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Blickwinkel - Kirche Unterburg
On February 13th 2022, Blickwinkel performed at the Kirche Unterburg in Solingen, Germany. In this occasion the players were surrounded by the audience, which in turn was surrounded by a quadraphonic system. The tower's bells were processed real-time and amplified in the sound system. For the first time after the floods in Solingen in July 2021, music was again resounding within the walls of the church.Christopher Collings: trumpet, flugelhorn, didgeridoo, visual projections, electronicsJuan V
Blickwinkel - URBAUM
On October 7th 2021 we premiered URBAUM in the Lichtturm in Solingen, Germany. During the following three days we performed in the evenings
Die Nacht der offenen Kirchen - Kirche Ketzberg Solingen
On Friday, October 1st. 2021, Christopher Collings (processed trumpet, flugelhorn and didgeridoo) and myself (in processing, electronics and sound projection) played a concert in the Kirche Ketzberg, in Solingen, Germany as part of Die Nacht der offenen Kirchen event. This concert was our debut as duo and also marked our first try out for our new performing setup. We worked on this setup for over a year, without counting previous years of jam sessions and performances of Stockhausen's music duri
Virtual Soundscapes
My project Virtual Soundscapes received a starting grant from Creative Culture Funds NL (aka Stimuleringfonds). I'm very happy to be able to work building up this very ambitious project! In this project I'm going to be researching, investigating and recreating nature sounds with purely digital means. First Research / Experimental Phase Completed As a final result of the first stage of the project I'm sharing in the link below a controlled transition between day, storm and night virtual soundscap
Virtual Bells
Experimenting on the traditional sound of carillon bells and modern digital synthesis.
A new version of Stockhausen's SYNTHI-FOU
Probably since I heard Antonio Perez Abellán play SYNTHI-FOU in Kürten (Germany) in 2009, I knew I wanted to work in this piece. Pianist Ivan Pavlov watching video material from the premiére of SYNTHI-FOU in my home studio in Rijnsburg.The score calls for 131 different sound timbres on multiple synthesisers that are used in succession through the piece, often more than one timbre is being played simultaneously. In this project, it was my duty to design the instrument (as a combination of hardwar
SEE – Sonology Electroacoustic Ensemble
On March 31st, 2015, I played piano and shortwave radio with the Sonology Electroacoustic Ensemble. This time we did a free improvisation:The performance took place in the Kees van Baarenzaal at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague.
SEE – Sonology Electroacoustic Ensemble
While I was doing my master at the Institute of Sonology, I had the chance to play the piano in the Sonology Electroacoustic Ensemble together with student colleagues from those years together with Richard Barrett.I recently found a recording of our presentation in a Sonology Concert in February 2015. We gave a rendition of one of Stockhausen intuitive music pieces from FÜR KOMMENDE ZEITEN: ÜBEREINSTIMMUNG (UNANIMITY) for ensemble.More to follow...
Studying Carillon
Between 2009 and 2014 I did my bachelor in music in the city of Amersfoort, in the Dutch School of Carillon (Nederlandse Beiaardschool - Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht). I studied with Frans Haagen, Henk Verhoef and Gijsbert Kok. During those years I was fortunate to play in various towers in The Netherlands (Amersfoort, Leiden, Amsterdam, Delft, Doesburg), Belgium and Poland.My final exam took place in Amersfoort, in the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren and comprised the following pieces: • Improvis
VERSE – Generative Music Boxes
Endless melodies for infinite music boxes.