Article in La Nazione about the concert in Florence, Italy on 23 July 2015, 21.00 

Venue: Sala Brunelleschi dell’Istituto degli Innocenti

Cristina Zavalloni, voice; Monica Germino, violin
Music by Louis Andriessen

Renato Rivolta, conductor
Strumentisti dell’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana

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Concert: Thursday, 23 July 2015, 21.00 
Venue: Sala Brunelleschi dell’Istituto degli Innocenti
In residence 20 -24 July, Scuola Musica Fiesole, Italy

Cristina Zavalloni, voice; Monica Germino, violin
Music by Louis Andriessen

Renato Rivolta, conductor
Strumentisti dell’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana

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"It makes one's blood run cold," wrote Marc van der Heijde about the premiere of RACHE in his blog for the Operadagen Rotterdam. "It's clear that the soloists-ensemble ELECTRA provided the composer [Boudewijn Tarenskeen] with extra inspiration. Michaela Riener, Susanna Borsch, Saskia Lankhoorn and Monica Germino are multi-talents, each convincing to one and all as singers, actresses and instrumentalists." 
"Elektra (with the gorgeous voice of Riener) killed her mother with the same axe that killed Elektra's father...when she in her lust for revenge finally slashes through the head of the drum...provides a new and powerful image of the classical drama..."
"At first, Marianne Bachmeier (Borsch) speaks through her instrument, the recorder...She wants to tell a coherent story but she makes her flute stutter, shout, and squeal...when she finally speaks, it is with the voice of a cold-blooded killer..."
"For the Biblical Judith, Lankhoorn portrays a seductress...her soft, husky, whispering voice...with texts surrounded by sounds from an old synthesizer...the increasing coldness in the music makes you slowly open your eyes..."
"Germino uses the violin as the sword with which the bride from Tarentino's "Kill Bill" killed a woman...the attack of the bow on the strings keeps you on the edge of your seat...Germino's appearance is every bit as intense as that of Uma Thurman: feline and on the cutting edge."
Read more (in Dutch)
photo: Anne Reinke

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News, Commentary on Classical Music, Jazz, Theater, Dance & More

EXCLUSIVE: Monica Germino on New England Conservatory, 'RACHE' Murder Premiere and Why She's Finally Ready to Play Michael Gordon's ‘INDUSTRY'

-May 27, 2015 | Lisa Helfer Elghazi

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photo of ELECTRA by Anne Reinke

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photo: Anne Reinke

PREMIERE: Operadagen Rotterdam. Thursday 28 May: shows at 19.00 & 22.00

ELECTRA is in the final stages of rehearsing and developing the new show RACHE ('REVENGE'). Together with composer Boudewijn Tarenskeen, ELECTRA tells the tale of four murderesses whose motive was revenge: Elektra (Michaela Riener), Marianne Bachmeier (Susanna Borsch), Judith (Saskia Lankhoorn), and Kill Bill (Monica Germino).

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Michaela Riener: mezzosoprano, bass drum/percussion
Monica Germino: violin, voice
Susanna Borsch: recorders, voice
Saskia Lankhoorn: Hammond organ, Fender piano, synthesizer, piano, voice, percussion

The wonderful team of collaborators: Boudewijn Tarenskeen (composer), Paul Koek (advice/direction), Wende Snijders (staging advice), Cecile Brommer (dramaturg), Micha de Kanter (sound design/artistic advice), Nico de Rooij & Djana Kovic (scenography and light design) [www.sidf.eu], Peter van Amstel (manager ELECTRA). Clothing sponsored by Leg-Inc.

Performance dates start 28 May 2015, premiering in the Operadagen Rotterdam, and run through spring 2016. 

Information in English on the Rotterdam Opera Days website

Rotterdam Uitkrant agenda listing

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photo: Co Broerse

10 May 2015, 20.00

Louis Andriessen: La Passione for voice, violin and large ensemble

Premiere of version with images by Jaap Drupsteen

Asko|Schönberg
Bas Wiegers, conductor 
Cristina Zavalloni, voice
Monica Germino, violin
Jaap Drupsteen, visualization

ACHT BRÜCKEN 2015 | "EIGHT BRIDGES" 2015 Festival 
Kölner Philharmonie 
Cologne, Germany 

ACHT BRÜCKEN 2015 | "EIGHT BRIDGES" 2015 takes "Music. Politics?" as its theme, asking whether and to what extent new music has a political stance or is even itself a political act. Works by composers such as Louis Andriessen offer ample material for this lively controversy.

Program:

Louis Andriessen: M is for Man, Music, Mozart (1991), Tapdance (2013), La Passione (2002)

Malika Kishino: Heliodor (Geschenk der Sonne) (2015) (premiere)

Tickets: order here 

Information in English
Information in German

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New video clip of Michael Gordon's INDUSTRY coming out on Cantaloupe Music in spring 2015 - exact release date TBA!

Come out & CELEBRATE a live preview on Saturday 11 APRIL in Ostade A'dam. Video by Marcel Wierckx, sound design & recording by Frank van der Weij. GET TICKETS to AMERICAN WIZARDRY @ OSTADE A"DAM in AMSTERDAM

For now: a 30-second teaser... WATCH THE TRAILER OF INDUSTRY

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10 & 11 April - AMERICAN WIZARDRY

GET TICKETS for 10 APRIL: AMERICAN WIZARDRY @ KORZO in THE HAGUE

GET TICKETS for 11 APRIL: AMERICAN WIZARDRY @ OSTADE A"DAM in AMSTERDAM

• 10 APRIL: DOUBLE BILL - AMERICAN WIZARDRY @ Korzo Theater, The Hague
Monica Germino & Frank van der Weij | Brendan Faegre Edge Ensemble
• 11 APRIL: AMERICAN WIZARDRY - Monica Germino & Frank van der Weij @ Ostade A'dam, Amsterdam
• CELEBRATION! 11 APRIL: live preview of the new INDUSTRY video clip, to be released soon on Cantaloupe Music

More info: click to read the latest newsletter online

"...a tour-de-force of slowly rising intensity" - The Daily Telegraph (UK)

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AMERICAN WIZARDRY explores the wizardry of transformation. American composers are the wizards working with Monica Germino (violin/voice/kick drums) and Frank van der Weij (sound design) to transform sound, execute unconventional feats and exploit new technologies.

10 April: Uitkrant (in Dutch)

11 April: Uitburo.nl (in Dutch)

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NEC Alumni Profile Interview with Monica Germino, February 2015 

NEC: "...and what’s next on your schedule?"

MG: "...together with Marcel Wierckx and Frank van der Weij I’m finishing up a music video of my version for adapted violin of Michael Gordon’s ‘Industry’, to be released in April by Cantaloupe Music. AMERICAN WIZARDRY, a new show with my duo with sound engineer Frank van der Weij with new pieces for violin and sound design by American composers/wizards Molly Joyce, David Dramm, Missy Mazzoli, Annie Gosfield, Julia Wolfe. I’m also developing a show with my group ELECTRA called RACHE (‘Revenge’), featuring the stories of four women who murdered for revenge, that will premiere in the Dutch Opera Days in Rotterdam...." Continue reading

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photo: Anne Reinke

ELECTRA is off to a flying start, rehearsing and developing the new show RACHE ('REVENGE'). Together with composer Boudewijn Tarenskeen, ELECTRA tells the tale of four murderesses whose motive was revenge: Elektra (Michaela Riener), Marianne Bachmeier (Susanna Borsch), Judith (Saskia Lankhoorn), and Kill Bill (Monica Germino).

VISIT our FACEBOOK PAGE

VISIT our RACHE SITE

Monica Germino: violin, voice
Michaela Riener: voice, bass drum/percussion
Susanna Borsch: recorders, voice
Saskia Lankhoorn: Hammond organ, Fender piano, synthesizer, piano, voice, percussion

A wonderful team of collaborators will join in: Paul Koek (advice/direction), Wende Snijders (advice), Marc Warning (scenography), Cecile Brommer (dramaturg)

Performance dates start 28 May 2015, premiering in the Dutch Opera Days, and run through spring 2016. Watch this space! 

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photo: Andreas J Etter

After 30 performances, the 2014-2015 tour of My Private Odyssey has come to a close. A spectacular collaboration with the extraordinary Club Guy & Roni, tanzmainz, composer David Dramm & composer/pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama, (electric) violinist Monica Germino, and flutist Anne La Berge.

Some press below:

"...honest and extraordinarily modern. Magnificent." -Allgemeine Zeitung

5 stars, Theaterkrant.nl *****
"It's also refreshing to see musicians at work that are not just fantastic performers but also 
strong actors. The main merit of My Private Odyssey is the harmony between all of the media, 
dancers, musicians, and that orating, chain-smoking Albert Camus meets Alain Delon..."

"...the fabulous dance group Club Guy & Roni...through an explosion of dance and music they 
bring a scorching ode to Homer, while driven by Odyssey's monologue written by Van den Bosch.” 
-NRC Handelsblad

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Text: Ko van den Bosch | Decor: Ascon de Nijs | Costumes: Slavna Martinovic | Sound: Martin Lambeek | Light: Wil Frikken | Dramaturgy: Veerle van Overloop | Visuals: WERC 

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Next up: 1 FEBRUARY, 20.15 – My Private Odyssey – Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag - CLUB GUY & RONI - SOLD OUT

"...honest and extraordinarily modern. Magnificent." -Allgemeine Zeitung

WATCH THE TRAILER

Click to read the latest newsletter online: My Private Odyssey

FEBRUARY
1 FEBRUARY, 20.15 – My Private Odyssey – Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag, (NL)
4 FEBRUARY, 20.00 – My Private Odyssey – Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, (NL)
5 FEBRUARY, 20.00 – My Private Odyssey – Schouwburg Amstelveen, Amstelveen, (NL)

My Private Odyssey is on tour through February 2015:  Click here for a complete list of tour dates

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photo: Andreas J Etter; costumes by Slavna Martinovic 

Next up: 16 JANUARY, 20.00 – My Private Odyssey – Rabotheater, Hengelo, (NL) - CLUB GUY & RONI

"...honest and extraordinarily modern. Magnificent." -Allgemeine Zeitung

WATCH THE TRAILER

Click to read the latest newsletter online: My Private Odyssey

FEBRUARY
1 FEBRUARY – My Private Odyssey – Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag, (NL)
4 FEBRUARY – My Private Odyssey – Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, (NL)
5 FEBRUARY – My Private Odyssey – Schouwburg Amstelveen, Amstelveen, (NL)

My Private Odyssey is on tour through February 2015:  Click here for a complete list of tour dates

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photo: Andreas J Etter; costumes by Slavna Martinovic 

7 january, 20.30

Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie in Leeuwarden (NL): CLUB GUY & RONI

Click to read the latest newsletter online: My Private Odyssey

"...honest and extraordinarily modern. Magnificent." -Allgemeine Zeitung

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My Private Odyssey is on tour through February 2015: See below or Click here for a complete list of tour dates

7 JANUARY – My Private Odyssey – Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie, Leeuwarden, (NL)
9 JANUARY – My Private Odyssey – Schouwburg Ogterop Meppel, Meppel, (NL)
11 JANUARY – My Private Odyssey – Staatstheater Mainz, Mainz (Germany)
14 JANUARY – My Private Odyssey – Theater Speelhuis, Helmond, (NL)
15 JANUARY – My Private Odyssey – Theater de Nieuwe Kolk, Assen, (NL)
16 JANUARY – My Private Odyssey – Rabotheater, Hengelo, (NL)
20 JANUARY – My Private Odyssey – Staatstheater Mainz, Mainz (Germany)
22 JANUARY – My Private Odyssey – Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht, (NL)
23 JANUARY – My Private Odyssey – Toneelschuur, Haarlem, (NL)

FEBRUARY
1 FEBRUARY – My Private Odyssey – Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag, (NL)
4 FEBRUARY – My Private Odyssey – Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, (NL)
5 FEBRUARY – My Private Odyssey – Schouwburg Amstelveen, Amstelveen, (NL)

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photo: Andreas J Etter; costumes by Slavna Martinovic 

FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER, 20.30 - Schouwburg Almere: CLUB GUY & RONI 

Click to read the latest newsletter online: My Private Odyssey in Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam

"...honest and extraordinarily modern. Magnificent." -Allgemeine Zeitung

& on tour through February 2015: Click here for a complete list of tour dates

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photo: Andreas J Etter; costumes by Slavna Martinovic 

Monday 15 December, 20.30 - Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam: Club Guy & Roni 

Click to read the latest newsletter online: My Private Odyssey in Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam

"...honest and extraordinarily modern. Magnificent." -Allgemeine Zeitung

& on tour through February 2015: Click here for a complete list of tour dates

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photo, Andreas J. Etter

Next stop: AMSTERDAM

Monday, 15 December, 20.30 

Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam

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October 25, 20.00

Sounds of Music Festival

venue: Grand Theatre Groningen (NL)

Premieres of new works by Missy Mazzoli, Ian Wilson, David Dramm

Monica Germino, violin/voice/kick drums | Missy Mazzoli, composer/piano | Fie Schouten, clarinet | Frank van der Weij, sound design

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photo: Andreas J Etter. Dress rehearsal, My Private Odyssey. Costumes by Slavna Martinovic 

Click to read the latest newsletter online: Events in Europe, CD release, collaborations & more

• ON TOUR: 15 October 2014 - 5 February 2015,My Private Odyssey with Club Guy & Roni  
• 25 October: SOUNDSOFMUSIC Festival in Groningen
• Premieres by Missy Mazzoli, Ian Wilson, David Dramm 
• New CD release SOLOS FOR VIRTUOSI
• Strings Magazine: '5 minutes with...Monica Germino' 

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photo: Veerle van Overloop

 

MY PRIVATE ODYSSEY is a collaboration with Club Guy & Roni, tanzmainz, and the musical dream team: composer David Dramm & composer/pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama - performed live by Tomoko Mukaiyama, Monica Germino, Anne La Berge. 

TOUR DATES:

Premiere: 15 October 2014, Mainz, Germany

Dutch premiere, 23 October 2014, Groningen, the Netherlands.

The tour will follow, racing and looping between Germany and The Netherlands until February 2015.

 

Wed 15-10	Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz (DE) (PREMIERE)
Sat 18-10	Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz (DE)
Thu 23-10	Stadsschouwburg | Groningen (NL PREMIERE)
Fri 24-10	Stadsschouwburg | Groningen
Mon 27-10	Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz (DE)
Sun 02-11	Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz (DE)
Thu 06-11	Rotterdamse Schouwburg | Rotterdam
Sun 09-11	Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz (DE)
Sat 15-11	Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz (DE)
Sat 22-11	Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz (DE)
Thu 27-11	Energiehuis Dordrecht | Dordrecht
Wed 03-12	Goudse Schouwburg | Gouda
Sun 07-12	Staatstheater Mainz | Mainz (DE)
Thu 11-12	Schouwburg De Lawei | Drachten
Mon 15-12	Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam | Amsterdam
Fri 19-12	Schouwburg Almere | Almere
	Click here for complete list of tour dates

 

 

‘The Odyssey’ still fascinates and inspires... read more

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Strings Magazine: "5 Minutes With..." Monica Germino

MONICA GERMINO FEATURED IN SEPTEMBER 2014 EDITION OF STRINGS MAGAZINE

Behind the scenes: Monica talks about her work with sound designer Frank van der Weij, La Girò, and the concerts in the Washington, D.C. area Festival.

"Whether she was playing the violin, electric violin, adapted violin, whispering, talking, or singing, Germino conveyed her passion with tour de force virtuosity and burning vulnerability." 

"Violinist Monica Germino put her stamp on the Andriessen at 75 festival in and around Washington, DC, earlier this year with a violin concerto named after Vivaldi’s muse... and a violin recital in a charged environment of electronics, art installations, and images with punk-rock bassist/ turned-sound-designer Frank van der Weij. Armed with a Joannes Baptista Ceruti (Cremona, 1802), on permanent loan from the Elise Mathilde Foundation, and a custom-made electric “violectra,” the Amsterdam-based American/Dutch musician played a major role..." READ MORE

—Laurence Vittes   

Subscribers can click here to read the digital edition.

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Q2 Music. Living Music. Living Composers.

LISTEN HERE: On-Demand Audio: 'Andriessen 75' on the Edge at Shenandoah Conservatory

RECORDED LIVE AT ARMSTRONG CONCERT HALL ON APRIL 12, 2014

New York Public Radio/WQXR; produced by Alex Ambrose for Q2

Friday, July 11 at 11 am ET, Phil Kline highlights composers Derek Bermel and Ruby Fulton, whose music was performed alongside Louis Andriessen for the penultimate concert, titled "La Girò," of the celebratory "Andriessen 75" festival held in Washington, D.C. The EDGE Ensemble, with composer David T. Little as artistic director, the Shenandoah Conservatory Wind Ensemble directed by Damon Talley and violinist Monica Germino performed the program at the Armstrong Concert Hall at Shenandoah Conservatory on April 12. 

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Roadmaps and Diaries II: Monica Germino, violin/voice, Frank van der Weij, sound design

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TRIO: vocalist Cristina Zavalloni, violinist Monica Germino, pianist Andrea Rebaudengo

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NEW CD out!

Louis Andriessen – Solos for Virtuosi

4 star review in De Volkskrant: read more (in Dutch)

"...15 solo pieces released on the Attacca label...the musical level is high across the board, but a highlight is Xenia, performed by the singing violinist Monica Germino."
- Frits van der Waa, 4 June, 2014

To order the CD: Bruno Klassiek

Read more: Attacca Records

The CD includes Monica Germino performing the original version of Xenia (2005), heard on this CD not in its later, substantially edited appearance, but in the version in which it is part of a cinematographical installation by Anna Lange, premiering at the opening of the Holland Festival 2005.

The track list contains a dizzying amount of performers and works, ranging from Triplum (1962) to The starting plank (2008).

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photo by Barbara Rigon

May 17, 21.30
Angelica Festival, Centro di Ricerca Musicale / Teatro San Leonardo
Bologna, Italy

TRIO: Cristina Zavalloni, voice; Monica Germino, violin; Andrea Rebaudengo, piano
music by Louis Andriessen, Cristina Zavalloni/Louis Andriessen

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Жермино,_Моника ...Monica Germino on Russian wikipedia!

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May 8, 20.30: Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam

Alfredo Casella Pupazzetti (bew. Louis Andriessen, 2002-2003)
Louis Andriessen Dances (1991)
Louis Andriessen La Passione (2001-2002)
Cristina Zavalloni, voice & Monica Germino, violin
Asko|Schönberg, Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor

CD presentation: Solos for Virtuosi
Release date: 8 May 2014
This CD of solo works by Louis Andriessen includes Monica Germino's recording of XENIA, a piece for ‘violinist who sings,' in its original 2005 version.

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CLASSICAL TV, April 2014

"Germino and La Giro" : interview about La Girò

AN EXCHANGE WITH MONICA GERMINO

CTV: Louis Andriessen wrote this marvelous concerto for you. Can you tell us a bit about how you and the composer came to know each other and then how he created this work for you?

MG: "La Girò is a dramatic piece with many elements at play - storytelling, a nightmare, singing and playing, even shrieking and whispering. The piece took certain twists and turns as a direct result of a long and treasured collaboration...." click here to read more about La Girò

Hear La Girò live:
April 12, 8 PM
Armstrong Concert Hall, Shenandoah Conservatory
Winchester, VA (USA)

Monica Germino, violin/voice; EDGE Ensemble; Damon Talley, conductor. Frank van der Weij, sound
music by Louis Andriessen, Derek Bermel, Ruby Fulton, Alexandra Gardner. Series curated by David T. Little. Part of the inaugural season of Shenandoah New Music.

more info / tickets for April 12

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pictured: Monica Germino and Frank van der Weij. photo credit: Elisabeth Melchior

6 - 13 April 2014, Washington D.C. area: Louis Andriessen Festival

an initiative of Armando Bayolo/Great Noise Ensemble, the Strathmore, Shenandoah Conservatory & University

7 April, 8 PM, Atlas Performing Arts Center

Frank van der Weij and Monica Germino present ROADMAPS & DIARIES II
music by Michael Gordon, Louis Andriessen, Julia Wolfe, Donnacha Dennehy & a world premiere by Kate Moore
Get tickets here

Washington City Paper, Best of DC
Caroline Jones, Arts Desk: ToDo ToDay: “Roadmaps and Diaries II”

"Despite her degrees from Yale and the New England Conservatory, classically trained violinist Monica Germino wasn’t content performing centuries-old orchestral works. So, like Dylan at Newport in 1965, she went electric, commissioning her own model of electric violin and working with experimental Dutch composer Louis Andriessen. Tonight at Atlas, she’ll present “Road Maps and Diaries II,” a program that started as a one-night showcase of new music, improvisation, and installations with frequent collaborator (and fellow Netherlander) Frank van der Weij and has evolved into a touring production of unconventional performance and feats of sound design. Monica Germino and Frank van der Weij perform at 8 p.m. at Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE. $20–$28.50. (202) 399-7993. atlasarts.org.

The Washington Post, GoingOutMusic

Roadmaps & Diaries II
Classical
Sound designer Frank van der Weij joins violinist, vocalist Monica Germino in a concert that features "electroacoustic innovations" of compositions by Louis Andriessen, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon and more. Part of Andriessen75. At the Lang Theatre.

Broadwayworld.com, Classical Music News Desk, Monday, April 7 (8:00 PM): ROADMAPS & DIARIES II (Washington, D.C.)

"Monica Germino (violin) and Frank van der Weij (sound design), Amsterdam-based collaborators whose paths have intertwined with Andriessen's for decades, perform a revolutionary take on the solo violin recital in a raucous and reflective evening for violin, electric violin, adapted violin, voice, electronics, installations, images, & sound design. ROADMAPS & DIARIES began as a single show in Amsterdam and has evolved into an ever-changing tour..."
"This presentation features Andriessen's XENIA, a three-movement piece for violin and voice, Julia Wolfe's with a blue dress on, Michael Gordon's INDUSTRY for adapted violin and electronics (2008), and Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy's Overstrung (2010). Presented by Atlas Performing Arts Center."

8 April, 7:30 PM, The Mansion at Strathmore

Cristina Zavalloni, voice; Monica Germino, violin; Andrea Rebaudengo, piano music by Louis Andriessen, John Cage & Igor Stravinsky

12 April, 8 PM, Armstrong Concert Hall, Shenandoah Conservatory

Monica Germino, violin/voice, EDGE Ensemble in Louis Andriessen's violin concerto La Girò. Damon Talley, conductor.
music by Louis Andriessen, Derek Bermel, Ruby Fulton, Alexandra Gardner. Concert curated by David T. Little. Part of the inaugural season of *Shenandoah New Music.***
Get tickets here

Check out the entire festival for a range of great concerts, including Andriessen's La Commedia on 6 April & Bang on a Can on 11 April

READ AND WATCH: The Washington Post's Preview about the Festival

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photo: Monica and Frank van der Weij in the studio. Photographer: Elisabeth Melchior

25 March 2014, 20:30

Monica Germino, violin/voice, Frank van der Weij, sound design
music by Donnacha Dennehy, Louis Andriessen, Julia Wolfe

Series: DE LINK in Het Cenakel
Double bill with percussionist Ramon Lormans
Presented by a great advocate of new music in the Netherlands: De Link
Venue: Het Cenakel, Tilburg (NL)

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Click here for the latest newsletter: Events, collaborations, and more!

A few highlights:

Duo Monica Germino & Frank van der Weij: featured in the New York Times, The Strad, and SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL's Best Musical Events of 2013.

News about Julia Wolfe's US premiere

April 2014: Andriessen Festival in Washington, D.C.

New collaboration with Kate Moore

May 2014: Amsterdam & Angelica Festival (Italy)

DVD RELEASE: Robert Zuidam's BOSCH REQUIEM

February 2014: in residence at the Boston Conservatory

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February 3-9, 2014: New Music Festival, Boston Conservatory (USA)

Guest artist in residence at The Boston Conservatory, teaching and performing with faculty and students.

Please see the Boston Conservatory website for more details about concerts, classes and seminars.

Held annually, The Boston Conservatory New Music Festival is a multi-day celebration of music’s evolution throughout the ages and is dedicated to recognizing exceptional compositions by modern composers. This year’s festival honors Louis Andriessen by performing 35 of his works over four days, including La Girò, which Andriessen wrote in 2011 for Monica Germino and which she will perform for the first time ever in Boston.

 pictured: Eric Hewitt, Monica Germino, Boston Conservatory Orchestra. photo: Eric Antoniou

Concerts:

Thursday, February 6 at 8 p.m. – Ensemble and Solo Works

Guest artists Monica Germino (violin) and Tony Arnold (voice) join Samuel Z. Solomon and The Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble to perform small ensemble and solo works of Andriessen, including Bells for Haarlem, Xenia, Image de Moreau, Zilver, Hout, Passeggiata in Tram in America e Ritorno, and more.

Friday, February 7 at 8 p.m. – Chamber and Electronic Music

The Boston Conservatory Honors String Quartet and Conservatory voice, dance and saxophone students perform Andriessen’s Tuin van Eros, In Memoriam, Woodpecker and Facing Death, along with Stravinksy’s Three Pieces for String Quartet and The Owl and the Pussycat.

Saturday, February 8 at 8 p.m. – De Staat/La Girò

Guest soloist Monica Germino (violin) performs Andriessen’s La Girò with The Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble and The Boston Conservatory New Music Festival Orchestra, conducted by Eric Hewitt.

Sunday, February 9 at 8 p.m. – The Memory of Roses

works from The Memory of Roses, plus Letter from Cathy. The Boston Conservatory Chorale, along with students, faculty and guests of The Boston Conservatory

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photo: Michael Nagle for The New York Times

Our Reviewers’ Choices for Best Musical Events of 2013

Monica Germino and Frank van der Weij in SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL's top picks for 2013.

"In a program for violin and electronics at the Austrian Cultural Forum, Amsterdam-based Monica Germino showed the power of savvy programming, with Frank van der Weij using technology about as perfectly as it gets (June 13)."
-Bruce Hodges

The show included US premieres by David Dramm, Karlheinz Essl, Annie Gosfied, and Arnoud Noordegraaf, plus works by Louis Andriessen and Donnacha Dennehy. The composers introduced their pieces in short video clips.

Click here to read more about the top 2013 choices!

& check out Bruce Hodge's complete review of the show in the September issue of The Strad magazine

The Strad: Sophistication and showmanship
- by Bruce Hodges

"…Monica Germino gave a veritable masterclass on the use of violin and electronics, packed with sophistication and showmanship."

"a violinist who leaves no elements to chance"

"electronics wizard Frank van der Weij"

click here for the complete review

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DVD RELEASE! Robert Zuidam's BOSCH REQUIEM at the NOVEMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Watch online: NTR (Dutch National Television)

Watch clip: Agnus Dei

BOSCH REQUIEM 2013: Order the DVD here

info: Bosch500.nl

PRESS ABOUT ROB ZUIDAM's BOSCH REQUIEM:

NRC Handelsblad (NL): 

by Frits van der Waa

• "The Dies Irae was a stunning rock solo by electric violinist Monica Germino..."

De Volkskrant (NL):

"...as if Jimmy Page or another past guitar God appeared..."

Muziek van Nu (NL)

"...violinist Monica Germino embraced the role of the Grim Reaper...together with her lacerating electric violin, she gave a demonic impression of the Day of Vengeance."

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Live broadcast on Dutch National Television NTR

Robert Zuidam: Bosch Requiem (premiere)

November Music 2013

St. Janskathedraal, Den Bosch, The Netherlands

Nederlands Kamerkoor / Asko|Schönberg
conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw
soloists: Katrien Baerts (soprano), Helena Rasker (alto), Pascal Bertin (counter tenor), Thomas Oliemans (baritone), Monica Germino (electric violin)

November Music/Verkade Fabriek

VVV Brabant article

November Music Festival 2013: information in English

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pictured: drawing by audience member of Michaela Riener & Monica Germino

Netherlands – Russia Year: NLRF2013

Performing in Moscow & St Petersburg: Louis Andriessen's La Passione, a double concerto for voice & violin

Saturday 16 November 2013, 19.00
venue: State Capella, Moika 20, St. Petersburg

program of works by Louis Andriessen: De Staat, La Passione
-with the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble; Jurjen Hempel, conductor
soloists: Michaela Riener, voice; Monica Germino, violin

click here for more info

Thursday 14 November 2013, 19.00
venue: Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Trimfalnaya squarte 4/31, Moscow

program of works by Louis Andriessen: De Staat, La Passione
-with the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble; Jurjen Hempel, conductor
soloists: Michaela Riener, voice; Monica Germino, violin

click here for more info

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Friday, 8 november 2013, 19:30 -sold out! waiting list at the door-
November Music 2013
Robert Zuidam: Bosch Requiem
St Janskathedraal, Den Bosch, The Netherlands

Nederlands Kamerkoor / Asko|Schönberg
conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw
soloists: Katrien Baerts (soprano), Helena Rasker (alto), Pascal Bertin (counter tenor), Thomas Oliemans (baritone), Monica Germino (electric violin)

November Music/Verkade Fabriek

VVV Brabant article

November Music Festival 2013: information in English

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Ensemble Klang plays Heiner Goebbels' WALDEN

5 November, 20.15
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ; Amsterdam, The Netherlands

6 November, 20.15
Red Sofa Series
De Doelen; Rotterdam, The Netherlands

7 November, 22.00
November Music Festival
Verkadefabriek Kleine Zaal; Den Bosch, The Netherlands

ENSEMBLE KLANG EXTENDED:
Keir Neuringer, voice and saxes / Michiel van Dijk, reeds (Peter van Bergen for the Muziekgebouw) / Erik-Jan de With, reeds / Anton van Houten, trombone / Saskia Lankhoorn, keys / Joey Marijs, percussion / Pete Harden, guitars
Monica Germino, violin / Max Haft, violin and bow chimes / Max Knigge, viola / Esther Torrenga, cello / Jelte van Andel, Contrabass and electric bass

Tom Gelissen, sound Maarten Warmerdam, lights Brendan Faegre, percussion tech

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Monica Germino, violin/electric violin/voice
Frank van der Weij, sound design

US premieres at the ACFNY: David Dramm, Karlheinz Essl, Annie Gosfied, Arnoud Noordegraaf
BANG ON A CAN MARATHON: US premiere Julia Wolfe's With a blue dress on 

June 13, 7:30 PM

DEVIATION, a program for violinist and sound designer, presented by the Austrian Cultural Forum, New York

June 14, 2 PM

Workshop with Julia Wolfe, Austrian Cultural Forum

June 16, 1-10 PM

Bang on a Can Marathon, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts

"Monica Germino Puts Electronics and Violin Together, and Myriad Sounds Ensue" - by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, 16 June 2013

click for complete review

'...an arresting duality of sound and image...psychologically dark and unsettling...earthy and sharp pizzicati...snapping brain synapses...tapped, stomped, played, hummed and sang...a gloriously free and wild fiddle tantrum…virtuosity and mischief-making...digitally processed harmonics...emotional highlight...sonic mayhem...astonishingly rich...virtuosic violin line...rock ’n’ roll moment...binary fire-engine siren...constantly changing sonic environment...juicy double-stopped glissandi...electronic fireworks...affecting vulnerability…'

The New York Times: click here for entire event listing

Events»Classical & Opera
Monica Germino and Frank van der Weij
The Dutch duo of the violinist Monica Germino and the sound engineer Frank van der Weij present a multimedia program of contemporary works for solo violin and electronics by the composers Karlheinz Essl, Louis Andriessen and more.

TimeOut New York: Critic's pick

"This very enticing free program brings together two trailblazing Holland-based musicians, violinist Monica Germino and punk-rock bassist turned sound designer Frank van der Weij, for electroacoustic innovations composed by Louis Andriessen, Annie Gosfield, Donnacha Dennehy and others. You'll need a reservation, and you can make one at acfny.org." click here for TimeOut listing

SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL

Reviewers’ Choices for Best Musical Events of 2013

click for complete article

"In a program for violin and electronics at the Austrian Cultural Forum, Amsterdam-based Monica Germino showed the power of savvy programming, with Frank van der Weij using technology about as perfectly as it gets."

The Strad Magazine

Sophistication and showmanship - by Bruce Hodges

click for complete review:

"…Monica Germino gave a veritable masterclass on the use of violin and electronics, packed with sophistication and showmanship."

"a violinist who leaves no elements to chance"

"electronics wizard Frank van der Weij"

US premiere of Julia Wolfe's With a blue dress on at the 2013 Bang on a Can Marathon

Frank van der Weij and I were thrilled to give the US premiere of Julia Wolfe's relentless and ravishing 'With a blue dress on' - for live violin/voice, 4 prerecorded violins & 4 prerecorded voices, performed by one player & one sound designer.

The piece was described by The New York Times as "...a gloriously free and wild fiddle tantrum in which virtuosity and mischief-making went hand in hand."

Chris McGovern, in his wonderful blog The Glass, honored me with comparisons to some of my favorite violinists out there:

"Performing the US Premiere of Julia Wolfe’s “With a blue dress on”, violinist Monica Germino basically reminded me of something that combines the homegrown primal music of Iva Bittova with the electro-acoustics of Todd Reynolds or Neil Dufallo. An amazing tour de force of progressive fiddling and paraphrasing."

Rob Deemer listed us as a highlight as well in his blow-by-blow BANG ON A CAN MARATHON 2013 LIVE BLOG on newmusicbox.org:

"...the beautiful solo violin performance of Monica Germino. I’ve seen a fair helping of works for solo instrument and electronics, but Julia Wolfe’s With a blue dress on may be my new favorite…a major work for solo violin (expecting the violinist to sing)…" "Germino was awe-inspiring in her performance of the work and the sound design by Frank van der Weij was just right…definitely one of the highlights of the concert so far."

more about the Marathon: broadwayworld.com

Watch a fragment of the Bang on a Can Marathon performance here!

Dutch Performing Arts events: click here to read more

"As part of the New York River to River Festival, violinist Monica Germino, based in Amsterdam, is coming to New York to perform as part of the Bang on a Can Marathon, in the US premiere of Julia Wolfe’s piece, With a blue dress on. The Bang on a Can Marathon is a new music extravaganza, which has become an annual, not - to - be - missed event in New York and beyond since it was first held in 1987. Together with Dutch sound artist / engineer Frank van der Weij she will also perform and present a workshop at the Austria Cultural Forum New York."  photo: Julia Wolfe and Monica Germino

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14 december, 19.00

The Brand-New Music Festival

Louis Andriessen's La Girò

Violin/voice
Monica Germino

The New Music Orchestra

Conductor
Szymon Bywalec

Katowice, Poland

www.am.katowice.pl
More about La Girò

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22 November, 20:30

Renske Vrolijk's Violectra Concerto

Violectra, electric violin

Monica Germino

press: Uitburo (in Dutch)

Hanna Kulenty: Violin Concerto

Violin
Lisanne Soeterbroek

Kurt Weill: Concerto for violin and wind orchestra

Violin
Cindy Albracht

Seung-Ah Oh: Schaduwspel

Orkest de Ereprijs

Conductor
Wim Boerman

Schouwburg Deventer Deventer, The Netherlands

www.ereprijs.nl
About the Violectra Concerto
www.violectra.co.uk

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16 November, 22.00

Electric Barbarian
LP presentation: Barb Wire

Featuring the poems of Langston Hughes

With Fim Vermeulen, Bart Maris, DeeJay Grazzhoppa, Harry Arling, Monica Germino (Violectra), Mary Oliver, Rik Sturtewagen, Lode Vercampt

Groningen
The Netherlands

www.grandtheatregroningen.nl

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14 November, 20.15

Renske Vrolijk's Violectra Concerto

Violectra, electric violin

Monica Germino

press: Uitburo (in Dutch)

Hanna Kulenty: Violin Concerto

Violin
Lisanne Soeterbroek

Kurt Weill: Concerto for violin and wind orchestra

Violin
Cindy Albracht

Seung-Ah Oh: Schaduwspel Orkest de Ereprijs

Conductor
Wim Boerman

Musis Sacrum
Arnhem, The Netherlands

www.mssa.nl www.ereprijs.nl

About the Violectra Concerto

www.violectra.co.uk

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10 November, 20.15

World premiere, Renske Vrolijk's Violectra Concerto

Written for Monica Germino & her Violectra (electric violin) & effects

Orkest de Ereprijs

Conductor
Wim Boerman

New works
Renske Vrolijk, Eric de Clercq, Joe Cutler, Ed Bennett & Seung-Ah Oh

Orgelpark
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

press: Uitburo (in Dutch)

www.orgelpark.nl
About the Violectra Concerto
www.violectra.co.uk

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6 October, 23.30

Electric Barbarian
with Fim Vermeulen, Bart Maris, Harry Arling, Monica Germino (Violectra), Ro Krauss, Vercampt Lode, DJ Grazzhoppa, Josef Dumoulin

Concertgebouw
Brugge, Belgium

www.jazzbrugge.be

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23 September, 15:00

Muziek Biennale Niederrhein presents

Monica Germino & Frank van der Weij in DEVIATION:
a program for violinist and sound engineer, featuring violin, electric violin, voice, installations, images and sound manipulation

Museum van Bommel van Dam
Venlo, The Netherlands

www.vanbommelvandam.nl
www.muziekbiennale.eu

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20 September

Theater Dakota concert series

Violin, voice, adapted violin
Monica Germino

Sound
Frank van der Weij

Music
Julia Wolfe
Donnacha Dennehy
Michael Gordon

Curated by
Kate Moore

The Hague, The Netherlands

http://dtsconcertseries.wordpress.com

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Gaudeamus Music Week / Night of the Unexpected
New work by Annie Gosfield for violin and electronics

Violin
Monica Germino

Sound
Frank van der Weij

www.muziekweek.nl
www.thenightoftheunexpected.nl

6 September, 21.00

Tivoli
Utrecht, The Netherlands
www.tivoli.nl

7 September, 20.30

Paradiso
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

Tickets
www.paradiso.nl

8 September, 20.00

Muziekgebouw Frits Philips Eindhoven (grote zaal, Effenaar)
Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Tickets
www.muziekgebouweindhoven.nl

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3 September, 20.00

Opening concert at Gaudeamus Muziekweek

Louis Andriessen: La Girò
plus music by Louis Andriessen, Martijn Padding, Marko Nikodijevic, Andys Skordis, Charlie Piper

Violin/voice
Monica Germino

Conductor
Etienne Siebens

Asko|Schonberg

Geertekerk
Utrecht, The Netherlands 

Live broadcast by Dutch National Radio 4 (NTR)

www.muziekweek.nl
www.askoschoenberg.nl
Read more about La Girò

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25 August

Zomer Jazz Fietstour / Summer Jazz Cycling Tour

Monica Germino (Violectra) guests with
Electric Barbarian

Various locations (all reachable by bicycle!)
in Groningen
The Netherlands

www.zjft.nl
www.electricbarbarian.com

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11 August, 21.00

Brussels Summer Festival
Playing Violectra & acoustic violin
with John Cale & Band

www.bsf-brusselssummerfestival.be

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13 July, 20.00  

International Bartók Seminar and Festival
Festival opening concert

Hungarian premiere of Louis Andriessen’s La Giró

Music
Bartók, Andriessen, Horváth & Adams

Monica Germino, violin
Savaria Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Howard Williams

BARTÓK HALL
Szombathely
Hungary

www.bartokfestival.com

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16 June, 8.00pm - 11.00pm

SPITALFIELDS SUMMER FESTIVAL
Night of the Unexpected in London

Featuring
Monica Germino
Frank van der Weij
Joel Ryan
Evan Parker
Han Bennink
& much more

Bishopsgate Institute
London, UK

http://spitalfieldsmusic.wordpress.com

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13 May

Opening of the Festival ‘Verdichten, verdunnen’:
a festival celebrating the composer and performer Hans Asselbergs

The festival runs from 13 May through 17 June 2012 in various venues in Haarlem

De Philharmonie
Haarlem
The Netherlands  

www.grasland.nl

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Featuring
Grazzhoppa, Bart Maris, Harry Arling, Floris Vermeulen, Jozef Dumoulin, Monica Germino, Rik Sturtewagen, Mary Oliver, Lode Vercampt, Lamont 

http://electricbarbarian.bandcamp.com/album/barb-wire 

Watch trailer

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ELECTRA, in collaboration with Renske Vrolijk

Program
WHIRLY GIRLS

Music
Renske Vrolijk, Lucas Wiegerink, Vanessa Lann & Michiel Mensingh

www.electranewmusic.com/whirly-girls

27 april, 20:30

Plaza Futura
Leenderweg 65, Eindhoven
The Netherlands

www.axesjazzpower.nl

28 April, 20.30

Korzo Theater
The Hague, Prinsestraat 42
The Netherlands

www.korzo.nl

31 May, 20.30

Ostadetheater
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

www.ostadetheater.nl

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17 April, 20.30

Premiere
OPPORTUNITY COST, for electric violin,
video & electronics by Marcel Wierckx

Muziekhuis Utrecht
Loevenhoutsedijk 301
Utrecht, The Netherlands

www.muziekhuisutrecht.nl www.proeflokaal.net

Read more about Opportunity Cost

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28 February, 20.00

USA premiere of La Girò (2011)
by Louis Andriessen

Monica Germino, violin/voice
Cristina Zavalloni, voice

Conductor
Reinbert de Leeuw

L.A. Philharmonic New Music Group

Green Umbrella Series
Walt Disney Hall
Los Angeles, CA, USA

latimesblogs.latimes.com
Read more about La Girò

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12 January, 20.15

Netherlands premiere of La Girò (2011)
by Louis Andriessen

Program
The Dreams of Anna Girò

Monica Germino, violin/voice;

Conductor
Reinbert de Leeuw

Asko|Schönberg

Live broadcast by Dutch National Radio 4 (NTR)

Donderdagavond series - PROMS
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

www.muziekgebouw.nl
www.askoschoenberg.nl
Read more about La Girò

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19 - 21 December

CD recording with Electric Barbarian

www.electricbarbarian.com

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ELECTRA, in collaboration with Renske Vrolijk premiere of the complete show: Whirly Girls

Music
Renske Vrolijk
Lucas Wiegerink
Vanessa Lann
Michiel Mensingh

18 December, 20.30

RED SOFA: new music in De Doelen

Eduard Flipse Hall
De Doelen
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

www.dedoelen.nl

22 December

Huis aan de Werf
Utrecht, The Netherlands

www.huisaandewerf.nl

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Program
Roadmaps & Diaries

New works – new films – improvisation

Violin, electric violin, voice
Monica Germino

Piano Tomoko Mukaiyama
Reinier van Houdt
Sarah Nicolls

Sound Frank van der Weij

Film
Arnoud Noordegraaf
Petra van der Schoot

& much more

15 December, 20.30

Bimhuis
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.bimhuis.nl

Together with three of the most adventurous pianists around, cutting-edge violinist Monica Germino presents ROADMAPS & DIARIES: an eclectic mix of ground-breaking new music, film, improvisation and installations. Each of this evening’s versatile performers shares a certain rebellious streak, as well as a penchant for executing unconventional feats and going beyond the limitations of their instruments.

New technologies, images, singing and interdisciplinary collaboration are often integrated in their performances. Featuring a multimedia work by Piet-Jan van Rossum, Arnoud Noordegraaf’s dissociation-music & film-installation for two of Monica’s pieces and much more.

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ELECTRA takes the show WHIRLY GIRLS on tour

In collaboration with Renske Vrolijk

Program
WHIRLY GIRLS

13 November 2011, 14.00 / 15.00 / 16.00

Preview at the November Music Festival

Koningstheater Den Bosch, The Netherlands www.novembermusic.net

27 april 2012

Plaza Futura, Eindhoven

28 April 2012

Korzo Theater, The Hague

10 & 11 May 2012

De Melkweg, Amsterdam

www.electranewmusic.com

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CLAZZ ENSEMBLE – on tour in The Netherlands & Belgium

Program
His Master's Choice
featuring music by Louis Andriessen

Special guests
Cristina Zavalloni
Monica Germino

6 November, 15.30

Lux Theater
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

9 November, 19.00 and 22.00

Opens the 2011 November Music festival

Verkadefabriek
Den Bosch, The Netherlands

10 November, 20.00

Concertgebouw Brugge
Belgium
i.s.m de Werf - Brugge

11 November, 20.00

Vredenburg
Leeuwenberg
Utrecht, The Netherlands

12 November, 20.00

Zeeuwse Concertzaal
Middelburg, The Netherlands

16 November, 20.30

Plaza Futura i.s.m Axes Jazzpower
Eindhoven, The Netherlands

17 November, 20.15

Stadsgehoorzaal
Leiden, The Netherlands

18 November, 20.30

Opens the International Jazz Festival

De Doelen
Rotterdam, the Netherlands

19 November, 20.30

Bimhuis
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

www.clazzensemble.nl

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5 November, 23.00

Electric Barbarian in Museumnacht (Museum Night)

De Brakke Grond: Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.brakkegrond.nl

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19 May, 15.00

MCN Muziekcafé: Composers & Soloists
Leading a discussion, geared towards composers & performers:  trombonist Jörgen van Rijen, violinist Monica Germino, and composers Calliope Tsoupaki & Hans Koolmees

Topic
A collaboration between soloist and composer is inspiring for both parties. How does such a collaboration work; what results can one expect?

Muziek Centrum Netherlands
Rokin 111 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl

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MITO Settembre Musica Festival
World premiere of La Girò (2011) by Louis Andriessen

Louis Andriessen’s La Girò (2011) for violin and large ensemble features Monica Germino as soloist, and has a distinctly Italian theme. The title refers to Anna Girò, a high-profile singer and muse of Antonio Vivaldi.

The piece would not have become the 'performance' it is without its dedicatee, the violinist Monica Germino. The soloist (La Girò, perhaps?) does not only play the violin. She also sings an Italian song, whispers and talks, tells stories and dreams...
Andriessen

Read more about La Girò

5 September, 21.00 - World premiere

World premieres
Louis Andriessen, Harrison Birtwistle, Matteo Franceschini & Fabio Vacchi

Violin/voice
Monica Germino, violin/voice

Conductor
David Atherton

London Sinfonietta

Sound Intermedia

Teatro Dal Verme
Milan, Italy
Live broadcast by Italian National Radio 3

6 September, 21.00

Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi
Torino, Italy

www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk
www.mitosettembremusica.it
www.boosey.com

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Duo Germino/Koleva: electric violin & percussion

Music
Donnacha Dennehy, Jacob TV, Philip Glass, improvisation & more

5 June, 14.00 & 15:30

SCHUNCK* / Glaspaleis
Heerlen, The Netherlands
www.schunck.nl

5 June, 20.30

Festival Classique The Hague
www.festivalclassique.nl

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13 May, 20.30

ELECTRO ACOUSTIC SESSIONS Monica Germino, violin/electric violin/voice
Frank van der Weij, sound

Set 1
Pieces from the program DEVIATION - works by Julia Wolfe, David Dramm* & TBA

Set 2
Tobias Klein & Raphael Vanoli

Grand Theater
Groningen, The Netherlands

www.grandtheatregroningen.nl
www.monicagermino.com/projects/deviation
Videos of the Bimhuis-premiere of David Dramm’s piece

DEVIATION was made possible with support from:Gaudeamus Foundation, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Eduard van Beinum Foundation, Performing Arts Fund NL & STEIM

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Thursday 24 March, 20:30pm

Rumor: Festival of Adventurous Music, 64th edition

Program
Pieces from the program DEVIATION - works by Julia Wolfe, David Dramm, Donnacha Dennehy & TBA

Monica Germino, violin / electric violin / voice
Frank van der Weij, sound

EKKO
www.ekko.nl

www.rumor.nl
www.monicagermino.com/projects/deviation
Videos of the Bimhuis-premiere of David Dramm’s piece

This program was made possible with support from: Gaudeamus Foundation, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Eduard van Beinum Foundation, Performing Arts Fund NL & STEIM

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With guest Monica Germino on electric violin

Program
The Ghost of Langston Hughes
www.electricbarbarian.com

20 March

Posthuis Theater
Heerenveen, The Netherlands
www.posthuistheater.nl  

18 March

Tramwerkplaats
Winschoten, The Netherlands
www.tramwerkplaats.com

17 March

Theater De Kolk
Assen, The Netherlands
www.theaterdekolk.nl

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6 –10 March

Residency at the Cornish College of the Arts
Seattle, WA, USA

Seminars, classes, rehearsals

Concert
Wednesday 9 March, 8:00 pm

PONCHO Hall
Cornish College of the Arts

www.cornish.edu

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27 February – 5 March

Residency at the Other Minds Festival
San Francisco CA, USA

Concerts 3, 5 March

Cristina Zavalloni, voice
Monica Germino, violin

Music
Louis Andriessen

www.otherminds.org
Press release, www.kathrynkingmedia.com

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Sunday 13 February, 15.00

2011 shows of ELECTRA’S SECOND LIFE

ELECTRA rounds-off a multi-city tour of ELECTRA’s SECOND LIFE with Sonsoles Alonso, piano & music by the U.C.C.

Theater Corrosia
Almere, The Netherlands
www.corrosia.nl

www.electrassecondlife.nl

Photos of rehearsal process & the past 3 concerts

English
www.electranewmusic.com

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Friday 4 February, 20:15

Electric Barbarian
with Monica Germino - electric violin

Toon en Taal festival (‘Sound and Speech’ festival)

Program
The Ghost of Langston Hughes

Provadja Theater
Verdronkenoord 12
Alkmaar, The Netherlands

www.electricbarbarian.com
www.provadja.nl

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Thursday, 27 January, 20:30

Theater De Regentes
Weimarstraat 63  | 2562 GR Den Haag

Tel. 070-3637798
info@deregentes.nl
www.deregentes.nl

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ELECTRA’s SECOND LIFE
Reality enhanced by illusions

ELECTRA & Sonsoles Alonso, piano/keyboard
in collaboration with the U.C.C. (Utrecht Composers Collective) and audio-visual artist, Marcel Wiercks

New works by Paul Bruinen, Michèl Koenders, Barbara Woof & Jorrit Tamminga

26 November, 20.30

De Kikker
Utrecht, The Netherlands

www.theaterkikker.nl

28 November, 15.00

AXES
Eindhoven, The Netherlands

www.axesjazzpower.nl

30 November, 20.15

Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

www.muziekgebouw.nl

Info
www.electranewmusic.com
www.electrassecondlife.nl (dutch)

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23 NOVEMBER, 22.00

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Huddersfield, UK

World premieres
Catherine Kontz, Arnoud Noordegraaf

UK premieres David Dramm, Donnacha Dennehy, Julia Wolfe

This program is co-produced by the Gaudeamus Foundation & the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival & made possible with support from: Eduard van Beinum Foundation, Fonds Podiumkunsten (Performing Arts Fund NL) & STEIM

www.hcmf.co.uk
www.monicagermino.com/projects/deviation

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14 November, 12.00, 14.00 & 16.00

November Music Festival

Piet-Jan van Rossum: Alle Terre Assenti
with Monica Germino, violin
Reinier van Houdt, piano

Film
Petra van der Schoot

November Music Festival
Verkadefabriek, Kleine Zaal
Den Bosch, The Netherlands

www.novembermusic.net

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20-24 September

International Chamber Music Festival
The Hague
2010

Public masterclasses for composers and string quartets: Composition Competition Finals, Young Masters XXI

Coaches
Monica Germino
Wilmar de Visser

Het Nutshuis
The Hague, The Netherlands

www.kamermuziekfestivaldenhaag.nl

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Heiner Goebbels: Walden
www.ensembleklang.com

12 September, 16.00

Try-out performance Scheltema, Leiden

www.scheltemacomplex.nl

14 & 15 September, 20.00

Bern Biennale
Dampfzentrale
Bern, Switzerland

www.biennale-bern.ch

19 September, 20.00

Mousonturm
Frankfurt, Germany

www.mousonturm.de

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DEVIATION Premiere
A new program for violinist and sound engineer

Monica Germino, violin / electric violin / voice
Frank van der Weij, sound

New works by Julia Wolfe, David Dramm, Donnacha Dennehy, Catherine Kontz, J.S. Bach

Featuring violin, electric violin, voice, installations, images and sound manipulation

Bimhuis | Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ

www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl www.monicagermino.com/projects/deviation

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Monica Germino Masterclass: ‘Violinist's perspective on Bach's string music'

Amsterdam Conservatory, Zeltsman Marimba Festival, NL        

www.zmf.us

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La Commedia: a film opera

Music
Louis Andriessen

Film
Hal Hartley

Asko|Schoenberg Ensemble

Conductor
Reinbert de Leeuw

Claron McFadden, Cristina Zavalloni, Jeroen Willems & Marcel Beekman

13 April, 20:00

Synergy Vocals & the Los Angeles Children's Chorus

Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA

www.laphil.com

15 April, 20:00

Synergy Vocals & the Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Carnegie Hall New York City, NY

www.carnegiehall.org

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In residence at the FRONTIERS Plus Festival, Birmingham, UK

17 March, 19:30

Monica Germino, violin
Michaela Riener, voice
with faculty and students from the Birmingham Conservatoire

Program
A range of Andriessen's solo and chamber works Louis Andriessen: Letter from Cathy, Le Voile du Bonheur, Shopping List of a Poisoner, Xenia, and other works.

Igor Stravinsky: The Owl and the Pussycat

Immediately following the event: informal post-concert discussion with the audience

19 March, 19:00

Monica Germino, violin
Michaela Riener, voice
with Thallein Ensemble

Conductor
Daniele Rosina

Paul Newland: shellac (world premiere)

Louis Andriessen: M is for Mozart, La Passione

Adrian Boult Hall
Birmingham Conservatoire
www.conservatoire.bcu.ac.uk

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25 February, 20.00

**Violin, voice
Monica Germino

A multi-media solo program program for violin, electric violin, voice, soundtrack, effects, movement, film & installation with music by David Dramm, John Rea, Louis Andriessen, Jacob TV, J.S. Bach & more  

Theater 2, University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA

http://calendars.usf.edu

Get ready to get wild… at a violin recital
St. Petersburg Times

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Robert Helps Festival
In commemoration of the distinguished legacy of the eminent pianist and composer Robert Helps, the University of South Florida is pleased to announce the fifth annual international composition competition and festival.

15 February, 22.00

Late Night with Louis

Music
Louis Andriessen, Igor Stravinsky

Conductor
William Wiedrich

Soloists
Patricia Green, voice
Monica Germino, violin/electric violin
USF faculty & student performers

Theater 2, University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA

14 February, 16.00

USF Symphony Orchestra

Soloists
Monica Germino, electric violin
Kim McCormick, flute; Amanda Lyon

Michael Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony
Ciro Scotto: Tetrology

Palladium Theatre
St. Petersburg, FL, USA                                            

Tickets available at the Palladium Theater box office
http://calendars.usf.ed

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29 August at 21.00, 30 August at 19.30

Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival Groningen
Poetic Disasters, a choreography by Club guy & roni, with music by Heiner Goebbels

Monica Germino, violin/electric violin
Tomoko Mukaiyama, piano/sampler

Romeo Tent
Akerkhof 12
Groningen, The Netherlands

www.noorderzon.nl

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September 2009 - May 2010

Visiting Professor of Violin at University of South Florida

Tampa, USA

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September 2009 - May 2010

Visiting Professor of Violin at University of South Florida

Tampa, USA

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Poetic Disasters, a choreography by Club guy & roni, with music by Heiner Goebbels

Monica Germino, violin/electric violin
Tomoko Mukaiyama, piano/sampler

Biddinghuizen
The Netherlands

www.lowlands.nl

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22 August, 20.00

Program
Heiner Goebbels in Zeeland, Part 2 Poetic Disasters and Red Run

Music
Heiner Goebbels

Dance
Club Guy and Roni

Performers
Monica Germino, violin/electric violin
Tomoko Mukaiyama, piano/sampler
Ensemble Klang

Grote Kerk Veere, Oudestraat 26
Veere, The Netherlands

www.muziekpodiumzeeland.nl www.grand-theatre.nl/

Watch the trailer for Poetic Disasters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ir_auOObU

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18 June, 20:15

ASKO|SCHÖNBERG
HF/Contemporaries: Zuidam and Adams

Conductor
Reinbert de Leeuw

Music
Rob Zuidam & John Adams

Concertgebouw, Main Hall
Amsterdam

6 June, 20.30

ASKO|SCHÖNBERG
Cristina Zavalloni, voice; Monica Germino, violin

Conductors
Reinbert de Leeuw & Jurjen Hempel

Music
Louis Andriessen, Luciano Berio & TBA

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam

www.asko-ensemble.nl

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23 May, 17.30

ELECTRA premieres their new show
INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES

Dag in de Branding Festival

ELECTRA performs music by Guus Janssen (world premiere), Michael Gordon, Louis Andriessen, Klas Torstensson, Ned McGowan & Cornelis de Bondt (world premiere)

Korzo5HOOG
BINK36 (Het Magazijn)
Binckhorstlaan 36
The Hague, the Netherlands

www.dagindebranding.nl

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23 May, 23.00

Dag in de Branding Festival

Music
Louis Andriessen
with the film 'The New Math(s)' by Hal Hartley

Paard van Troje
Prinsengracht 12
The Hague, The Netherlands

www.dagindebranding.nl

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Poetic Disasters, a choreography by Club guy & roni, with music by Heiner Goebbels

Monica Germino, violin/electric violin
Tomoko Mukaiyama, keyboard and samples

Posthof
Posthofstrasse 43
Linz, Austria

Tickets
Tel. (+43 732) 78 18 00
kassa@posthof.at www.posthof.at

For more dates and details
www.grand-theatre.nl

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Program
PREMIERE! PREMIERE!

Ives Ensemble

Music
Ron Ford, Gerald Barry, Jo Kondo, Louis Andriessen, Carola Bauckholt & Christopher Fox

21 April 20.30

Tilburg - Het Cenakel
www.delink.nl

26 April 2009 20.15

Rotterdam - De Doelen
www.dedoelen.nl

7 May, 20.30

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

More info www.ives-ensemble.nl

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Festival celebrating the music & ideas of Louis Andriessen

Produced by
Music on Main & Hard Rubber Orchestra

Artists in residence
Cristina Zavalloni
Monica Germino
Andrea Rebaudengo

26 - 30 March

Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta

1 April

University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia

5 April, 20.00

Music
John Korsrud & Louis Andriessen

Hard Rubber Orchestra (Vancouver) Cristina Zavalloni, voice (Bologna)
Monica Germino, violin (Amsterdam)

Roundhouse Community Arts Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia

8 April

Marathon concert, with sets at 7pm, 8pn, 9pm and 10pm

One Night Stand: Louis Andriessen

Cristina Zavalloni, voice (Bologna)
Monica Germino, violin (Amsterdam)
Andrea Rebaudengo (Bologna)
Music on Main All-Star Band (Vancouver)

Heritage Hall
Vancouver, British Columbia

For many more dates and details
www.musiconmain.ca

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17 March, 20.00

Poetic Disasters, a choreography by Club guy & roni, with music by Heiner Goebbels

Monica Germino, violin/electric violin
Tomoko Mukaiyama, keyboard and samples

Theater Bielefeld
Bielefeld, Germany

www.theater-bielefeld.de

For more dates and details
www.grand-theatre.nl

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13 - 15 March

Redsound Rotterdam Festival
Rosa Ensemble

Program
In The Whisk Of A Lamb’s Tail
with & by composer Harry de Wit

On location at KOOKPUNT (kitchen supply store)
Noordplein 29
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Schedule of performances (duration: 30 minutes)

Friday 13 March: 16.00 (try-out) &19.00 (premiere)

Saturday 14 March: 12.00, 14.00, 16.00, 18.00

Sunday 15 March: 12.00, 14.00, 16.00

Tickets: via De Doelen in Rotterdam: www.dedoelen.nl
redsoundrotterdam.nl
www.kookpunt.nl

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1 March, 11.30

Stichting intro | in situ presents the series, Ensembles & Electronics

ELECTRA performs music by Michael Gordon, Louis Andriessen, Klas Torstensson, & TBA

Including a special preview of the upcoming new project, INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES

Theater aan het Vrijthof (bovenzaal)
Vrijthof 47
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Tickets: +31 (0) 43 350 55 55
www.theateraanhetvrijthof.nl
introinsitu.nl

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Equilibrio
Festival della nuova danza

Auditorium Parco della Musica
Rome, Italy

www.auditorium.com/eventi
www.auditorium.com
www.grand-theatre.nl

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plugged & unplugged
a solo program for acoustic & electric violins, plus soundtrack, effects, samples, voice, film, movement, and installations

Violin(s), voice
Monica Germino

Music
Heiner Goebbels, Louis Andriessen, Jacob TV, J.S. Bach, Nicholas Brown, Philip Glass

Films
Anna Lange, Nicholas Brown

Galerie Marzee
Lage Markt 3 / Waalkade 4
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Tel. +31 24 3229670
www.marzee.nl

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6 - 24 February 2009

Touring in 2009: 'Poetic Disasters', a choreography by Club guy & roni, with music by Heiner Goebbels

Monica Germino, violin/electric violin
Tomoko Mukaiyama, keyboard and samples

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18 January, 15.00

Opening of the retrospective of artist Pierre van Soest

Monica Germino, violin/voice

Museum van Bommel van Dam
Venlo, The Netherlands

www.vanbommelvandam.nl

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Program
Niccolò Castiglioni: Portrait of an eccentric composer

Asko|Schönberg Ensemble
Sarah Nicolls, piano
& Barbara Hannigan, soprano

Conductor
Oliver Knussen

14 January, 20.30

Vredenburg
Utrecht, The Netherlands

15 January, 20.30

Het Muziekgebouw
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

www.asko-ensemble.nl

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6 January, 20.30

DE LINK, a podium for off-the-beaten-path contemporary music, presents:

ELECTRA
performing music by Philip Glass, Belinda Reynolds, Chiel Meijering, Klas Torstensson, Donnacha Dennehy, Ron Ford & Jacob TV - with a special preview of the upcoming new project, INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES

Het Cenakel
Cenakel 1
Tilburg, The Netherlands

www.delink.nl

DE LINK on MySpace
www.myspace.com/delinktilburg

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23 November, 15.00

plugged & unplugged and XENIA with film

Monica Germino, violin(s)/voice Anna Lange, film

Museum van Bommel van Dam
Venlo

www.vanbommelvandam.nl

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Monica Germino: plugged & unplugged
A solo program for acoustic, amplified adapted acoustic, and electric violins, plus soundtrack, effects, samples, voice, film, movement, and installations

Violin/electric violin, adapted violin, voice
Monica Germino

Sound
Frank van der Weij

8 November, 20.00

The Prestige Concert Series
Performing Arts Center
Adelphi University (NY, USA)

http://aupac.adelphi.edu

10 November, 19.30

Followed by a show by the NY-based band Electric Kompany

Le Poisson Rouge/The Village Gate
NYC, USA

Tickets: lepoissonrouge.inticketing.com
www.lprnyc.com
www.electrickompany.com

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2 November 2008, 20:30

Ostravská banda, 'Nieuwe Avonturen' ('New Adventures') series

Conductor
Petr Kotik

Monica Germino, violin
Cristina Zavalloni, voice
Daan Vandewalle, piano

Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn
Utrecht, The Netherlands

www.vredenburg.nl

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30 October, 20.30

An evening with Alvin Curran The 'Americans Festival'

Alvin Curran, piano & electronics Monica Germino, violin(s)

Ensembles Prins Claus Conservatorium
Including various works and films by Alvin Curran: Theme Park (1994/1995) for percussion, new work for violin, improvisation for piano & electronics

Grand Theatre
Groningen, The Netherlands

31 October, 20.15

PARADOXES
The 'Americans Festival'

Works by John Zorn, Laurie Anderson & Michael Gordon

Het Noord Nederlands Orkest

Conductor
Kasper de Roo

Laurie Anderson, violin/voice
Monica Germino, adapted acoustic amplified violin
(Michael Gordon: Industry, violin version)
Frank van der Weij, sound

Press for this combination of Germino's version for adapted, amplified acoustic violin and effects:

"Elegant rock"
Trouw, NL

"a tour-de-force of slowly rising intensity"
Daily Telegraph, UK

Grand Theatre
Groningen
The Netherlands

The festival runs from 25 October - 1 November 2008

Organized by the North Netherlands Orchestra & Stichting Prime

Featured guest composers
Laurie Anderson, Alvin Curran & Michael Gordon

Recorded live by the NPS Radio

www.americanfetival.nl

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23 October, 20.00

Program
plugged & unplugged
a solo program for acoustic, amplified adapted acoustic, and electric violins, plus soundtrack, effects, samples, voice, film, movement, and installations

Violin(s), voice
Monica Germino

Provadja Theater
Alkmaar

www.provadja.nl

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Poetic Disasters
a choreography by Club guy & roni,
with music by Heiner Goebbels

Monica Germino, violin/el. violin
Tomoko Mukaiyama, keyboard and samples

16 September

Staats Theater
Weimar, Germany

18 September

Haus Der Berliner Festspiele
Berlin, Germany

25 & 26 September

Stadsschowburg
Groningen, The Netherlands

5 October

Schowburg
Utrecht, The Netherlands

For more dates and details
www.grand-theatre.nl

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6 September, 20.30

International Gaudeamus Music Week

Michael Daugherty: LEX, for solo electric violin and ensemble.

Conductor
Peter Prommel

Monica Germino, el. violin (Violectra);

Also on the program: LOSS, Mondriaan Kwartet, Janneke Groesz, Rob van Dord, Eduard van Regteren Altena, Ensemble Conservatorium van Amsterdam & music by Cheko Doi, Hikari Kiyama, Peter Swinnen & Vedran Mehinovic.

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.gaudeamus.nl
www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl

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14-28 July

Performances at the Grand Teton Music Festival

Jackson Hole
Wyoming
USA

www.gtmf.org

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12 June, 20.00 World Premiere

SOLD OUT

14, 15, 16, 17, 18 June

La Commedia, by Louis Andriessen

Conductor
Reinbert de Leeuw

Director
Hal Hartley

Cast
Claron McFadden (Béatrice), Cristina Zavalloni (Dante) Jeroen Willems (Lucifer), Marcel Beekman (Casella)

Ensemble
Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble

Vocal ensemble
Synergy Vocals

Electronic sound fragments
Anke Brouwer

Co-production
De Nederlandse Opera, Holland Festival, Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble

Koninklijk Theater Carré
Amsterdam

www.hollandfestival.nl
www.asko-ensemble.nl

Ticket reservations: 0900 25 25 255

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25 May, 14.30

Monica Germino, violin/voice and Anna Lange, visual artist

Program
Xenia (with film by Anna Lange)
by Louis Andriessen

Museum van Bommel & van Dam
The Netherlands

www.vanbommelvandam.nl

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23 May, 20.00

Michaela Riener, voice
Monica Germino, violin
Daan Vandewalle, piano
Hana Kotková, violin

Ostravská banda (Ostrava Band)

Conductor
Petr Kotík

Music
Louis Andriessen, Petr Kotík, Elliott Carter, Miroslav Srnka, György Ligeti

Rudolfinum Concert Hall
Prague Spring International Music Festival
www.festival.cz

Ostrava Center For New Music
www.ocnmh.cz

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22 April, 20.15

Tijdgenoten - In the Distances of Sleep
Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble

Music
Elliott Carter, Igor Stravinsky & Alexander Goehr

Conductor
Oliver Knussen

Rosemary Hardy, mezzo soprano
Nicolas Hodges, piano

18.00 - 19.00: short concert and talk in the Spiegelzaal: Hans Haffmans talks with composer Alezander Goehr

Concertgebouw
Large Hall
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.concertgebouw.nl

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20 April, 17.00

ELECTRA

WIM - Waanzinning Interessante Muziek (Incredibly Interesting Music) Festival

Program
ELECTRA & FILM & presenting the new CD/DVD ABLE TO BE

Music
JacobTV, Donnacha Dennehy, Louis Andriessen, & Vinex Productions

Films
Hal Hartley, Vinex Productions, Kristien Kerstens, Colm Tobin, AKI, and Mark Linnane

Orpheus Schouwburg
Apeldoorn
The Netherlands

Orpheus ticket office: 0900 123 0 123
Entrance includes both shows (ELECTRA at 17.00 and Tomoko Mukaiyama at 18.30) & dinner afterwards.

www.orpheus.nl
www.wim-apeldoorn.nl

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9 March, 14.30

Monica Germino, violin/voice
Anna Lange, visual artist

Program
Xenia (with film by Anna Lange)
plugged & unplugged

Music
JacobTV, Heiner Goebbels, Philip Glass, J.S. Bach, Louis Andriessen

De Pont
Tilburg
The Netherlands

www.depont.nl

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Monica Germino's newest solo show plugged & unplugged received rave reviews in the UK press.

Her virtuosity was exhilarating...American-born, Netherlands-based, she is a young, striking presence whose recital was an integrated mixed-media event."

The Sunday Times (UK)
www.entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

...Huddersfield's real stars are its performers, as further demonstrated by the dazzling violinist Monica Germino...

The Observer (UK)
www.guardian.co.uk

Monica Germino, a vividly personable player on the electric and normal violin, works with a sound engineer to transform her violin at one moment into a colossally deep double bass, the next into a wailing electric guitar...

The Daily Telegraph (UK)
www.telegraph.co.uk

(In) the rest of her clever, enjoyable programme (plugged & unplugged), Bach shook hands with gutsy display pieces by Louis Andriessen and Heiner Goebbels and the curdled harmonies and screeches of Michael Gordon’s Industry.

The Times (UK)
www.timesonline.co.uk

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Concept & choreography
Club guy & roni - Roni Haver and Guy Weizman

Compositions
Heiner Goebbels

Violin
Monica Germino

Keyboard and samples
Tomoko Mukaiyama

Dance and artistic input
Roni Haver, Dunja Jocic, Eva Puschendorf, Yvonne Weschke, Jorge Morro, Igor Podsiadly

25 January

Premiere of Poetic Disasters

26 January

Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt, Germany

1, 2 February

Premiere of Poetic Disasters

Korzo Theater
Den Haag, The Netherlands

A co-production met Prime and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm

www.grand-theatre.nl

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Music as Theatre Symposium

Guest speakers/performers
Monica Germino, Jorge Isaac, Jannie Pranger, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Gabor Tarjan, Electric Kompany

Mariaplaats
Gebouw K&W
Utrecht
The Netherlands

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14 January, 20.00

Special guests
ELECTRA

Music
Donnacha Dennehy, Schubert, Berlioz & Saint-Saëns

Kees van Barenzaal
Koninklijk Conservatorium
The Hague
The Netherlands

www.gaudeamus.nl

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27 December, 21.00

ELECTRA presents new CD/DVD: ABLE TO BE

Music
David Dramm, Corrie van Binsbergen, Guus Janssen (sneak preview), Elmer Schönberger (premiere), Ron Ford, Jacob ter Veldhuis, VINEX

Video/films
Pjotr 's-Gravesande, VINEX, J.C.Mol

Bimhuis, in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

A co-production of the Bimhuis & Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ: www.bimhuis.nl

Info and order the CD/DVD from Attacca Records: www.attacca-records.com

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9 december, 14.00

Solo program
plugged & unplugged
for violin, adapted acoustic violin, electric violin, voice, soundtrack, effects, movement, light and installation

Monica Germino, violin / electric violin Frank van der Weij, sound

Music Jacob ter Veldhuis, J.S. Bach, Louis Andriessen, Heiner Goebbels, Philip Glass, Nicholas Brown, Michael Gordon

Van Abbe Museum
Eindhoven, The Netherlands

www.vanabbemuseum.nl

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18 November, 15.00 & 16.00

Xenia: music by Louis Andriessen

Monica Germino, violin/voice

Film/installation
Anna Lange

Verkadefabriek
's-Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands

www.novembermusic.net

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Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, UK

Performer
Monica Germino

Creator & composer
Nicholas Brown

The Soul Finds Rest in Unity: a new live installation-performance in a domestic environment with sound, video & micro-performances

Times & location TBA - please check the website:
www.hcmf.andymayer.net

16 November, 21.00

Program
Night of the Unexpected

Curator
Roland Speckle and Graham McKenzie

Featuring Charlemagne Palestine, Alvin Curran, Monica Germino, Edwin van der Heide, Rhodri Davies & Ko Ishikawa, Evan Parker & Joel Ryan, Staalplaat Soundsystem, [rout], Niels Meliefste and many more...

Monica Germino performs Michael Gordon's Industry, for adapted violin and electronics

Bates Mill
The Blending Shed
Huddersfield, UK

The Night of the Unexpected is a one-night festival, an experience, an evening full of surprises...a statement about current developments in new music...showcases cutting edge techniques and international approaches to sound...

www.hcmf.andymayer.net

17 November, 16.00

Monica Germino, violin / electric violin Frank van der Weij, sound

Solo program
plugged & unplugged
for violin, adapted acoustic violin, electric violin, voice, soundtrack, effects, movement, light and installation

Music
Jacob ter Veldhuis, J.S. Bach, Louis Andriessen, Heiner Goebbels, Nick Williams (WORLD PREMIERE), Nicholas Brown, Michael Gordon

Studio 2, Huddersfield, UK

Produced by HCMF/Supported by Foundation for the Performing Arts in The Netherlands

Info
www.hcmf.andymayer.net

Tickets
tickets.kirklees.gov.uk

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7 November, 20.30

Monica Germino performs Louis Andriessen’s Xenia for violin/voice

University of Leiden
The Netherlands

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ELECTRA performs as part of Day of the Ensembles

Music
Chiel Meijering & JacobTV

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

www.muziekgebouw.nl

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6 July, 21.00

ELECTRA

Program
ELECTRA & FILM

MASS MoCA (MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART)

North Adams, MA; USA

Tel. +1 413 662 2111

info@massmoca.org
www.massmoca.org
www.electranewmusic.com

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Network salon: Connecting Conversations: "Urtext and Performance Practice”

Guest speaker, seminar at the Walter Maashuis for leaders from the business community. Performance and panel discussion. Topics included interpretation, paths to discovery, practice techniques, and decision-making: express oneself or let the music (or material) speak for itself?

Music by J.S. Bach & Louis Andriessen

Walter Maas Huis, The Netherlands

www.waltermaashuis.nl

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19 - 27 April tour to Canada

Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and more TBA

Solo program
Monica Germino
Plugged & unplugged for acoustic, amplified adapted acoustic, and electric violins

Music
Michael Gordon, Heiner Goebbels, Louis Andriessen, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Nicholas Brown & more

Toronto Music Gallery TBA

21 April

La Chapelle hisorique du Bon Pasteur
100, Rue Sherbrooke Est
Montreal, QC, Canada

24 April

Music on Main’s Inaugural Season
Heritage Hall; Vancouver, Canada

www.musiconmain.ca

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Postscript: a choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León

Music
Philip Glass
STRUNG OUT for solo amplified violin

Nederlands Dans Theater II

5 April, 20:00

Stadsschouwburg
Utrecht The Netherlands

Tel. +31 (0)30-2302023

7 April, 20.15

Odeon De Spiegel theaters
Zwolle
The Netherlands

Tel. +31 (0)38-4288288

10 April, 20:00

Chassé Theater
Breda
The Netherlands

Tel. +31 (0)76-5303132

12 April, 20:30

Parktheater
Eindhoven
The Netherlands

Tel. +31 (0)40-2111122

www.ndt.nl

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19 - 27 March

Boston, MA, USA

23 March, 20:00

Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP)

Conductor
Gil Rose

Cristina Zavalloni, voice
Monica Germino, violin

Works by Louis Andriessen, Gunther Schuller.

Presented by the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard.

John Knowles Paine Hall
Cambridge, MA, USA

Info: Harvard University, Department of Music
www.bmop.org

24 - 26 March

Recording with BMOP
Works by Louis Andriessen

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15 & 16 March, 20:15

Postscript: a choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León

Music
Philip Glass

STRUNG OUT for solo amplified violin

Nederlands Dans Theater II
Lucent Danstheater
Den Haag
The Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0)70-8800333
www.ndt.nl

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Trio concert with:
Cristina Zavalloni, voice
Monica Germino, violin
Andrea Rebaudengo, piano

Music
Andriessen, Cage, and Stravinsky

Teatro San Carlo
Modena
Italy

www.amicidellamusica.info
www.monicagermino.com/tagged/trio

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A varied program with artists such as Marynka, Fay Lovsky, Saskia Laroo, Monica Germino, Rajae El Mouhandiz, Ellen Schippers, Wilma Bakker, Heidi Happy, Joni Davis, Sherry Dyanne, Arzu Kokeng, Alice Rose, Elle Bandita, de Harakiri Sisters, and dancers from Lucia Marthas

In cooperation with Amnesty International

Paradiso
Weteringschans 6-8
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.womeninparadise.nl

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23 - 27 February

Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Conductor
Frans Brüggen

Music
Schubert and Berio

24 February

Auditorio
Valladolid
Spain

26 February

Auditorio Kursaal
San Sebastián
Spain

www.schoenberg-ensemble.nl

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21 February, 20:15

Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Conductor
Frans Brüggen

Music
Schubert and Berio

De Doelen
Rotterdam
The Netherlands

www.schoenberg-ensemble.nl

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20 February, 20:15

Series
Tijdgenoten ('Contemporaries')
Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Conductor
Frans Brüggen

Music
Schubert and Berio

Concertgebouw
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.schoenberg-ensemble.nl

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19 February, 20.15

Series
Nieuwe avonturen ('New Adventures') Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Conductor
Frans Brüggen

Music
Schubert and Berio

Vredenburg
Utrecht
The Netherlands

www.schoenberg-ensemble.nl

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18 February, 20:00

Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Conductor
Frans Brüggen

Music
Schubert and Berio

Concertgebouw Brugge
Brugge, Belgium

www.schoenberg-ensemble.nl

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Voyages Canada - The Netherlands
a collaboration between Quasar, ELECTRA, Rosa Ensemble, Bradyworks

26 January

Theater De Kikker
Utrecht
The Netherlands

www.theaterkikker.nl

28 January, 21.00

BIMHUIS, in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.bimhuis.nl

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20 January, 14.15

Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble

Conductor
Reinbert de Leeuw

Music
Zuidam and Ligeti

Concertgebouw
Grote Zaal
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.asko-ensemble.nl

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14 January, 15.00

Music
Louis Andriessen: XENIA (2005) for violin solo

Installation
Anna Lange

Stedelijk Museum
Den Bosch
The Netherlands

www.museumhetkruithuis.nl

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10 January, 20.15

Works by Karlheinz Stockhausen Asko Ensemble

Conductor
Oliver Knussen

Concertgebouw
Grote Zaal
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.asko-ensemble.nl

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AHAB, a music theater work by Marien Jongewaard / Nieuw West

Music Huba de Graaff

Text Rob de Graaf

Actors Marien Jongewaard and Anne Stam

Monica Germino, electric violin
Ere Lievonen, Hammond organ

5 January, 20.30

Schouwburg Arnhem
Koningsplein 12, Arnhem
The Netherlands

+31 (0)26-4437343
www.musis-sacrum.nl
www.nieuwwest.com

6 January, 20.30

Korzo Theater
Prinsestraat 42, 2513 CE Den Haag
The Netherlands

+31 (0)70-3637540
www.korzo.nl

12 January

Provadja Theater
Verdronkenoord 12, Alkmaar
The Netherlands

+31 (0)72-5110136 www.provadja.nl
www.nieuwwest.com

17, 18 January, 20.30

Schouwburg Rotterdam
Schouwburgplein 25, Rotterdam
The Netherlands

www.schouwburg.rotterdam.nl
www.nieuwwest.com

19 January

Plaza Futura
Leenderweg 65, Eindhoven
The Netherlands

+31 (0)40-2946848
www.plazafutura.nl
www.nieuwwest.com

8 February

Grand Theatre
Grote Markt 35; Groningen
The Netherlands

+31 (0)50-3140550
www.grand-theatre.nl

9, 10 February

Toneelschuur Haarlem
Lange Begijnestraat 9; Haarlem
The Netherlands

+31 (0)23-517 3910
www.toneelschuur.nl

22 February

Verkadefabriek
Boschdijkstraat 45, 's-Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands

+31 (0)73-6818150
www.verkadefabriek.nl

6,7,8 December

Frascati theater
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

v3.theaterfrascati.nl
www.nieuwwest.com

12 December

Chassé Theater
Breda, The Netherlands

www.chasse.nl
www.nieuwwest.com

19 December

Theater a.d Schie
Schiedam, The Netherlands

www.theateradschie.nl
www.nieuwwest.com

22 December

Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

www.rotterdamseschouwburg.nl
www.nieuwwest.com

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1 december, 21.00

Première: AHAB, a music theater work by Marien Jongewaard / Nieuw West

Music
Huba de Graaff

Marien Jongewaard and Anne Stam, actors
Monica Germino, electric violin
Ere Lievonen, Hammond organ

2, 5, 6 ,7, 8, 9 December, 21.00

Frascati Theater Nes 63, Amsterdam The Netherlands

Tel +31 (0)20-6266866

www.theaterfrascati.nl
www.nieuwwest.com

22 & 23 December, 21.00

Theater Kikker
Ganzenmarkt 14, Utrecht
The Netherlands
+31 (0)30-2319666

www.theaterkikker.nl www.nieuwwest.com

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29 & 30 November, 21.00

Try-outs: AHAB, a music theater work by Marien Jongewaard / Nieuw West

Music
Huba de Graaff

Marien Jongewaard and Anne Stam, actors
Monica Germino, electric violin
Ere Lievonen, Hammond organ

Frascati Theater
Nes 63, Amsterdam The Netherlands

Tel +31 (0)20-6266866

www.theaterfrascati.nl
www.nieuwwest.com

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22 November, 19.30

Louis Andriessen: La Passione, double concerto for voice & violin

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor
Clark Rundell

Cristina Zavalloni, vocals
Monica Germino, violin

www.liverpoolphil.com

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8 November, 20.30

Heiner Goebbels: Bagatellen für Violine - mit obligater Klarinette und Sampler (1989-2006)

Monica Germino, amplified violin solo
Tomoko Mukaiyama, sampler
David Kweksilber, clarinet

Grote Zaal, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0)20 788 2000

www.muziekgebouw.nl

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16-21 October

Guest artist in residence, Goebbels & Gubaidulina Festival, hosted by Stichting

Prime & Grand Theatre Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands

www.grand-theatre.nl www.prime-nieuwemuziek.nl

19 October, 19.15

Program
Works by Heiner Goebbels

WORLD PREMIERE

Heiner Goebbels: Bagatellen für Violine - mit obligater Klarinette und Sampler (1989-2006)

Monica Germino, amplified violin solo Tomoko Mukaiyama, sampler David Kweksilber, clarinet

• other works, including: Black on White, Red Run, and La Jalousie with: Asko Ensemble

Conductor
Peter Rundel

clubguy & roni dance company
Grand Theatre; Groningen, The Netherlands

www.grand-theatre.nl www.prime-nieuwemuziek.nl

20 Oktober, 22.30

After-party, Goebbels/Gubaidulina festival

Philip Glass: Strung Out for amplified violin

Monica Germino, violin solo
also with: media-artists Roger Muskee & Robert Keun; students of the Academy of Pop Culture & ABK Minerva; composer Ivo van Emmerik & students from the ArtEZ Conservatorium with a remix of Goebbels' music

Produced in collaboration with Prime Festival & Pavlov Media

www.prime-nieuwemuziek.nl
www.pavlov.nl

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Program
Andriessen Dynasty

Monica Germino, violin
Tomoko Mukaiyama, piano

Provadja Theater
Verdronken Oord 12, Alkmaar

www.provadja.nl

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23 September, 20:00

ELECTRA

Program
Witches & Bitches

Orpheus
Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

www.orpheus.nl

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7 September, 20.30

Night of the Unexpected
Monica Germino, violin solo

Plus other artists, including Marko Ciciliani, Kassiopeia Quintet, Phil Niblock, Thomas Ankersmit, and TBA

Paradiso
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tickets & information
www.paradiso.nl

Organizers
Steim and Stichting Gaudeamus

Info also available at www.gaudeamus.nl

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7 - 27 August

Performances at the Grand Teton Music Festival
Jackson Hole Wyoming, USA

www.gtmf.org

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21 July, 21.00

Program
Witches & Bitches

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
Halle 400
Kiel, Germany

www.electranewmusic.com
www.shmf.de

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Music
Piet-Jan van Rossum, Daniel Matej, Marko Nikodijevic, David Young, Christopher Fox, Richard Rijnvos

Ives Ensemble
Stuttgart, Germany

www.ivesensemble.nl

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ELECTRA

Program
Selections from Witches & Bitches and ELECTRA & FILM

Varna Summer International Music Festival 2006

Archaeological Museum
Varna, Bulgaria

Tel +359 52 659 123

www.electranewmusic.com www.varnasummerfest.org

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6 June, 20.15

Series
Tijdgenoten (Contemporaries)

Music
Michel van der Aa and Harrison Birtwistle
Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble

Conductor Reinbert de Leeuw

Het Concertgebouw
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

www.concertgebouw.nl www.asko-ensemble.nl

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Guest artist in Marlies Dekkers' latest show

London, England

www.marliesdekkers.nl

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5 May, 20:30

Program
Witches & Bitches

Theater Lantaren/Venster
Gouvernestraat 133
Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Tel: +31 10 277 2277

www.lantaren-venster.nl

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Recording sessions, CD/DVD with ELECTRA

Wisseloord Studios
Hilversum
The Netherlands

www.wisseloord.nl

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7 April, 20.00

Program
CHANGEMENT DUO

Music
Felix Profos, Kaspar Ewald, Robert Ashley, Yannis Kyriakides

MAE ensemble Gare du Nord; organized by IGNM Basel, Basel, Switzerland

www.altena.nl

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6 April, 20.00

Program
CHANGEMENT DUO

Music
Felix Profos, Kaspar Ewald, Robert Ashley, Yannis Kyriakides

MAE ensemble Blauer Saal

Organized by Musikpodium Zürich, Switzerland

www.altena.nl

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4 April, 17.00

MAE ensemble

Program
CHANGEMENT DUO

Music
Felix Profos, Kaspar Ewald, Yannis Kyriakides

BIMHUIS
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

www.altena.nl

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