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Toonzetters with De Graaff, Kortekaas, Swart, Veldhuizen and more

Sunday, 22 May 2022   |   16:30 - 18:30

Toonzetters with De Graaff, Kortekaas, Swart, Veldhuizen and more

Toonzetters is een caleidoscopisch concert waarbij twintig jonge Nederlandse componisten je meenemen in hun verhaal. Verschillende stijlen en karakters, van neo-romantisch slagwerk tot indie-rock op piano of jazzy electronics passeren in hoog tempo de revue. Gedurende een uur ontvouwt zich zo een levendig tijdsbeeld van muziek anno nu. Tel daarbij het energieke spel van vier voortreffelijke Nederlandse musici, gecombineerd met de hypnotische filmbeelden van Bowie Verschuuren en de regie van Jos van Kan, en de toon voor een uniek concert lijkt gezet.

Werken van Jan-Peter de Graaff, Mathilde Wantenaar, Karmit Fadael, Julian Schneemann, Celia Swart, Kordz, Bram Kortekaas, Rick van Veldhuizen, Boris Bezemer, Frieda Gustavs, Nils Davidse, Thomas van Dun, Primo Ish-Hurwitz, Nuno Lobo, Ramin Amin Tafreshi, Arjan Linker, Tijmen van Tol, Martín Mayo, Melle Heij en Doukus.

  • Composer(s) Jan-Peter de Graaff, Celia Swart, Bram Kortekaas, Rick van Veldhuizen, and more
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Agostinho Sequeira & Arjan Jongsma - percussion, Ramon van Engelenhoven - piano, Shane van Nerden - piano, Primo Ish-Hurwitz - artistic director, Bowie Verschuuren - movie, Jos van Kan - director
Date
May 22 2022
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Time
16:30 - 18:30
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Location
Amsterdam, Splendor
Amsterdam, Splendor
Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116, 1011 LX Amsterdam
Website https://www.splendoramsterdam.com

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Rick van Veldhuizen (*1994, Tilburg) although reared on pop and folk, discovered classical music at the age of 11.
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Celia Swart

Celia Swart (1994, NL) is a new music composer, saxophone player and visual artist.
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Bram Kortekaas

Bram Kortekaas was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1989.
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"De Graaff is an all-round talent and a truly dazzling comet in the musical firmament, impossible for anyone to overlook." - Maarten Brandt, Opus Klassiek
"De Graaff is a magician when it comes to orchestral colours, working in a musical language that is unmistakably contemporary, yet often sounds harmonically familiar." - Paul Herruer, Dagblad van het Noorden
"De Graaff's greatest strength lies in a paradox: stillness that vibrates with tension." - Guido van Oorschot, De Volkskrant 
 
"His music is essentially atonal, but because it has not been reduced to a rigid system, and because De Graaff still dares to embrace a Romantic sensibility in the contours and development of his melodies, the listener is gently yet compellingly drawn into the abstract narrative he wishes to tell. One of his greatest assets is his mastery of orchestration. His music is colourful, always remaining clear and surprising." - Erik Voermans, Het Parool
 
"Had anyone predicted beforehand that, in a programme featuring Bach, Bartók and Jan-Peter de Graaff, the last of these would be the one to captivate me most, I would not have believed it. - Dingeman van Wijnen, Friesch Dagblad
Jan-Peter de Graaff (*1992), born in Papendrecht and raised on the isle of Terschelling, started composing at the age of 15.
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ul. Barska 29, 02-315 Warsaw, Poland

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