Life' pages
Barbican Centre ‘After Life’ page
The London Barbican Centre made a mini-site for the 15 May After Life performance. Book your ticket, view behind-the-scene footage, and watch the opera trailer.
Submit your one memory which you would take with you into the After Life, and a lucky few will be illustrated by Augustine Cole.
barbican.org.uk/afterlife/
Preview article on Gramophone Magazine website
Preview article in The Guardian
Portuguese language version with João Reis & Ana Moura.