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Christian Blaha & Douwe Eisenga

Thursday, 25 April 2024   |   20:00 - 22:00

Christian Blaha & Douwe Eisenga

“Celestial Mechanics” features works inspired by celestial bodies, as well as world premieres by Dutch, American, and composers worldwide.

Program:

CHRISTIAN BLAHA – S.O.S.

STEPHEN CABELL – Then Eclipse

DOUWE EISENGA – Cloud Atlas

ROBERT PATERSON – Star Crossing
World Premieres by Mostly Modern Composers

  • Composer(s) Douwe Eisenga & Christian Blaha
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Douwe Eisenga: Cloud Atlas
    Christian Blaga: S.O.S.
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Mostly Modern Ensemble, Robert Paterson conductor

Date

Apr 25 2024
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Time

20:00 - 22:00

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Location

Middelburg, Zeeuwse concertzaal
Middelburg, Zeeuwse concertzaal
Verwerijstraat 14, 4331 TC Middelburg
Website
https://www.zeeuwseconcertzaal.nl/home.html

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Composer

Douwe Eisenga

“Music that could have long-range importance” - American Record Guide
“Douwe Eisenga knows to immerse us miraculously in a timelessness that we could forever linger in” - Inactuelles
“Eisenga possesses the uncanny ability to write expressive, high-quality music capable of appealing to discerning listeners of all ages” - Textura
“The man writes the best Minimal Music you know until then and he calls it Maximal Music. Douwe Eisenga is his name. The best Minimal Music, that sounds exaggerated. Certainly. But it isn't. According to me. Eisenga conjures in his music worlds in my head where courtiers court another, where rivers burst out their banks, where mirror images suddenly reach out, where a summer breeze tickles your neck” - PZC
“Eisenga drags the listener into a musical world where dreamy melancholy and accelerating sequences alternate with a lot of excitement. Inevitable and very compelling” - Klassieke Zaken
“This composition testified of an unprecedented mysticism. The Flood of composer Douwe Eisenga can now already be labelled as of the greatest compositions of this time” - Rumanian Radi

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Composer

Christian Blaha

Christian Blaha (Middelburg, The Netherlands, 1972) studied Composition (MA) for which he graduated Cum Laude, Piano and Choral Conducting (MA) at the Tilburg Conservatory with, amongst others. Alexandre Hrisanide and Paul Komen.
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Upcoming events

Sunday, 28 September 2025. 14:30 - 17:00

Jan-Peter de Graaff: Hagar, an opera in 4 scenes

On Thursday, May 15th, the Nederlandse Reisopera presented its upcoming season with a brand new opera.  A bold and creative partnership between composer Jan-Peter de Graaff and librettist Eleanor Barlow, Hagar is a daring, modern and fiercely human reimagining of the ancient tale that explores resilience, scandal, and consequence.

Location

Enschede, Wilminktheater
Enschede, Wilminktheater
Noorderhagen 27, 7511 EK Enschede
Website
https://www.wilminktheater.nl/nl/

Sunday, 28 September 2025. 17:00 - 19:00

Calliope Tsoupaki: Poem for an empty world

A new commission for string quartet and piano by the Greek-Dutch composer Calliope Tsoupaki ‘Poem for an empty world’ is inspired by a key element of her homeland: the sea. Her composition will premiere on Saturday, September 28th, at the September Me festival. Enter a world where classical and modern seamlessly merge.

Location

Amersfoort, Flint Theater
Amersfoort, Flint Theater
Coninckstraat 60, 3811 WK Amersfoort
Website
https://flint.nl

Sunday, 28 September 2025. 15:30 - 17:30

Joey Roukens /Theo Smit Sibinga /Maarten Bauer /Henk Badings /Rudolf Escher

When you think of Indonesia, the spicy scents of the oriental kitchen probably come to mind. But perhaps also wajang puppets, chirping monkeys swinging through the jungle, or a volcano that could erupt at any moment. Or the traditional dances in beautiful clothing.

Location

Amsterdam, Waalse Kerk
Amsterdam, Waalse Kerk
Walenpleintje 159, 1012 JZ Amsterdam
Website
https://dewaalsekerk.nl/home/

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Maxim Shalygin

January 30, 1985

"Creativity is an unconscious act of insanity, in a burst of which the truth is born. No matter how beautiful or disgusting it may seem to people far from madness, its value is beyond doubt, both for the author and for those able to sense its invisible beauty. After all, gratitude for endless trials and suffering brings joy and blissful emptiness… Being shocked by music is about pain turning into beauty and getting under your skin, taking away your breath; about everything stopping to move. I want to be scratched inside by sound and experience the fleeting, invisible beauty." - Maxim Shalygin

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Michael Fine

Education Michael has a degree in English Literature from the State University of New York. Despite having no formal music education, he has an active international career in several aspects of the music business.
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Celia Swart

Celia Swart (1994, NL) is a new music composer, saxophone player and visual artist. Growing up playing saxophone and piano, she found her love for composing.
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Jan-Peter de Graaff

Netherlands, 1992,
"De Graaff is een alleskunner en een echte en helder opflitsende komeet aan het muzikale firmament die aan niemand ongemerkt voorbij kan gaan." - Maarten Brandt, Opus Klassiek
"De Graaff is een tovenaar met orkestkleuren in een taal die weliswaar van nu is, maar harmonisch ook vaak vertrouwd klinkt." - Paul Herruer, Dagblad van het Noorden
"De Graaffs grootste kracht schuilt in een paradox: stilstand die zindert van spanning." - Guido van Oorschot, De Volkskrant 
 
"Zijn muziek is in essentie atonaal, maar doordat ze niet is doodgesystematiseerd en De Graaff in de contouren en het verloop van zijn melodieën nog steeds romantisch durft te zijn, wordt de luisteraar met zachte, maar dwingende hand meegevoerd in het abstracte verhaal dat hij wil vertellen. Een grote troef is hierbij zijn orkestratiekunst. De muziek is kleurrijk, blijft altijd helder en verrassend." - Erik Voermans, Het Parool
 
"Had iemand mij van te voren voorspeld dat in een programma van Bach, Bartók en Jan-Peter de Graaff het stuk van de laatste mij het meest zou boeien, dan had ik dat niet geloofd. - Dingeman van Wijnen, Friesch Dagblad
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