Van der Aa's work is the musical counterpart to M.C. Escher's perspective suggestions and manipulations - his acoustic distortion creates a similar picture puzzle. The Here Trilogy creates musical ten...
Like the seemingly irregular movements of a tautening and slackening elastic rope, the impulses between live piano and piano soundtrack are given a push and passed on. Annoying tonal interferences des...
In 2013 Michel von der Aa received the Grawemeyer Award, one of the most prestigious international composition awards, for his cello concerto 'Up-Close'. This much-noticed work was written for the Arg...
In diesem abwechslungsreichen Liederzyklus vertont Michel van der Aa, Träger des Grawemeyer Awards, zwei Gedichte der Dichterin Carol Ann Duffy, setzt aber auch auf die erzählerische Kraft der Instrum...
Memo is a theatrical solo for a violinist using a small tape recorder on the stage. Following the detailed instructions in the score, the performer records certain passages played by him- or herself l...
'Rekindle' continues Michel van der Aa's series of solo pieces in which the composer explores the changing perspective between live sound and playback music and the dissolution of boundaries of these...
Two drummers with almost identical instruments are standing on stage and start a virtual round - while the first drummer is playing the instruments, the second is not allowed to touch them. The dumb p...
Zwei Schlagzeuger mit jeweils fast identischem Instrumentarium stehen auf der Bühne und beginnen einen virtuellen Kanon - während der erste die Instrumente bedient, darf der nachspielende Musiker die...
Gesangstext: Libretto von Hirokazu Kore-Eda, adaptiert von Michel van der Aa (engl.) Besetzung: 2S,M,A,2Bar; 0.1.1.bcl.0-0.1.0.1-positive org(=hpd)-strings(4.4.3.2.2); electronic soundtrack; video pro...
Rekindle' continues Michel van der Aa's series of solo pieces in which the composer explores the changing perspective between live sound and playback music and the dissolution of boundaries of these t...
