Simeon ten Holt: Horizon

Monday, 22 December 2025   |   19:30 - 21:00
Simeon ten Holt

Simeon ten Holt: Horizon

“Horizon” (1983) is the “major” work by Simeon ten Holt, the Dutch minimalist classic, which follows “Lemniscaat” and “Canto Ostinato”. This composition has an indefinite duration and is written for two or more pianists. It is being performed in Russia for the first time.

 

The title “Horizon” accurately describes the program of the composition from both a musical and a philosophical standpoint. The piece is made up of four independent “layers” that the pianists combine and repeat at their own discretion, illuminating new details within an infinitely changing sound landscape. Its structure is not linear, but cyclically variable; it lives according to its own internal time. Similar to a natural horizon line, this music has no final point — it constantly shifts and transforms. Every decision made by the musicians is a step forward that opens a new view of the path already traveled, causing details of the past to transform into melodic lines and harmonic expectations for the future.
At the concert at the DK Rassvet (Rassvet Culture Club), “Horizon” will be performed on two grand pianos by pianists Vladimir Rakievsky and Pavel Dombrovsky.
  • Composer(s) Simeon ten Holt
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Horizon

  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Vladimir Rakievsky piano, Pavel Dombrovsky piano

Date

Dec 22 2025
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Time

19:30 - 21:00

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