composer, pianist, improviser
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‘Composition XIV’ by Piet Mondriaan
No 3 from the Impressions series commissioned by the Van Abbemuseum. View the original painting here. How can music articulate the essence of abstract painting? Compositie XIV by Piet Mondriaan captures his style in a phase of transition. In search of his artistic identity, Mondriaan makes a clear reference to cubism with its volumetric geometry…
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‘Interrogation (what kind of bird are you?)’ by Max Ernst
No 2 from the Impressions series commissioned by the Van Abbemuseum. View the original painting here. How might music convey the hidden narratives of art? Two bird/human figures are sketched with black lines on an expressive, reddish background. Innocent, somewhat naive, comic, cartoon-like images are cheerfully smiling and cuddling. It might look sweet. But knowing…
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Grapevine Records: Intro
GRAPEVINE, alias Goya van der Heijden, found me through common contacts with an interest in working together and nothing more specific. It was a nice reversal of the usual, which is me hunting through networks for people to make things with me. We became good friends before we managed to make anything together, but eventually…