open air, windharps, multiple voices
Music theatre production created by Miranda Driessen, based on the prose poem of the same name by Tjitske Jansen. A multidisciplinary work for eight solo voices, sho (a Japanese wind instrument), a recorder trio and an acoustic installation consisting of eight wind harps.
solo, cello, voice, synagogue
Premiere of Canti d’inizio e fine, a technically demanding and thematically profound piece, with references to the Holocaust and the cycle of life and death, written especially for cellist Maya Fridman.
solo harp, electronics, video
Versatlise harp player Miriam Overlach brings a programme with an emphasis on live electronics, samples and video.
Flemish-Dutch, commissions, new notes
The Belgian Kugoni Trio consists of a unique line-up of piano, violin and saxophone, and plays mostly music from Belgium.
Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2018, Goebajdoelina, musical treasure room, acid house
A wonderful journey from the South-American music genre Milonga via Bach to acid house and John Coltrane.
choice stress, festival in a festival, from noise to minimal
An evening devoted to the newest music in all its guises: from wrenching, edgy minimal music to experimental electronics!
John Zorn, Kill Bill, bagpipes
The inquisitive and ever-investigative ensemble Oerknal plays ‘Tarantino Études’ by jury member for the Gaudeamus Award Nicole Lizée – music set to movie fragments by Quentin Tarantino – and work by John Zorn and Matthias Krüger.
divers, monumental mill, open air
Gaudeamus, in the context of Open Monumentendag, presents an accessible programme (with free admission) in the extraordinary wood mill De Ster, both inside the mill and outdoors.
Various experts from European countries will deal with issues such as: what is the role of the audience during concerts? What does that signify for the process of composition? Where can opportunities be found? What are the challenges? And – what does the audience think?
Led by Igor C Silva
The musicians of Trash Panda Collective and Igor C. Silva work with young composers on their submitted sketches.
Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2018, guitar, nominated work, wonderment
The Utrecht based ensemble Insomnio opens our festival Saturday with, among other works, ‘confluence/divergence’ by Sebastian Hilli.
Sound art expo
Idiosyncratic collection of performative installations and sensory performances.
church bells, carillon concert, Domtoren
Malgosia Fiebig plays new music on the church bells of the monumental Domtoren of Utrecht.
The listener as codebreaker
German composer and pianist Moritz Eggert will give a lecture on tactics that composers can use to make their works understandable for the untrained listener,
piano solo, relaxing, escapism
Pianist Saskia Lankhoorn helps you escape the everyday hustle and bustle with works by Strahovnik, Languillat, Heera en De Marez Oyens.
contemporary laboratory, string quartets, young composers
The Canadian Bozzini string quartet presents the results of their annual residency programme Composer’s Kitchen: a combination of a workshop, laboratory, playground and masterclass for young composers.
Hypnotizing, spatial concert, challenging music
Akasha is a production in which music, stories and memories merge to create an enchanting performance.
meditative concert, contemplative journey, metaphysics
Ensemble Variances plays works by composers who have found inspiration in nature, the cosmos, ancient Indian practices and religious images.
cello & piano, cross disciplinary performance, new dimension
Cellist Maya Fridman is a young music pioneer who’s bursting with ambition. She dares to pull out all the stops with her arrangement of Schnittke’s Peer Gynt.
ensemble in residence, film music, film with live music
Four special compositions for the splendid, surrealistic black and white collage films of the Austrian avant-garde filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky.
