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Joey Roukens: Night Flight

Friday, 3 June 2022   |   10:00 - 13:00

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. The piece will be performed at the public rehearsal sessions 6 times by 6 conductors-finalists.

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

    Night Flight
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Rotterdams Philharmonic Orchestra, conductors: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

10:00 - 13:00

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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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Night Flight was written as the obligatory work for the finalists of the International Conducting Competition Rotterdam.
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Jakub Polaczyk: Tre Padri d’Italia

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Location

New York, Tenri Cultural Institute, USA
43A West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA

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Location

Utrecht, Geertekerk
Utrecht, Geertekerk
Geertekerkhof 23, 3511 XC Utrecht
Website
https://www.heirloom.nl/locaties/geertekerk/

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Location

Utrecht, Oud-Katholieke Gertrudiskathedral
Utrecht, Oud-Katholieke Gertrudiskathedral
Adres: Willemsplantsoen 2, 3511 LA Utrecht
Website
https://utrecht.oudkatholiek.nl

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