Zomer Jazz Fietstour
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
Brussels Summer Festival
11 August, 21.00
Brussels Summer Festival
Playing Violectra & acoustic violin
with John Cale & Band
Hungarian premiere of Louis Andriessen’s La Giró
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
Night of the Unexpected in London
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
Opening Verdichten, Verdunnen Festival
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
Duo Germino/Koleva
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
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
Electric Barbarian
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
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
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
November Music Festival
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
International Chamber Music Festival
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
Robert Helps Festival
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
Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival
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
Lowlands Festival
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
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
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
Redsound Rotterdam Festival
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
Americans Festival
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
Grand Teton Music Festival
14-28 July
Performances at the Grand Teton Music Festival
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
USA
Prague Spring International Music Festival
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
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
Goebbels & Gubaidulina Festival
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
Grand Teton Music Festival
7 - 27 August
Performances at the Grand Teton Music Festival
Jackson Hole Wyoming, USA
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
21 July, 21.00
Program
Witches & Bitches
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
Halle 400
Kiel, Germany
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
Broken Glass Festival
ELECTRA
Program: Broken Glass/Witches & Bitches
Music by
Ron Ford, Vanessa Lann, Donnacha Dennehy, Hans Asselbergs & Philip Glass
Strung Out, for amplified solo violin
Het Glaspaleis
Heerlen, The Netherlands
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
Grand Teton Music Festival
18 July - 7 August
Performances at the Grand Teton Music Festival
Jackson Hole Wyoming, USA
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
