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September 2007

Spring/Summer 2007

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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’.

about

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

  • 19 February 2012
    Oog
    Chambre d’écoute
    Verena Sennekamp, cello
    Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 10 May 2012
    Quadrivial (US premiere)
    International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
    The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, USA
  • 10 May 2012
    Memo
    International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). Erik Carlson, violin
    The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, USA

recent video

Up-close | trailer

upclose TNSol Gabetta, cello. Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson. Vakil Eelman.
3:22 min. trailer

recent audio

The Book of Disquiet - Scene 3 & 4

Scene 3 & 4
Klaus Maria Brandauer, musikFabrik, cond. Martyn Brabbins
11:01 min.

recente werken

  • Up-close (2010)
    for solo cello, string ensemble and film
  • Rekindle (2009)
    for flute and soundtrack
  • Transit (2009)
    for piano and video

recent publications

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Latest update 28 January 2012