MY PRIVATE ODYSSEY in Almere
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
Newsletter - 'My Private Odyssey' in Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam
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
MY PRIVATE ODYSSEY
photo, Andreas J. Etter
Next stop: AMSTERDAM
Monday, 15 December, 20.30
Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam
MY PRIVATE ODYSSEY
Gouda: Wednesday 3 December, 20.00 Goudse Schouwburg
Amsterdam: Monday 15 December, 20.30 Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam
Almere: Friday 19 December, 20.30 Schouwburg Almere
MY PRIVATE ODYSSEY in Rotterdam
'My Private Odyssey' is a co-production with Club Guy & Roni, the German company tanzmainz, and the musical dream team of composer David Dramm, composer and pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama, violinist Monica Germino, and fluitist Anne La Berge. The three musicians are on stage with ten dancers, accompanied by the images of WERC video collective and a text by Ko van den Bosch (Alex d’Electrique, NNT).
My Private Odyssey
photo: Veerle van OverloopMY 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, GermanyDutch 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
WQXR Radio, Q2 Music: Roadmaps & Diaries II
Roadmaps and Diaries II: Monica Germino, violin/voice, Frank van der Weij, sound design
LISTEN HERE: On-Demand Audio: 'Andriessen 75' Pushes the Violin Envelope
RECORDED LIVE AT ATLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON APRIL 7, 2014
New York Public Radio/WQXR; produced by Alex Ambrose for Q2
Tuesday, July 8 at 11 am ET, Phil Kline continues his presentation of the "Andriessen 75" festival in Washington, D.C. with a concert titled "Roadmaps and Diaries II." The performance features solo violin music that blurs the line between the acoustic and electric featuring works by Louis Andriessen and kindred spirits – including a few former students – Julia Wolfe, Kate Moore, Michael Gordon and Donnacha Dennehy. The program was performed by Monica Germino and sound-designed by Frank van der Weij.
Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy's Overstrung for violin and tape opened the program. Written specifically for Germino, the music is built largely on the overtone series and harmonics. Next came the world premiere of Dolorosa, a song for violin and augmented voice by Australian composer Kate Moore. The American premiere of with a blue dress on by Bang on a Can's Julia Wolfe came next, followed by Andriessen's piece Xenia, a wailing, pitch-bending work with a voice part. The performance closed with Michael Gordon's overdriven Industry originally written for amplified cello, a work that seems to distort and warp as it happens.
Part of Classical 105.9 WQXR, Q2 Music is a New York-based online station devoted to the music of living composers; a home for immersive festivals, live webcasts and on-demand concerts from today’s leading new-music performers and venues, and is programmed by Q2 Music's Producer, Alex Ambrose. Visit Q2 Music
WQXR Radio, Q2 Music: TRIO
TRIO: vocalist Cristina Zavalloni, violinist Monica Germino, pianist Andrea Rebaudengo
LISTEN HERE: On-Demand Audio: John, Paul and Igor Visit 'Andriessen 75'
RECORDED LIVE AT THE MANSION AT STRATHMORE ON APRIL 8, 2014
New York Public Radio/WQXR; produced by Alex Ambrose for Q2
Tuesday, July 12 at 12 pm ET, Phil Kline presents an eclectic collection of music at the "Andriessen 75" festival as performed by vocalist Cristina Zavalloni, violinist Monica Germino and pianist Andrea Rebaudengo. With a wide range of Andriessen's works along with Stravinsky, Cage and influences from Paul McCartney and John Lennon, the concert took place at The Mansion at Strathmore in Washington, D.C. on April 8.
As a part of the celebration of the Dutch composer's life and work, the musicians played seven pieces by Louis Andriessen: Letter from Cathy, Base, Beatles Songs (satirical arrangements of four Beatles Songs), Xenia, Fanfara Inclinata, Le Voile du Bonheur, and Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno, many of them composed in the 21st century. Igor Stravinsky's The Owl and the Pussycat, a twelve-tone piece based setting Edward Lear's poem of the same name, was also performed, as well as John Cage's Six Melodies for violin and piano.
Part of Classical 105.9 WQXR, Q2 Music is a New York-based online station devoted to the music of living composers; a home for immersive festivals, live webcasts and on-demand concerts from today’s leading new-music performers and venues, and is programmed by Q2 Music's Producer, Alex Ambrose. Visit Q2 Music
CD RELEASE: SOLOS FOR VIRTUOSI
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).
TRIO: Zavalloni Germino Rebaudengo
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
LA PASSIONE in amsterdam
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.
Interview: Classical TV
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.
USA concerts
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
De Link
photo: Monica and Frank van der Weij in the studio. Photographer: Elisabeth Melchior
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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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
New Music Festival, Boston Conservatory
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
SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL: Best Musical Events of 2013
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"
DVD RELEASE
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
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"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."
