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  • OWRSI: T__hr__n, premiere

    Nader and I frequently use OWRSI as a sandbox in two senses. The obvious is the compositional sandbox, where we try to question and experiment with musical form in a reactive, in-the-moment manner that is not always possible within formal, academic composition practices. The second sense is the social one. T__hr__n is a spiritual successor…

  • Street Scene at Bureau Europa, Maastricht

    Street Scene at Bureau Europa, Maastricht

    Curator Remco Beckers gave me the opportunity to premiere my piece Street Scene as part of the finnisage weekend for Frozen Music/Bevroren Muziek at Bureau Europa. With the help of Nader Adabnejad, a workshop was organised and the participants formed the performing ensemble. Street Scene is a kind of improvisatory game/exercise comprising of a set…

  • ‘Queer Desire is Wild; I am a Deer’ by Nilbar Güreş

    No 1 from the Impressions series commissioned by the Van Abbemuseum. View the original painting here. How can music and art represent the drama of sexual repression? Nilbar Güreş explores this important topic in a theatrical, symbolic, and playful way. Her painting features a few vivid and meaningful symbols: A deer having sex with a…


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