agenda

° Upcoming:

2021

29/10  Live soundtrack for Jean Epstein’s The Faithful Heart (1923). New collaborative work, with  Ziv Taubenfeld , bass clarinet / Marie Guilleray, electronics & voice / Onno Govaert, drums). Sound of Silence festival, De Nieuwe Regentes, The Hague

18/12 New work for ensemble & live electronics. For Eutopia ensemble, selection for the open call “The Smell of Protest”. Genoa

2022

12/2 New work, for contrabass and pipe organ (With Ere Lievonen). German Reformed Church in Hague, Netherlands 

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° Archive:

2021

16/9     algo_altar, for ensemble, pipe organ, and live-electronics. With Catchpenny ensemble, also playing works by Yael Levy, Nikos Kokolakis, Sascha Thiele. Orgelpark, Amsterdam

10/9     Strings and Syllables, (electronics, with Maya Felixbrodt, viola). Performance bar, Rotterdam

30/5     Live electronics set. FRIED: Sunday Service Simulation, OLV church, Voorburg

9-10/4  Contrabass, recording Light Traces with Catchpenny ensemble. Orgelpark, Amsterdam

13/4      Talk / moderating (online): Musicians Playing With Computers | Musicians Interacting With The World. With Jenn Kirby and Anıl Çamcı. ARC (art_research_convergence) events series, Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA)

2020

6/12        Paper presentation: The Musical Work, Free Improvisation, and Live Electronics – Towards an Integrated Musical Paradigm (online). Midlands New Music Symposium, University of Nottingham, UK

19/9        Paper presentation: SLIL: Composition-Improvisation-Musical Instrument, a work-In-Movement Case Study (online). Conference on Artistic Research in Music of the Pyrenees (JIAM Pirineus), Puigcerdà, Spain

9-13/9   FAKE NEWS | STAY TUNED _web (interactive online work). Presented at Screen Dive, Gaudeamus festival 2020.

14/1      Talk. ARC (art_research_convergence) events series, Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA). Korzo theater, The Hague

2019

10/12     Stations and Journeys for ensemble (performed by Ensemble Modelo62). Slil for viola and live-electronics (with Maya Felixbrodt). Het Nutshuis, The Hague

27/11     Contrabass (in No Evil Intent by Roi Nachshon, composition / Shiri Limor, text and stage direction / Erfan Abdi,  instrument design). iii workspace, The Hague

14/11     Contrabass (with Ziv Taubenfeld / bass clarinet). Ephémère concert series, studio LOOS, The Hague

16/7        La Casa Roja for guitar and voice (Teresa Garcia Herranz, guitar / Elisenda Pujals, voice / Arne Bock, visuals and sound). VII Curso-Festival Internacional de Guitarra Ex Corde, Spain

21-22/5  Electronics (with Dan Weinstein, Cello). Works by Yannis Kyriakides, Henry Vega, Oded Assaf, and Slil (for cello and live electronics). Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel-Aviv University / Contcomp festival, Department of Music, Haifa University

20/05     Electronics (with Fie Schouten, bass clarinet). Mazkeka, Jerusalem

2018

–   Stations and Journeys for ensemble (commissioned and performed by Ensemble Modelo62, Intercity Sessions) {flyer}

• 22.11 Korzo theater, the Hague
• 23.11 Splendor Amsterdam
• 24.11 gallery Untitled, Rotterdam
• 25.11 kunst Ruimte Kuub, Utrecht

05/04       New work for prepared double bass and electronics (collaboration with Roi Nachshon, composition / MeiYi Lee, percussion). No Patent Pending # 32, iii workspace, The Hague

18/03        Slil for cello, live electronics, and live graphic score (with Dan Weinstein,  Cello / Shiri Limor, live visuals). Nieuwe Noten series, De Ruimte, Amsterdam

17/03        Electronics (with Dan Weinstein, Cello / Shiri Limor, live visuals). Works by Yannis Kyriakides, Henry Vega, and Slil (for cello, live electronics, and live graphic score)

27/01        FAKE NEWS | STAY TUNED _game– performance piece (performed by Maya Felixbrodt & Synzine publication). PLAY DATE! musical games night, Bodlab studio, OT301 Amsterdam

2017

27/10    Contrabass (with Arvind Ganga, electric guitar). Myriads 14, Helicopter, The Hague

29/09    Contrabass (with Haytham Safia, oud). Palestinorama! festival, De Nieuwe Regentes, The Hague

28/09    Contrabass & electronics (solo set). Kernel Panic #29, Loos studio, the Hague

18/02    Contrabass (with Jordan Czamanski, synths). Meakusma, Eupen, Belgium

14/02    Contrabass (with Germaine Sijstermans, bass clarinet). Intro in Situ, Maastricht

01/12    Contrabass (with Catchpenny ensemble). Het Nutshuis, The Hague

2016

18/12   Contrabass & electronics (with Elisenda Pujals, voice). Works by Janco Verduin, Amnon Wolman, Ruben Serroussi, and The Instrument (installation). Axesjazzpower, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

16/12   Bass guitar (with Amir Bolzman, electronics), Kernel Panic #28, de Vinger, The Hague

7/12     hasBara (performed by MUTU ensemble). Mutu Electronic X-mas party, Zaal 100, Amsterdam

30/9     Contrabass (with Elisenda Pujals, voice, and MUTU ensemble). Works by Amnon Wolman,  Janco Verduin, Luc Döbereiner, Yota Morimoto, and hasBara (for ensemble). Hoogtuj #46, Nuthuis, the Hague

9/6       Contrabass (with Germaine Sijstermans and Ziv Taubenfeld, bass clarinets). Ephémère concert series, studio LOOS, the Hague {flyer}

10/5     Lecture, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel-Aviv University

–   Contrabass (with Elisenda Pujals, voice). Works by Luc Döbereiner, Lula Romero, Amnon Wolman, Ruben Seroussi, Ophir Ilzetzki

• 28/4  haTeiva, Tel Aviv
• 24/4  Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin (With the support of INM – Initiative Neue Musik Berlin)

15/2    Contrabass (with Elisenda Pujals, Germaine Sijstermans, and others). New Music Incubator workshop, Q-O2, Brussels

7/2      Contrabass (with Carlos Ema, piano / Luis Mora, perc. /  Oğuz Büyükberber, cl. bass). Live soundtrack for Buster Keaton’s The General (1926). Sounds of Silence festival 2nd edition, theater de Nieuwe Regentes, The Hague

3/2     Contrabass (with Amir Bolzman, electronics). Sonology discussion concert, Royal conservatory, The Hague

2015

26/10   Contrabass (with Thijs Geritz, computer / Anat Spiegel, voice / Michel Banabila, computer). Oorsprong Curators Series (curated by Th. Geritz), DokZaal, Amsterdam {flyer}

–     La Casa Roja for guitar and voice (Teresa Garcia Herranz, guitar / Elisenda Pujals, voice / Arne Bock, visuals and sound).

• 10/8 Festival Internacional de Músicas del Mundo, Campo de San Roque, Portonovo, Galicia, Spain
• 29/5 Festival Internacional TAC, Capilla del Museo Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain
• 19/3  Palacio de la Cibeles, Madrid

29/5     Contrabass & electronics (with Roberto Garreton, guitar & elect.). Hoogtij#41, GEMAK, The Hague

27/3     Contrabass & electronics (with Roberto Garreton, guitar and elect.). Kernel Panic #24, cafe de vinger, The Hague

19-21/3  Sound design (for Loïc Perela’s choreography: SENSES, production of dansataliers Rotterdam). Rotterdamse Schouwburg

11/2     hasBara (performed by Musica Nova). haTeiva, Tel-Aviv, Israel {flyer}

3/2       Lecture. MIAM (Centre for Advanced Studies in Music), Istanbul Technical University

17/1     Contrabass & electronics (with MeiYi Lee, percussion). Live soundtrack for Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922). Sound of Silence festival, theater De Nieuwe Regentes, The Hague {flyer}

2014

13/11   Contrabass (with Luc Houtkamp, sax.). Volkpaleis 2014 festival, Ephémère series, Zuiderstrandtheater, The Hague) {flyer}

14/11   Contrabass (in Peter van Bergen’s The Scratch Orchestra remake, with Johan van Kreij, Marie Guilleray, Gert-Jan Prins, Kacper Ziemianin, Henry Vega, Jan Falkenstein and Dario Giustarini). Zuiderstrandtheater, The Hague

17/10   Contrabass & electronics (with Roberto Garreton, guitar & electronics). La Escucha Errante sonic arts festival, ZawpLab, Bilbao, Spain

22/6    Contrabass (with Hilde Elbers, dance). De cacao fabriek, Helmond

13/4     La Casa Roja for guitar and voice (Teresa Garcia Herranz, guitar / Elisenda Pujals, voice / Arne Bock, visuals and sound), with projected visuals (paintings by Juan Carlos Mestre, who also wrote the text for this work). House concert, Antwerp, Belgium

23/4    Contrabass (with Elisenda Pujals, voice). Works by Ophir Ilzetzki, Shmuel Malkin. Israel Composers’ League (ICL), Meet the Composer series, Haifa University, Israel

25/4    Contrabass & electronics (with Elisenda Pujals, voice). Works by Ilzetzki, Janco Verduin (premiere), Agostino di Scipio, Berio, Aperghis, and The Instrument (computer, contrabass & voice). haTeiva, Tel Aviv

8/3     Contrabass & electronics (with Roberto Garreton / guitar & electronics), for an audience-incorporated choreography by Hilde Elbers (dance).  L’Avventura – International Choreographers Week (ICW) 2014 opening event, De NWE Vorst, Tilburg

16/1    Contrabass (with Hallveig Ágústsdóttir, electronics & visuals). Ephémère, Loos studio, The Hague

10/1    Contrabass & electronics (with Roberto Garreton, guitar & electronics), Kernel Panic #15, De Vinger, The Hague

2013

8/12     Contrabass & electronics (with Elisenda Pujals, voice). Works by Corne Roos, and The Instrument (stage version with audience participation). Goedlaak, Laaktheater, The Hague

29/11   Contrabass. Christian Wolff’s Changing the System. Royal conservatory, the Hague {recording}

22/11   Contrabass & electronics (with Elisenda Pujals, voice). Works by Ophir Ilzetzki, Agostino di Scipio, and The Instrument (for bass, voice, electronics). Sonic Arts Series, University of East Anglia, Norwich

20-21/11    Conducting a workshop (with Elisenda Pujals) at the  School of Music, University of East Anglia, Sonic Arts Series, Norwich

12/11    La Casa Roja for guitar and voice (Teresa Garcia Herranz, guitar / Elisenda Pujals, voice / Arne Bock, visuals and sound). IS ARTI festival, Kaunas National Philarmony, Lithuania

5/9      La Casa Roja for guitar and voice (Esfera ensemble: Teresa Garcia Herranz, guitar / Elisenda Pujals, voice / Arne Bock, visuals and sound). A solas, Magdalena Project, teatros de Canal, Madrid

–   Contrabass & electronics & performing my work The Instrument (with Hatzatz: Maya Felixbrodt, viola / Tomer Harari, electronics / Sonia Kazovsky, live visuals):

• 21/7    Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
• 27/7    Uganda, Jerusalem
• 23/7   Interview & live set (קול הקמפוס: kol-hakampus, 106fm radio)
• 28/7    Wire Tapping (curated by Ayelet Lerman), art galery Barbur, Jerusalem
• 29/7     Ashan Hazman, Be’er Sheva
• 30/7    hanut31, Tel Aviv

6/8     The Instrument (installation). Musica Impulse center for music, Neerpelt, Belgium

27/5    Contrabass (with Bethany Younge, voice). Works by Corné Roos, Justina Šikšnelyte. Het Nutshuis, The Hague

–   Contrabass (with Elisenda Pujals, voice). Works by Agostino Di Scipio, Lula Romero, Silvia Borzelli, Luc Döbereiner, and INCUEME (for contrabass and voice):

• 5/2     Unerhörte Musik, BKA Theater, Berlin
• 3/2      Studio LOOS, The Hague
• 1-2/2   Residency at Studio Loos, The Hague

2012

–    Contrabass & electronics & performing my work The Instrument  (with Hatzatz: Maya Felixbrodt, viola / Tomer Harari, electronics / Daniel Slabosky, live visuals). Album release concerts {CD cover, design: Inbal Kaplan}   –

• 8/11     Korzo theater, the Hague
• 9-10-11/11    crimmp_09, OCW, Osseweistraat 35, Rotterdam {link: interview and documentation}
• 13/11    Lecture-concert, at the European Patent Office, the Hague

3/11      [Untitled, 2012] for contrabass and electronics (performed by John Eckhardt, Contrabass). European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2012 finalilst concert, ISCM World New Music Days 2012, De Singel, Antwerp

13/9      Contrabass & electronics (with Roberto Garreton, guitar & electronics). Ephémère, studio LOOS, the Hague {flyer}

5/7       [for ensemble, 2011-12] (performed by Ensemble Meitar). Center for contemporary and electronic music, The Israeli Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv {flyer}

–    [Untitled, 2011-12] for youth string orchestra (Corelli Orchestra, Vila-seca conservatory, Catalonya, cond. Josep Manresa):

• 3/6       Torredembarra town hall, Catalonia
• 17/6     Auditorium Cal Figueres, Hostalets de Pierola, Catalonia
• 24/6     Collbató church, Catalonia

18/5     Contrabass (with Hatzatz: Maya Felixbrodt, viola / Tomer Harari, electronics). Kernel Panic #7, cafe De Vinger, The Hague

25/3     Contrabass & electronics (with Hatzatz: Maya Felixbrodt, viola / Tomer Harari, electronics / Daniel Slabosky, live visuals). Live recording / concert. LOOS, The Hague {flyer, design: Inbal Kaplan}

–    Contrabass (music theater work by Ivana Kis, composition / Christiaan Mooij, directing)  –

• 9/10      Theater Concordia, Enschede
• 15/1       De Meervaart, Amsterdam

2011

26/11  Contrabass & electronics (with Hatzatz: Maya Felixbrodt, viola / Tomer Harari, electronics). Audioscoop, Intro in situ, (h)ear, Maastricht

21/10   Contrabass (with Orquestra de Cambra de Vila-Seca, cond. Edmond Colomer). Auditorium Vila-Seca, Spain

15/10   Contrabass & electronics (with Hatzatz : Maya Felixbrodt, viola / Tomer Harari, electronics). Quirky cafe, The Hague

23/9    Contrabass & electronics (with Hatzatz: Maya Felixbrodt, viola / Tomer Harari, electronics). stateXnewForms festival , PaardCafe, The Hague

16/7    Contrabass & electronics (with Hatzatz: Maya Felixbrodt, viola / Tomer Harari, electronics). Scheld’apen fetival, Antwerpen

15/6    Contrabass & electronics (with Hatzatz: Maya Felixbrodt, viola / Tomer Harari, electronics). Piratebar, Scheveningen, The Hague

5/3      Signature Piece for ensemble (performed by ensemble Klang, with video work by Shiri Limor). Korzo, The Hague

30/1    Magos, Telus for solo voice (performed by Akiko Kozato). Nanko Sunset Hall, Osaka, Japan

20/1    Modo Recordar, Modo Olvidar for contrabass, viola, electronics & improv (with Hatzatz: Maya Felixbrodt, viola / Tomer Harari, electronics). LOOS, The Hague

Selected performances, 2010 and earlier:

2010

4/11       Bass guitar & electronics (together with Juju & Jordash, live score for Der Golem). Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam

13/10     Magos, Telus for solo voice (performed by Akiko Kozato). Fondazione Giorgio Cini, S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

–    Contrabass (music theater work by Ivana Kis, composition / Christiaan Mooij, directing):

• 9/10      Korzo, tha Hague
• 1-2/10   Ostadetheater, Amsterdam

26/6      Contrabass (with Elisenda Pujals, voice / Milana Zaric, harp / MeiYi Lee, percussion / Emeline Dessi, flute). Works by George Crumb, Rob Manthey, Graham Flett, Diego Soifer, Thomas Aldrich, Ivan Brkljachic. Het Nutshuis, The Hague

27-30/5  Unmixable Elements for instruments and computer (performed by MAE –Maarten Altena Ensemble & Leine Roebeana dance group). Orgel Park, Amsterdam  {flyer}

2009

13/11  Night Along the Top, with Mr. Abdel Wahab for string orchestra (performed by St. George Strings, cond. Bojan Suđić). International Review of Composers #18, Hall of the National Bank of Serbia, Belgrade (broadcast on national TV)

–   In the Eye of the Storm (for contrabass & voice, with Elisenda Pujals, voice):

• 19/7 Levontin 7, Tel-Aviv
• 23/7 Felicia Blumental Center, Tel-Aviv
• 25/7 Library hall, Beit Struck, Haifa

31/3    Seven Different Ways of Getting Lost for ensemble (performed by ASKO ensemble, cond. Bas Wiegers). Bernard Haitinkzaal, Amsterdam Conservatory.

–   Contrabass & Bass guitar (with ensemble Klang, Heiner Goebbels festival):

• 22/8   MuziekPodium Zeeland Veere
• 2/5      Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam
• 2/3      LantarenVenster Rotterdam
• 1/3      Royal Conservatory, The Hague

2008

13/11  Contrabass (with Modelo62, cond. E. Menalled, works by Richard Rijnvos and John Cage). November Music Festival, De Toonzaal, Den Bosch

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