Coaching and concert in Fiesole
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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- 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'
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.
NLRF 2013: Moscow & St Petersburg
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
Opening concert at Gaudeamus Muziekweek
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
US premiere of La Girò
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
Netherlands premiere of La Girò
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
Other Minds Festival Residency
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
La Commedia: a film opera
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
15 April, 20:00
Synergy Vocals & the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Carnegie Hall New York City, NY
FRONTIERS Plus Festival
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
Holland Festival
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
Dag in de Branding Festival
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
Louis Andriessen Canada Festival
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
plugged & unplugged and XENIA with film
23 November, 15.00
plugged & unplugged and XENIA with film
Monica Germino, violin(s)/voice Anna Lange, film
Museum van Bommel van Dam
Venlo
La Commedia, by Louis Andriessen
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
Xenia (with film by Anna Lange)
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
Xenia & plugged & unplugged
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
Xenia
18 November, 15.00 & 16.00
Xenia: music by Louis Andriessen
Monica Germino, violin/voice
Film/installation
Anna Lange
Verkadefabriek
's-Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
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...
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
Tickets
tickets.kirklees.gov.uk
Louis Andriessen’s Xenia
7 November, 20.30
Monica Germino performs Louis Andriessen’s Xenia for violin/voice
University of Leiden
The Netherlands
Connecting Conversations
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
Canada Tour
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
Boston Tour
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
Trio concert
Trio concert with:
Cristina Zavalloni, voice
Monica Germino, violin
Andrea Rebaudengo, piano
Music
Andriessen, Cage, and Stravinsky
Teatro San Carlo
Modena
Italy
Louis Andriessen: XENIA
14 January, 15.00
Music
Louis Andriessen: XENIA (2005) for violin solo
Installation
Anna Lange
Stedelijk Museum
Den Bosch
The Netherlands
Louis Andriessen: La Passione
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
Andriessen dynasty
Program
Andriessen Dynasty
Monica Germino, violin
Tomoko Mukaiyama, piano
Provadja Theater
Verdronken Oord 12, Alkmaar
Andriessen: La Passione
Andriessen: La Passione for voice, violin and ensemble
Cristina Zavalloni, voice
Monica Germino, violin
Eastman Philharmonia
Conductor
Brad Lubman
Eastman Theatre
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY, USA
Eastman School of Music
19 - 23 February
Performances, coachings of works by Louis Andriessen, composer-in-residence
Guest artist
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY, USA
Works by Louis Andriessen: XENIA
17 February, 8 PM
Guest Composer Recital: Louis Andriessen venue: E.V. Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall
Post-concert talk with the composer and performers.
Monica Germino, violin
Cristina Zavalloni, vocals Andrea Rebaudengo, piano
Contemporary Directions Ensemble
Works by Louis Andriessen: XENIA (2005) for violin solo, Le Voile du Bonheur, Tuin van Eros, Beatles songs, Letter From Cathy, Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno, and more
Event Sponsor/Contact: School of Music
Contact : Rachel Francisco; rachaf@umich.edu
M is for Man, Music, Mozart
15 February, 7:30 PM
Louis Andriessen: La Passione for voice, violin and ensemble
M is for Man, Music, Mozart
Cristina Zavalloni, voice
Monica Germino, violin
Symphony Band & Contemporary Directions Ensemble
Power Center
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
MI, USA
Contact : School of Music
Reserved seating: 734-764-2538
University of Michigan
Guest artist at the University of Michigan, School of Music Ann Arbor MI, USA
Performances, coachings of works by Louis Andriessen, composer-in-residence
EAST-WEST festival
ELECTRA
EST-OVEST festival (EAST-WEST festival)
Program
ELECTRA & FILM meets EAST-WEST
Music
Louis Andriessen, Michel van der Aa, Donnacha Dennehy, Ron Ford, Chiel Meijering, Tsebko Minkin, Dobri Paliev, Belinda Reynolds with a New Work by Francesco Cilluffo commissioned by the EST-OVEST festival
Museo del Cinema
Torino, Italy
Louis Andriessen: La Passione
Louis Andriessen: La Passione for voice, violin and ensemble
Cristina Zavalloni, voice
Monica Germino, violin
Orquestra Barcelona Contemporanea
Conductor
Georges-Elie Octors
Barcelona, Spain
OSTRAVA DAYS 2005
27 August, 19.00
New Music Institute and Festival Louis Andriessen: La Passione for voice, violin and ensemble
Cristina Zavalloni, voice
Monica Germino, violin
Ostrava, Czech Republic
H0LLAND FESTIVAL
1 - 26 June
H0LLAND FESTIVAL
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1 June
Premiere: XENIA for violin solo by Louis Andriessen
Images and installation by Anna Lange
Monica Germino, violin
Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 June
'New Adventures' 20.15
Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble
Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Cristina Zavalloni, mezzosoprano
Music by Louis Andriessen, Michel Van der Aa
Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Main Hall
Utrecht, The Netherlands
15 June
Holland Festival
XENIA for violin solo by Louis Andriessen
Images and installation by Anna Lange
Monica Germino, violin
Het Muziekgebouw
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.muziekgebouw.nl
17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 June, 20.15h
Holland Festival
Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble
De Nederlandse Opera, production
Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor
Music by Rob Zuidam:
Mc Gonagall Lieder, Rage d’Amours
Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Louis Andriessen: La Passione
Oslo Sinfonietta
Soloists
Cristina Zavalloni - voice
Monica Germino - violin
Oslo, Norway
Louis Andriessen: Writing to Vermeer
9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16 July
Louis Andriessen: Writing to Vermeer
Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble
Conductor
Reinbert de Leeuw
De Nederlandse Opera Het Muziektheater
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Louis Andriessen: La Passione
Great Performers Series
London Sinfonietta Louis Andriessen: La Passione (2002)
Soloists
Cristina Zavalloni - voice, Monica Germino - violin
Alice Tully Hall
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
NYC, USA
Sonic Evolutions Festival
ELECTRA
Sonic Evolutions Festival
Music of Louis Andriessen, Donnacha Dennehy, Chiel Meijering, and Belinda Reynolds
Great Performers Series
Clark Studio Theater
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts NYC, USA
Music by Louis Andriessen
28 April, 20.30
Music by Louis Andriessen, Michel van der Aa, Donnacha Dennehy, Chiel Meijering, Belinda Reynolds
Muziekcentrum De IJsbreker
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.De IJsbreker.nl
Recital program
4 April, 15.00
Violin
Monica Germino
Piano
Tomoko Mukaiyama
Recital program: a special collaboration presented by guest composer Louis Andriessen
Goudse Schouwburg
Kleine zaal
The New Math(s)
Nederlands Muziek Dagen (Dutch Music Days)
The New Math(s), film by Hal Hartley, music by Louis Andriessen
Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
Utrecht
The Netherlands
