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Joey Roukens: Night Flight

Friday, 3 June 2022   |   19:00 - 22:00

Joey Roukens: Night Flight

Meet the new generation of top conductors.

Experience the climax of the International Conducting Competition Rotterdam! At the Grande Finale, the conductors will again work with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. This time the commissioned work of Joey Roukens Night Flight is central. In addition, parts from Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony are heard. The prizes will be awarded at the end of the evening.

  • Composer(s) Joey Roukens
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Night Flight
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest | Carlos Ágreda Colombia | Bertie Baigent Verenigd Koninkrijk | Martijn Dendievel België | Chloe Rooke Verenigd Koninkrijk | Joel Sandelson Verenigd Koninkrijk | Luis Toro Araya Chili

Date

Jun 03 2022
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Time

19:00 - 22:00

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Location

Rotterdam, De Doelen
Rotterdam, De Doelen
Schouwburgplein 50, 3012 CL Rotterdam
Website
https://www.dedoelen.nl/nl/

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Composer

Joey Roukens

His output includes orchestral works, ensemble works, chamber music, solo instrumental works and an opera. In his music Roukens strives to move away from modernist ways of thinking in search for a more eclectic and more direct idiom, without reverting to some naive neo-style. In doing so, the composer doesn’t shy away from the use of triads, tonal or diatonic harmonies, a regular rhythmic pulse, directness of expression, simplicity, references to popular music and vernacular culture, ‘stealing’ from the musical heritage of the past and the odd trivial turn.

Joey Roukens was born in Schiedam, the Netherlands, in 1982.
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Location

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Piet Heinkade 1, 1019 BR Amsterdam
Website
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Location

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Website
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Location

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