September 2007
Spring/Summer 2007
Lincoln Center Directors Lab
In April/May 2007 Van der Aa was a featured composer at the Tura New Music Festival in Perth, Australia. Among his works performed were the Here trilogy, Auburn, Just Before, Quadrivial and the film Passage. He also gave the keynote address on After Life.
On 1 June Deutsche Oper Berlin organised a lecture about Van der Aa’s opera After Life, Passage and Wake were also performed.
Van der Aa took part in the Lincoln Center Theater Director’s Lab, an intensive course in stage direction, in June 2007. Workshop leaders included Richard Eyre, Ron van Lieu and Michael Miller. Participants explored themes such as ‘playwrights and actors’ and ‘the director as collaborative leader’.
Portuguese language version with João Reis & Ana Moura.