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Maxim Shalygin by Amstel Quartet (Day of the Composer)

Saturday, 18 June 2022   |   16:00 - 17:00

Maxim Shalygin by Amstel Quartet (Day of the Composer)

The ‘drop after drop’ will be performed on Saturday 18 June 2022 at the first edition of the Dag van de Componist, organised by New Music NOW. Dag van de Componist is about LIVE Composers and the celebration of NEW music!

Music by composers active in the Netherlands will be heard all over the country: not only in concert halls and theatres, but also from bell towers, on the street and in living rooms. NTR and VPRO cover it live and New Music NOW streams concerts and interviews throughout the day. Reporters from all over the country report on the Day of the Composer. The concerts are open to everyone! Sign up!

“drop after drop” is about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but of course also about the devastation of the war in a broader sense. Commissioned by the worldwide alliance Festivals for Compassion  – with the Dutch Wonderfeel festival as the driving force.

  • Composer(s) Maxim Shalygin
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    drop after drop
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Amstel Quartet
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Date

Jun 18 2022
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Time

16:00 - 17:00

More Info

http://maximshalygin.com

Location

Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
Vredenburgkade 11, 3511 WC Utrecht
Website
https://www.tivolivredenburg.nl

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Composer

Maxim Shalygin

"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

His compositions include chamber, vocal, symphonic, electro-acoustic music, as well as music for theater, ballet and film. Shalygin has participated in many competitions internationally. He received a honorable mention at the Gaudeamus competition 2012 for his work “Letters to Anna” symphony for violin solo. The same year his music was selected for Gesamt project of Lars von Trier. Shalygin was a composer-in-residence in IZOLYATSIA – Platform for Cultural Initiatives (Donetsk, Ukraine) and Storioni Festival (Brabant, Netherlands). Shalygin’s works have been performed in festivals such as: Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Netherlands), Sound Ways (Russia), Musical Youth Tribune (Ukraine), GOGOLFEST (Ukraine), Spring Festival (Netherlands), International Forum of Young Music (Ukraine), Music Premieres of the Season (Ukraine), UNEVEN – mini-festival by Lonneke van Leth (Netherlands).
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Saturday 18 June 2022 will be the first Day of the Composer. A celebration of new music with more than 100 concerts in one day.
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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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"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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"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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