Gaudeamus presents, organizes, stimulates and supports young music pioneers in their creation of new works. The organization scouts young talent and contributes to its professional development.
Artists in Residence
Gaudeamus strives to create a enduring relationship with music pioneers. By means of several residence programmes, young talent is attached to the organization for an extended period. Gaudeamus thus provides a location for research, a stage and a network. The Nieuwe Makers project organized by the Performing Arts Fund NL provides a two-year residence during which research and the development of an individual identity are paramount. Every year Gaudeamus also appoints a musician who shows innovative talent and ventures off the beaten track and who is living in Utrecht. Previous artists in residence were Maarten Vos, Brendan Faegre Edge Ensemble, Thanasis Deligiannis, Jerzy Bielski and Maya Fridman. BUI (Utrecht Platform for Improvised Arts) is the current ensemble at Gaudeamus, until 2024.
Gaudeamus Award Winner
The winner of the Gaudeamus Award receives more than a commission to compose new works. Winning the award also opens up new networks, and Gaudeamus actively puts the winner in contact with concert venues, ensembles, festivals and stakeholders within the music world, both nationally and internationally. The Gaudeamus Award was first presented in 1957. Hall of Fame
Commissions
Every year Gaudeamus commissions many young music pioneers to compose new works. In this way the organization not only takes care of the creation of new music, but it is itself a customer, and attracts co-producers. Almost all the commissioned works are premiered during the Gaudeamus Muziekweek, and Gaudeamus subsequently does its utmost to promote repeat performances both at home and abroad.
A large part of the commissions are thanks to financial support of the Fonds Podiumkunsten. Gaudeamus also issues commissions in collaboration with international partners including the European Ulysses Network.
Opdrachten 2023
Rafaele Andrade – This isn’t solo (Rafaele Andrade, Knurl 4tet)
Jonas Bisquert – Musicas@Utrecht (Dag van de Componist 2023)
Jasper de Bock – 1001 Stokslagen (Joe Puglia (young composers project))
Nahuel Cano – Ways to listen to a river (Modelo62 / Residenties in Utrecht) VIDEO
Artun Çekem – Merge Corp. (Moving Strings) AUDIO
Arieh Chrem – Comfort, for Joe (Joe Puglia (young composers project))
Maripepa Contreras – Barane Sobh (JIP Choir)
Christine Cornwell & Adriana Minu – Between you and me (NADAR Ensemble)
Adrian Crespo Barba – Waves (Nieuwe Noten: Juho Myllylä (recorder))
Frieda Gustavs – Verbindingswerken: A língua que ela fala, Desenhei uma almofada, Mäe (Maat Saxophone Quartet)
Gijs van der Heijden – String Quartet No. 2 “Three Busy Monsters” (Quatuor Bozzini)
So Ho-Chi (Eric) – The spatial rite of forgotten memories (Erwan Keravec)
Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir – her immeasurable soul (Nieuwe Noten: Juho Myllylä (recorder))
David Ko / Kavid Do – We are all but clouds, masquerading as a knights (Quatuor Bozzini)
Nuno Lobo – Aus dem öden Haus kam die hexadactyl Hand (Duo Mader/Papandreopoulos)
Nuno Lobo – Carolina’s book of spells (Jelmer de Moed) VIDEO
Livia Malossi – Hummingbird Pulse (Joe Puglia (young composers project))
Raivis Misjuns – Herder’s Herd (Nieuwe Noten: Juho Myllylä (recorder))
Antonio Moreno – Glazkov Islands (JIP Choir)
Setareh Nafisi – Weaving Light (Into Darkness) (JIP Choir)
Amarante Nat – Falling in and out of Time (Jelmer de Moed) VIDEO
Ernst Spykerelle – Marsyas (Nieuwe Noten: Juho Myllylä (recorder))
Esther Wu – Highland Echoes (Erwan Keravec)
Alice Yeung – Posturizor (Joe Puglia (young composers project))
Alice Yeung – false flicker(s) (Konstantyn Napolov (ereprijs))
Opdrachten 2022
James Alexandropoulos-McEwan – a/mi(d)st a/noise_and, -[d]is_interference/// (Les Percussion de Strasbourg)
Thomas Ankersmit – geen titel
David Azaglo Adowa – Fantasy (ADAM Quartet)
Boris Bezemer – Harp Piece for pedal harp (Michela Amici (Nieuwe Noten))
Alice Hoi-ching Yeung – Alienata for pedal harp (Michela Amici (Nieuwe Noten))
So Ho-Chi (Eric) – Perspectives on “Plum-Blossom” for pedal harp (Michela Amici (Nieuwe Noten))
Ned McGowan – Concerto for Indian Percussionist (New European Ensemble)
Amarante Nat – i listen to the ocean and all i hear is you (ADAM Quartet)
Dirge Seçil Kuran – geen titel (Catching Cultures Orchestra)
Leslee Smucker – Tableau Vivant for bray harp, electronics & transduced pedal harp (Michela Amici (Nieuwe Noten))
Roché van Tiddens – The Bow Says… for bray harp and electronics (Michela Amici (Nieuwe Noten))
Rick van Veldhuizen – Vie di scampo (Castello Consort)
Opdrachten 2021
Hamed Alshaabi – Dans van de Zee (Catching Cultures Orchestra)
Richard Ayres – No. 54 (aquarium) (Bozzini Quartet + 7090)
Niels Broos – Diverse
Ben van Bueren – Back To The Chorus (Postland)
Wilbert Bulsink – Modules for Modelo62 (Ensemble Modelo62)
Irene Cassarini / Guenter Råler – Shadow Index (Guenter Råler)
Arieh Chrem – Two Squares (Duo Ebano)
Thanasis Deligiannis – ENA ENA (I/O)
Karmit Fadael – Gaia (Merel Vercammen & Femke IJlstra)
Rembrandt Frerichs – Off the Carousel VIDEO
Alberto Granados – Culture Jam (Catching Cultures Orchestra)
Frieda Gustavs – Walzer
Vitali Karagkezidis – Aliens II (Bozzini Quartet)
Silvia Lanao – Friends (Bozzini Quartet)
Aaron Landsman – Follow (libretto) (Ensemble Klang + Stephanie Pan)
Nuno Lobo – Venus Flytrap Union (Merel Vercammen & Femke IJlstra)
Michele Mazzini – Blue mass (Duo Ebano)
Raivis Misjuns – Sweeping Memories (Duo Ebano)
Hibiki Mukai – Mechanische Huid IV: Bombshell (Duo Ebano)
Yu Oda – May Remain (Plastiklova)
Farid Sheek – Solo Melodic Daf / Ghorbat / Faghir / Chopin revisited (Farid Sheek Sabr Ensemble)
Igor C Silva – Follow (compositie) (Ensemble Klang + Stephanie Pan)
Aart Strootman – Modulair corsair: unkown undertow (Ensemble Modelo62)
Aart Strootman – Dwell in Darkness (Black Page Orchestra)
Celia Swart – elevation of self-validation’ (in Perceived Reality) (Kluster5)
Roché van Tiddens – Jonkershoek (Francesca Ajossa)
Angelo Ursini – Incostancy (Duo Ebano)
Hans Vercauteren – Drive-in (Duo Ebano)
Channe Visscher – Beyond the Hill (Catching Cultures Orchestra)
Esther Wu – The Other
Opdrachten 2020
Calliope Tsoupaki – Summer 2020 for Asko|Schönberg
Genevieve Murphy – Subverse Pt. 2 for Diamanda Dramm
Amin Amel Ebrahimi – Rumi Cycle for Jabiz Hafizi and Arash Roozbehi
Karen Tanaka – Techno Etudes 2 for Ralph van Raat
New pieces for Screen Dive
Daniel Ross (Verenigd Koninkrijk)
André Damião (Brazilië)
Elizabeth Jigalin (Australië)
Cameron Dodds (Verenigd Koninkrijk)
Alan Ahued Naime & Quintes Glerum (Mexico/Nederland)
Amy Brandon (Canada)
Sam Taylor (Verenigd Koninkrijk)
Adriana Minu & Christine Cornwell (Roemenië/Verenigd Koninkrijk)
Teodora Stepancic & Assaf Gidron (Verenigde Staten)
Ruben Kotkamp (Nederland)
Molly Joyce (Verenigde Staten)
Dganit Elyakim (Israël)
New pieces forSenses Working Overtime
Alberto Granados Reguilón (Spanje) – Earwash
Tak Cheung Hui (China) – Tangled Memory – dit werk werd uiteindelijk vertoond tijdens de Saturday Night Online
Mixing the Archive – 75 Years Gaudeamus
Christian Smith kreeg de opdracht een mix te maken van geluidsopnames van voormalige Gaudeamus Muziekweken; hij maakte maar liefst drie verschillende versies van Mixing the Archive – 75 Years Gaudeamus die op Stranded FM werden uitgezonden en onder andere hier nog te horen zijn.
Opdrachten 2019
Louis Andriessen / Malu Peeters – Alles is rond (multi-channel audiovisual installation Centraal Museum) met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
John L Baker – From a Sparrow Song (Kugoni Trio)
Stefan Bele – How to deal with an audio system (Kugoni Trio) VIDEO
Boris Bezemer – Bass Piece (James Oesi) i.s.m. Grachtenfestival / November Music met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten VIDEO
Jerzy Bielski – Breaking the Codes: Zamenhof Project (The Futurists) i.s.m. The Futurists / Asko|Schönberg met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten VIDEO
Jonas Bisquert – Nocturne In EUropean Waters (New European Ensemble & Randa Awad) i.s.m. Culture Unlimited met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten INTERVIEW
Bianca Bongers – to the ..light.. and the HEAVY!! (International Ensemble Modern Academy Ulysses) met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten AUDIO
Carlos Brito Dias – [a]void (Kugoni Trio)
Adrian Crespo Barba – For James Oesi (James Oesi) i.s.m. Grachtenfestival / November Music met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
Eda Er – …I should have known a better romance… (Kugoni Trio) AUDIO
Wim Henderickx – Sacred Places II (The Valley of the Gods) (Kugoni Trio) i.s.m. Kugoni Trio AUDIO
Sebastian Hilli – Bird (Asko|Schönberg) AUDIO
Nikos Kokolakis / Mariska de Groot – Klein Woestijn (Catchpenny Ensemble) met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
Stefan Maier – Rare Earth (Vicky Chow & Stefan Maier) AUDIO
Nicholas Morrish – Angel | Animal (Catchpenny Ensemble) AUDIO
Genevieve Murphy – They Move Differently Here (Ensemble Offspring) met dank aan Charles Davidson en Fonds Podiumkunsten INTERVIEW
Thomas Power – Talamh (James Oesi) i.s.m. Grachtenfestival / November Music met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten AUDIO
Christiaan Richter – We Get Requests (Asko|Schönberg) met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten VIDEO
Renata Sayakhova – Awareness (Kugoni Trio)
Kelley Sheehan – Eyes On (Nadar Ensemble) AUDIO
Gerhard Stäbler – Vier Gravuren (Asko|Schönberg)
Jasper Stadhouders – PolyBand Chapter II (PolyBand) i.s.m. DOEK met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten INTERVIEW
Aart Strootman – W.A.L.L (TEMKO, Slagwerk Den Haag, Pete Harden & Wiek Hijmans) i.s.m. Slagwerk Den Haag / November Music met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
Thierry Tidrow – Something Like That (Merel Vercammen & Ketevan Roinishvili)
Kaveh Vares – Hanging Gardens (Trio SayeRoshan) i.s.m. Culture Unlimited met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
Ivan Vukosavljević – The Burning (Ensemble Klang) met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten AUDIO
Aya Yoshida – MUJI (James Oesi) i.s.m. Grachtenfestival / November Music met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten VIDEO
Jacques Zafra – Einmal ist Einmal (Catchpenny Ensemble) i.s.m. Ulysses AUDIO
Opdrachten 2018
Utku Asuroglu – Cutoff (Slagwerk Den Haag / Ulysses) AUDIO
Bianca Bongers – Reiken (Kugoni Trio), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten AUDIO
Martijn Comes – Mother (Malgosia Fiebig), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten AUDIO
William Dougherty – as we come marching, marching (Slagwerk Den Haag) VIDEO
Lawrence Dunn – Disappointment Rondeau (Slagwerk Den Haag) VIDEO
Anthony Leigh Dunstan – ebb (Diamanda Dramm / Grachtenfestival), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
Moritz Eggert – The Collectors (Duo Simons|Napolov / November Music / Duo Simons|Napolov) AUDIO
Maya Fridman – arrangement Alfred Schnittke’s Peer Gynt (Tomoko Mukaiyama & Maya Fridman / Korzo & Tomoko Mukaiyama Foundation), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
Jan-Peter de Graaff – The Bells of St. Clement’s (Duo Simons|Napolov), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten AUDIO
Sebastian Hilli – Psycho Wood (Slagwerk Den Haag) VIDEO
Vitali Karagkezidis – Sonic Tenses (Diamanda Dramm / Grachtenfestival), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
Johannes Kreidler – Piece for harp and video (Miriam Overlach / Miriam Overlach) VIDEO
Matthias Krüger – Dance of the Dream Men (Part I) (Slagwerk Den Haag) VIDEO
William Kuo – The Hand Holds No Weapon (Ensemble Nikel) VIDEO
Raphaël Languillat – (((LIMBO))) _ plexus (part i) (Slagwerk Den Haag) VIDEO
Aurélie Lierman – (Non) Human & Animism (But What About), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten AUDIO
Solomiya Moroz – Arrows That Remain (Quatuor Bozzini / Quatuor Bozzini) VIDEO
Lise Morrison – Cleared Air and Delicate Dust ( Quatuor Bozzini / Quatuor Bozzini ) VIDEO
Gagi Petrovic & Maya Fridman – Reminders (song), Depletions (song) (Gagi Petrovic & Maya Fridman), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
Petra Strahovnik – Amaranthine (Saskia Lankhoorn / Dag in de Branding), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten AUDIO
Alexey Retinsky – DUDA (Keuris Quartet / Keuris Quartet)
Carmen Vanderveken – Jeux (Fie Schouten, Eva van de Poll & Jeroen Kimman / Basklarinet Festijn), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
Dan VanHassel – Schizoid Devices (Keuris Quartet / Keuris Quartet)
Kaveh Vares & Rafael Fraga – arrangement Persian songs (Calefax, Matangi String Quartet & Mohammad Motamedi), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten
Anthony Vine – The Innocence of Trees (Quatuor Bozzini, Dudok Kwartet, and BL!NDMAN Strings) AUDIO
Ivan Vukosavljević – Still Life (orkest de ereprijs / orkest de ereprijs), met dank aan Fonds Podiumkunsten VIDEO
Frej Wedlund – Crumblings (Keuris Quartet / Keuris Quartet)
Chris Williams – Growth is Form (Malgosia Fiebig)
Tsu-Yao Yang – Pour Nesat (Keuris Quartet / Keuris Quartet)
Opdrachten 2017
Utku Asuroglu – This and That (International Ensemble Modern Academy)
Simon Bertrand – l’Homme Invisible (Utrecht String Quartet / Thorwald Jorgenson)
Boris Bezemer – nog geen titel (Nikel Ensemble)
Ethan Braun – Excess Frame (Kluster 5)
Zeno van den Broek – Panauditum (SPOR festival)
Thanasis Deligiannis – RE-FUSE (Greek National Opera (Alternative Stage))
Maya Fridman – arrangement Schnittke’s Peer Gynt (Maya Fridman & Tomoko Mukaiyama)
Jan-Peter de Graaff – Rimpelingen (Asko|Schönberg, tevens co-producent)
Alexander Khubeev – The Codex of Thoughtcrimes (Asko|Schönberg)
Georgia Koumará – Intertwined Peculiarities (Kluster5)
Yannis Kyriakides – Music for barges (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, tevens co-producent)
Mikołaj Laskowski – nog geen titel (Nikel Ensemble)
Sky Macklay – Exponential (Kluster5)
Genevieve Murphy – Squeeze Machine (International Ensemble Modern Academy)
Manuel Sanchez Garcia & Georgi Sztojanov – VULNUS (Fors Seulement)
Maxim Shalygin – Lacrimosa (Shapeshift / November Music)
Igor C Silva – Plastic Air (Trash Panda Collective)
Aart Strootman – Shambling Emerge – after after party (Kluster5)
Chaz Underriner – Nocturne Series: 8 (Kluster5)
Bart de Vrees – For flute or piano or mandolin or percussion or bassoon or guitar or violin or harp or clarinet or………. (Insomnio)
Stef Veldhuis – ECHO (Stichting ECHO)
Maya Verlaak – Song and Dance (International Ensemble Modern Academy)
Ivan Vukosavljevic – Stone Skeleton (Kluster5)
Felipe Waller – Echo Chambers (Nadezda Filippova / Dutch Classical Talent)
Yukiko Watanabe – Nue (International Ensemble Modern Academy)