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May 2006

Musical portrait at Holland Festival

One stageOne, Barbara Hannigan & Sheila Wiersum

The Holland Festival will feature composer Michel van der Aa in a two-week musical portrait, with four key works being performed in venues throughout Amsterdam. In addition to the world premiere of After Life, the ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble will perform the complete Here Trilogy in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on June 6 and the chamber opera One returns to Amsterdam for its final performances after a successful eleven-country tour. Michel van der Aa’s most recent work, Imprint, will receive its Netherlands premiere on June 3 in the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, performed by the renowned Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.

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Michel van der Aa (Netherlands, 1970) is one of Europe’s most sought-after composers today.
 For Van der Aa, music is more than organized sound or a structuring of notes. His music has expressive power, combining sounds and scenic images in a play of changing perspectives. Van der Aa’s recent stage works show a successful involvement as a film and stage director as well as composer.

upcoming performances

  • 16 September 2010
    Memo
    Ensemble Mosaik
    Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
  • 17 September 2010
    Transit
    Benjamin Kobler, piano
    Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
  • 18 September 2010
    Lecture
    18:00 hrs Zero 'n' One Festival
    Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

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The Book of Disquiet - Scene 3 & 4

Scene 3 & 4
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