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
Violectra Concerto at Deventer
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
Barb Wire
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
Violectra Concerto
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
Renske Vrolijk's Violectra Concerto World Premiere
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
Deviation at the Museum van Bommel van Dam
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
Theater Dakota concert series
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
Night of the Unexpected
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
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
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
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
WHIRLY GIRLS
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
28 April, 20.30
Korzo Theater
The Hague, Prinsestraat 42
The Netherlands
31 May, 20.30
Ostadetheater
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
OPPORTUNITY COST Premiere
17 April, 20.30
Premiere
OPPORTUNITY COST, for electric violin,
video & electronics by Marcel Wierckx
Muziekhuis Utrecht
Loevenhoutsedijk 301
Utrecht, The Netherlands
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
Whirly Girls
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
22 December
Huis aan de Werf
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Roadmaps & Diaries
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.
Whirly Girls Tour
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
CLAZZ ENSEMBLE Tour
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
Electric Barbarian in Museumnacht
5 November, 23.00
Electric Barbarian in Museumnacht (Museum Night)
De Brakke Grond: Amsterdam
The Netherlands
MCN Muziekcafé: Composers & Soloists
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
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
ELECTRO ACOUSTIC SESSIONS
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
Festival of Adventurous Music
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
Electric Barbarian Tour
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
ELECTRA’S SECOND LIFE
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
Photos of rehearsal process & the past 3 concerts
English
www.electranewmusic.com
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
Theater De Regentes
Thursday, 27 January, 20:30
Theater De Regentes
Weimarstraat 63 | 2562 GR Den Haag
Tel. 070-3637798
info@deregentes.nl
www.deregentes.nl
ELECTRA'S Second Life
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
28 November, 15.00
AXES
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
30 November, 20.15
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Info
www.electranewmusic.com
www.electrassecondlife.nl (dutch)
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
ENSEMBLE KLANG Tour
Heiner Goebbels: Walden
www.ensembleklang.com
12 September, 16.00
Try-out performance Scheltema, Leiden
14 & 15 September, 20.00
Bern Biennale
Dampfzentrale
Bern, Switzerland
19 September, 20.00
Mousonturm
Frankfurt, Germany
Gaudeamus Music Week
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
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
Heiner Goebbels in Zeeland
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
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
INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES
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
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
PREMIERE! PREMIERE!
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
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
Ensembles & Electronics
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
plugged & unplugged
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
Pierre van Soest Retrospective
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
Asko|Schönberg Ensemble
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
DE LINK
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
DE LINK on MySpace
www.myspace.com/delinktilburg
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
Nieuwe Avonturen (New Adventures)
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
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
plugged & unplugged
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
Poetic Disasters Tour
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
International Gaudeamus Music Week
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
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
Tijdgenoten - In the Distances of Sleep
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
Waanzinning Interessante Muziek
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.
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
Poetic Disasters
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
Music as Theatre
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
Michaela Riener Recital
14 January, 20.00
Special guests
ELECTRA
Music
Donnacha Dennehy, Schubert, Berlioz & Saint-Saëns
Kees van Barenzaal
Koninklijk Conservatorium
The Hague
The Netherlands
ABLE TO BE
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
plugged & unplugged
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
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
Louis Andriessen’s Xenia
7 November, 20.30
Monica Germino performs Louis Andriessen’s Xenia for violin/voice
University of Leiden
The Netherlands
Day of the Ensembles
ELECTRA performs as part of Day of the Ensembles
Music
Chiel Meijering & JacobTV
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam, 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
Postscript: A Choreography
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
Postscript: A Choreography
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
Women in Paradise Festival
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
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
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
Tijdgenoten ('Contemporaries')
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
New Adventures
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
Voyages Canada
Voyages Canada - The Netherlands
a collaboration between Quasar, ELECTRA, Rosa Ensemble, Bradyworks
26 January
Theater De Kikker
Utrecht
The Netherlands
28 January, 21.00
BIMHUIS, in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble
20 January, 14.15
Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble
Conductor
Reinbert de Leeuw
Music
Zuidam and Ligeti
Concertgebouw
Grote Zaal
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Louis Andriessen: XENIA
14 January, 15.00
Music
Louis Andriessen: XENIA (2005) for violin solo
Installation
Anna Lange
Stedelijk Museum
Den Bosch
The Netherlands
Works by Karlheinz Stockhausen
10 January, 20.15
Works by Karlheinz Stockhausen Asko Ensemble
Conductor
Oliver Knussen
Concertgebouw
Grote Zaal
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
AHAB Tour
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
AHAB
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
AHAB
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
Heiner Goebbels: Bagatellen für Violine
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
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
Andriessen dynasty
Program
Andriessen Dynasty
Monica Germino, violin
Tomoko Mukaiyama, piano
Provadja Theater
Verdronken Oord 12, Alkmaar
Witches & Bitches
23 September, 20:00
ELECTRA
Program
Witches & Bitches
Orpheus
Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Night of the Unexpected
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
Tijdgenoten (Contemporaries)
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
Witches & Bitches
5 May, 20:30
Program
Witches & Bitches
Theater Lantaren/Venster
Gouvernestraat 133
Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 10 277 2277
CHANGEMENT DUO
4 April, 17.00
MAE ensemble
Program
CHANGEMENT DUO
Music
Felix Profos, Kaspar Ewald, Yannis Kyriakides
BIMHUIS
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Witches & Bitches
20 January, 20.30
ELECTRA
Witches & Bitches
Music
Jacob ter Veldhuis, Philemon Mukarno, the duo Schupp/van Dijk, Chiel Meijering, Vanessa Lann, Donnacha Dennehy Corrie van Binsbergen, Hans Asselbergs.
Korzo Theater
Prinsestraat 42
The Hague
The Netherlands
tel: (31) 70 363 7540
www.korzo.nl
Voorwaarts!
13 January, 20.30
Ives Ensemble
Program
Voorwaarts! music of Charles Ives, Maurizio Kagel, Stefan Wolpe, Gerald Barry, Christopher Fox
Theater Kikker
Utrecht
The Netherlands
ELECTRA Recording sessions
1-3 December
Recording sessions, CD/DVD with ELECTRA
Wisseloord Studios
Hilversum, The Netherlands
ELECTRA Recording sessions
18-20 November
Recording sessions, CD/DVD with ELECTRA
Wisseloord Studios
Hilversum, The Netherlands
ELECTRA & FILM
15 October, 20.30
ELECTRA
Program: ELECTRA & FILM
Music by
Louis Andriessen, Michel van der Aa, Donnacha Dennehy, Ron Ford, Huba de Graaff, Chiel Meijering, Belinda Reynolds
Chassè Theater
Breda, The Netherlands
tel: +31 (0)76 530 31 32
www.chasse.nl
Dutch Chamber Music Meeting
20.30
ELECTRA
Program: Dutch Chamber Music Meeting
Music by Louis Andriessen, Chiel Meijering, TBA
BIMHUIS, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
tel: +31(0)20 788 218
www.bimhuis.nl
Een anatomische muziekles
29 September, 20.30
ELECTRA
Program: Backstage Events: presentation with Jan Wolff ‘Een anatomische muziekles’
Music by
Donnacha Dennehy, Ron Ford, Louis Andriessen, Vanessa Lann, TBA
Grote Zaal
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
tel: +31 (0)20 788 2000
www.muziekgebouw.nl
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
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
Strung Out
NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER II: MOODS & MOVES
with violinist Monica Germino performing 'Strung Out' (1969) for amplified solo violin.
8 March
Theater aan het Vrijthof
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Tel : +31 (0)43 350-5520
10 March
Cultureel Centrum de Vest
Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Tel : +31 (0) 72 519-1817
11, 12 March
Lucent Danstheater
The Hague, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0) 70 360-9931
15 March
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tel : +31 (0) 30 232-4125
NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER II: MOODS & MOVES
February - March
Collaboration with NDT (Nederlands Dans Theater)
NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER II: MOODS & MOVES
New work by Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, with live music by Philip Glass
Opening Lute Suites
Opening Lute Suites, performance with Nanine Linning.
Music by
Bartók, Berio
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
The Netherlands
Schönberg Ensemble
5 - 11 January
Schönberg Ensemble
Music by
Schönberg, Stravinsky, Ravel, John Adams
Concertgebouw
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
SUITES OF LUX
11 October
Deventer Schouwburg
Deventer, The Netherlands
13 October
Lucent Danstheater
The Hague, The Netherlands
14 October
Stadsschouwburg
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
15 October
Schouwburg De Kampanje
Den Helder, The Netherlands
18 October Theater a/d Parade; Den Bosch, The Netherlands
25 October
Stadsschouwburg
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
27 October
Stadsschouwburg
Utrecht, The Netherlands
2 November
Schouwburg Tilburg
Tilburg,The Netherlands
5 November
Schouwburg De Meerse
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
6 November
Stadsschouwburg
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
10 November
Chasse Theater
Breda, The Netherlands
17 November
Stadsschouwburg
Groningen, The Netherlands
Performances of SUITES OF LUX
29 September - 8 October
Performances of SUITES OF LUX: new work by choreographer Nanine Linning for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, for eight dancers and solo electric violin (Monica Germino)
Music
Jacob ter Veldhuis
29 September
Try-out, Fortis Theater a/d Schie;
Schiedam, The Netherlands
5 October
Try-out, Rotterdamse Stadsschouwburg
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
6 October
Premiere Rotterdamse Stadsschouwburg
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
7, 8 October Rotterdamse Stadsschouwburg
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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
Music of Claude Vivier
4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 June
Holland Festival - Music of Claude Vivier
Asko Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble
Conductor
Reinbert de Leeuw
Westergasfabriek
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
