Arnoud Noordegraaf

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opera / music theatre

ensemble, solo

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Ophelia

film, 10 min. (loop)

short film based on a character from the film "Urwald"

Jimei x Arles festival, Xiamen, China, 2017

 

project page

Images Énervées

multi-channel video and audio installation

an ongoing collaboration with photographer Sofie Knijff

Arles (FR) 2017

Seattle (USA) 2017

 

project page

Huid

tactile music theatre

collaboration with Boukje Schweigman and Slagwerk Den Haag. 3 percussionists, 4 actors, amplification

duration: 75 minutes

director - Boukje Schweigman

composition - Arnoud Noordegraaf

scenography and light design - Theun Mosk

sound design - Matthijs Ruijter

 

Original premiere 24 October 2016, Schouwburg Utrecht

 

project page

Tampopo

composition with film

pan fl. rec. vla. perc. samples, video

duration: 10 minutes

 

actors: Francesca Lazzeri, Hidde Aans-Verkade

 

original premiere: 13 February 2015, De Doelen, Rotterdam

Black Pencil ensemble

 

project page

As Big as the Sky
opera

baritone, chinese soprano, mezzo soprano, chinese tenor

sheng fl/pic. cl./b.cl.. bsn. trp hr. vl. vla. vc. db. 2-perc. samples

duration: 110 minutes

composition and director - Arnoud Noordegraaf

set design - Ai Weiwei

libretto - Adrian Hornsby

light design - Mark Heinz

Original premiere: 11 June 2015, Holland Festival Amsterdam

Martijn Cornet, Hé Yi, Zheng Bo, Merlijn Runia

Asko|Schönberg ensemble, Bas Wiegers, cond.

project page

UrWald

music theatre, feature film

ensemble, actor, film projection, sound tracks

ob. cl./b.cl. bsn. tp. trb. pc. pf. vl. vla. vc. db. samples, film

duration: 65 minutes

Sytske van der Ster
Hylke van Sprundel
Marijn Klaver
Arnica Elsendoorn

composition and director Arnoud Noordegraaf
director of photography Gabor Deak
script Adrian Hornsby
set and light design Bart Visser

Original premiere 10 October 2013, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam

Porgy Franssen, Nieuw Amsterdams Peil

 

project page

DoubleMusic

7 films for a special concert program by Slagwerk Den Haag,
duration:  7 x 3 minutes

featuring composers-in-pairs

Louis Andriessen & Martijn Padding, Michael Gordon & Julia Wolfe, Huba de Graaff & Jan van de Putte, Pete Harden & Oscar Bettison, Yannis Kyriakides & Marko Ciciliani, Tom Johnson & Luiz Henrique Yudo, Peter Adriaansz & Maarten Altena.

premiere Nov 2012

project page

Verzonken

for altsax solo with ob. b.cl. bsn. samples, video

duration: 10 minutes

Raaf Hekkema, solo and actor on film

 

premiere 25 May 25 2011, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam

 

part of the Calefax reed quintet's 'Moving Music' concert program—written as part of the Calefax composer-in-residency program

 

project page

Moving Music

stage scenography and 7 films

Calefax concert program with works by
Julia Wolfe, Wouter Snoei, Steve Reich,
Guus Janssen, Luca Francesconi et al.

duration: ± 60 minutes

premiere 25 May 25 2011, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam

 

project page

A.M.

chamber opera

soprano, cl. trb. vl. db. toy-pf perc. + sound tracks and
2 video projections

duration: 75 minutes

cast
Mariko Tsuboi
Tetsuro Takei
Madama Ishibashi
Tomohiro Inumaru
Masachi Maruyama
Jeremy Harley

composer and director - Arnoud Noordegraaf

director of photography - Rick Stout

script, libretto - Adrian Hornsby

set and light design - Bart Visser

film producer Eijun Sugihara

producer - Roland Spekle

Original premiere (with soprano only) 13 November 2010, November Music Den Bosch

Full revision premiere 11 June 2011 Holland Festival Amsterdam

Mikae Natsuyama, soprano

Michel Marang, clarinets
Koen Kaptein, trombone
Marleen Wester, Junko Naito, violin
Jelte van Andel, contrabass

 

project page

 

Fugue

solo violin, video

foot switch to trigger samples, video and light

duration: 10 minutes

Original premiere 23 November 2010, Huddersfield festival, UK

composed for and starring Monica Germino

 

project page

Anticantate

film and scenography

for music theatre show by Rosa Ensemble

3 moving video projectors projecting film on Japanese furinkazan flags around the audience, as well as on the ensemble

Piano: Laurens de Boer
Bas: Peter Jessen
Guitar: Jeroen Kimman
Electronica/drum: Daniel Cross
Performance: Lizzy Timmers

premiere: 18 June 2009, Utrecht, Netherlands

trailer on media page

external project page

Varèse 360°

video creative liaison for video artist Gary Hill

large concert with all works by Edgard Varese, plus seven large, moving video projections, driving plasma screens,
three performance artist and a tightrope walker.


Rotterdam Philharmonic, Peter Eötvös cond.

Capella Amsterdam

Pierre Audi, mis-en-espace

Gary Hill, video

premiere: 13 June 2009, Gashouder Amsterdam, Holland Festival

Holland Festival project page

 

e.Tude

recorders, video

solo recorder player uses foot switch to trigger interactive video and audio samples

duration: 11 minutes

Original premiere 2009, Jorge Isaac, recorders

 

project page

 

Soloist

percussion solo, 3 foot switches trigger samples and video

duration: 20 minutes

Original premiere December 2008, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam

Arnold Marinissen, percussion

 

project page

 

Blow Out
composition with film

wind ensemble: ob. 2cl. b.cl. sop.sax alt.sax ten/bar sax bsn.
4trp. 4trb. b.trb. tuba el.guit. el.bass pf. 2 drum sets, samples, film

duration: 13 minutes

Original premiere: June 2008, BIMhuis Amsterdam

part of the Holland Festival 2008, David Kweksilber Bigband

Film shot in China and Holland

 

project page

Muze

music theatre

baritone, cello, percussion, samples, video

duration: 60 minutes

set and light design: Luuk Vierhout

costumes: Dieuweke van Reij

 

premiere: May 2007 Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht

Romain Bischoff, baritone
Saartje van Kamp, cello
Marcel Andriessen, percussion

cast on film: Raymond Thierry, Doris Madreiter, Romain Bischoff

 

project page

Interim

mezzo soprano, rec. cl. trb. pf. el.guit. perc. vl. db. samples, video

texts by Georges Perec

duration: 16 minutes

Original premiere: Feb 2007 Paradiso, Amsterdam

Kristina Fuchs, mezzo, ensemble-mae, Otto Tausk, conductor

 

project page

After Life

film production, first assistant

for the critically acclaimed opera by Michel van der Aa
crew setup and assisting the director

film shoot on location in Holland, and in the studios of the Dutch National Opera

premiere: June 2 2006, Holland Festival

A Dutch Opera production

Film producer Inexcelsisvideo

project page

Inside Out

film

developed in collaboration with composer Roderik de Man

featuring the Asko|Schönberg ensemble

original premiere: 6 May 2006, Grand Theatre Groningen

 

excerpt in the media section

 

Strung

composition for solo recorder, samples, video

duration: 16 minutes

Jorge Isaac, recorders

Mirjam ter Linden, actrice

 

premiere: Feb. 2006

 

project page

 

Solitude

music theatre

in collaboration with Robert van Heumen, composer

based on the novel 'The Invention of Solitude' by Paul Auster

15-scrim spacial video installation

duration: 45 minutes

video, script, scenography: Arnoud Noordegraaf

composition/sound scape: Robert van Heumen

set construction: Edd Vossen

actor: Willem Kuyvenhoven

voiceover: Han Buhrs

Original premiere: 16 November 2005,
November Music, Vooruit Ghent Belgium

project page

Voyager

chamber opera

Mezzo Soprano, sound tracks and 2-channel video

duration: 30 minutes

Original premiere: May 2004, Gaudeamus Music Theatre
Festival Amsterdam

Marieke Koster, soprano

 

project page

Tod & Wahnsinn

piano solo, video, super8-film

duration: 16 minutes

premiere: Feb. 2005, Alkmaar, NL

Ralph van Raat, piano

 

project page

Pong

harpsichord, dvd-video

duration: 20 minutes

 

cast: Paul van der Laan, Gonny Gaakeer

director of photography: Lennert Hillege

 

original premiere: Jan. 2004, Film Museum, Amsterdam

 

written for Annelie de Man, harpsichord

 

project page

Tast

composition with film

2 soprano's, piano, percussion, sound tracks, video

cast: Danielle van Vree, David Weber-Krebs, Emmy van Lier, Ger van der Grijn

director of photography: Lennert Hillege

live: Mikae Natsuyama, Gabi Wagschal, sopranos
Marion von Tilzer, piano
Hans Asselbergs, percussion

duration: 25 minutes

premiere: Dec. 2002, Korzo theatre The Hague

 

project page

Al

Hu

As

Ur

A.

Mu

So

Vo

Huid

tactile music theatre

collaboration with Boukje Schweigman and Slagwerk Den Haag. 3 percussionists, 4 actors, amplification

duration: 75 minutes

director - Boukje Schweigman

composition - Arnoud Noordegraaf

scenography and light design - Theun Mosk

sound design - Matthijs Ruijter

 

Original premiere 24 October 2016, Schouwburg Utrecht

 

project page

As Big as the Sky
opera

baritone, chinese soprano, mezzo soprano, chinese tenor

sheng fl/pic. cl./b.cl.. bsn. trp hr. vl. vla. vc. db. 2-perc. samples

duration: 110 minutes

composition and director - Arnoud Noordegraaf

set design - Ai Weiwei

libretto - Adrian Hornsby

light design - Mark Heinz

Original premiere: 11 June 2015, Holland Festival Amsterdam

Martijn Cornet, Hé Yi, Zheng Bo, Merlijn Runia

Asko|Schönberg ensemble, Bas Wiegers, cond.

project page

UrWald

music theatre, feature film

ensemble, actor, film projection, sound tracks

ob. cl./b.cl. bsn. tp. trb. pc. pf. vl. vla. vc. db. samples, film

duration: 65 minutes

Sytske van der Ster
Hylke van Sprundel
Marijn Klaver
Arnica Elsendoorn

composition and director Arnoud Noordegraaf
director of photography Gabor Deak
script Adrian Hornsby
set and light design Bart Visser

Original premiere 10 October 2013, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam

Porgy Franssen, Nieuw Amsterdams Peil

 

project page

A.M.

chamber opera

soprano, cl. trb. vl. db. toy-pf perc. + sound tracks and
2 video projections

duration: 75 minutes

cast
Mariko Tsuboi
Tetsuro Takei
Madama Ishibashi
Tomohiro Inumaru
Masachi Maruyama
Jeremy Harley

composer and director - Arnoud Noordegraaf

director of photography - Rick Stout

script, libretto - Adrian Hornsby

set and light design - Bart Visser

film producer Eijun Sugihara

producer - Roland Spekle

Original premiere (with soprano only) 13 November 2010, November Music Den Bosch

Full revision premiere 11 June 2011 Holland Festival Amsterdam

Mikae Natsuyama, soprano

Michel Marang, clarinets
Koen Kaptein, trombone
Marleen Wester, Junko Naito, violin
Jelte van Andel, contrabass

 

project page

 

Muze

music theatre

baritone, cello, percussion, samples, video

duration: 60 minutes

set and light design: Luuk Vierhout

costumes: Dieuweke van Reij

 

premiere: May 2007 Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht

Romain Bischoff, baritone
Saartje van Kamp, cello
Marcel Andriessen, percussion

cast on film: Raymond Thierry, Doris Madreiter, Romain Bischoff

 

project page

Solitude

music theatre

in collaboration with Robert van Heumen, composer

based on the novel 'The Invention of Solitude' by Paul Auster

15-scrim spacial video installation

duration: 45 minutes

video, script, scenography: Arnoud Noordegraaf

composition/sound scape: Robert van Heumen

set construction: Edd Vossen

actor: Willem Kuyvenhoven

voiceover: Han Buhrs

Original premiere: 16 November 2005,
November Music, Vooruit Ghent Belgium

project page

Voyager

chamber opera

Mezzo Soprano, sound tracks and 2-channel video

duration: 30 minutes

Original premiere: May 2004, Gaudeamus Music Theatre
Festival Amsterdam

Marieke Koster, soprano

 

project page

Ta

Ve

Fu

eT

So

Bl

In

St

†

Po

Ta

Tampopo

composition with film

pan fl. rec. vla. perc. samples, video

duration: 10 minutes

 

actors: Francesca Lazzeri, Hidde Aans-Verkade

 

original premiere: 13 February 2015, De Doelen, Rotterdam

Black Pencil ensemble

 

project page

Verzonken

for altsax solo with ob. b.cl. bsn. samples, video

duration: 10 minutes

Raaf Hekkema, solo and actor on film

 

premiere 25 May 25 2011, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam

 

part of the Calefax reed quintet's 'Moving Music' concert program—written as part of the Calefax composer-in-residency program

 

project page

Fugue

solo violin, video

foot switch to trigger samples, video and light

duration: 10 minutes

Original premiere 23 November 2010, Huddersfield festival, UK

composed for and starring Monica Germino

 

project page

e.Tude

recorders, video

solo recorder player uses foot switch to trigger interactive video and audio samples

duration: 11 minutes

Original premiere 2009, Jorge Isaac, recorders

 

project page

 

Soloist

percussion solo, 3 foot switches trigger samples and video

duration: 20 minutes

Original premiere December 2008, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam

Arnold Marinissen, percussion

 

project page

 

Blow Out
composition with film

wind ensemble: ob. 2cl. b.cl. sop.sax alt.sax ten/bar sax bsn.
4trp. 4trb. b.trb. tuba el.guit. el.bass pf. 2 drum sets, samples, film

duration: 13 minutes

Original premiere: June 2008, BIMhuis Amsterdam

part of the Holland Festival 2008, David Kweksilber Bigband

Film shot in China and Holland

 

project page

Interim

mezzo soprano, rec. cl. trb. pf. el.guit. perc. vl. db. samples, video

texts by Georges Perec

duration: 16 minutes

Original premiere: Feb 2007 Paradiso, Amsterdam

Kristina Fuchs, mezzo, ensemble-mae, Otto Tausk, conductor

 

project page

Strung

composition for solo recorder, samples, video

duration: 16 minutes

Jorge Isaac, recorders

Mirjam ter Linden, actrice

 

premiere: Feb. 2006

 

project page

 

Tod & Wahnsinn

piano solo, video, super8-film

duration: 16 minutes

premiere: Feb. 2005, Alkmaar, NL

Ralph van Raat, piano

 

project page

Pong

harpsichord, dvd-video

duration: 20 minutes

 

cast: Paul van der Laan, Gonny Gaakeer

director of photography: Lennert Hillege

 

original premiere: Jan. 2004, Film Museum, Amsterdam

 

written for Annelie de Man, harpsichord

 

project page

Tast

composition with film

2 soprano's, piano, percussion, sound tracks, video

cast: Danielle van Vree, David Weber-Krebs, Emmy van Lier, Ger van der Grijn

director of photography: Lennert Hillege

live: Mikae Natsuyama, Gabi Wagschal, sopranos
Marion von Tilzer, piano
Hans Asselbergs, percussion

duration: 25 minutes

premiere: Dec. 2002, Korzo theatre The Hague

 

project page

Op

Im

Dm

Mo

An

Va

Af

In

Ophelia

film, 10 min. (loop)

short film based on a character from the film "Urwald"

Jimei x Arles festival, Xiamen, China, 2017

 

project page

Images Énervées

multi-channel video and audio installation

an ongoing collaboration with photographer Sofie Knijff

Arles (FR) 2017

Seattle (USA) 2017

 

project page

DoubleMusic

7 films for a special concert program by Slagwerk Den Haag,
duration:  7 x 3 minutes

featuring composers-in-pairs

Louis Andriessen & Martijn Padding, Michael Gordon & Julia Wolfe, Huba de Graaff & Jan van de Putte, Pete Harden & Oscar Bettison, Yannis Kyriakides & Marko Ciciliani, Tom Johnson & Luiz Henrique Yudo, Peter Adriaansz & Maarten Altena.

premiere Nov 2012

project page

Moving Music

stage scenography and 7 films

Calefax concert program with works by
Julia Wolfe, Wouter Snoei, Steve Reich,
Guus Janssen, Luca Francesconi et al.

duration: ± 60 minutes

premiere 25 May 25 2011, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam

 

project page

Anticantate

film and scenography

for music theatre show by Rosa Ensemble

3 moving video projectors projecting film on Japanese furinkazan flags around the audience, as well as on the ensemble

Piano: Laurens de Boer
Bas: Peter Jessen
Guitar: Jeroen Kimman
Electronica/drum: Daniel Cross
Performance: Lizzy Timmers

premiere: 18 June 2009, Utrecht, Netherlands

trailer on media page

external project page

Varèse 360°

video creative liaison for video artist Gary Hill

large concert with all works by Edgard Varese, plus seven large, moving video projections, driving plasma screens,
three performance artist and a tightrope walker.


Rotterdam Philharmonic, Peter Eötvös cond.

Capella Amsterdam

Pierre Audi, mis-en-espace

Gary Hill, video

premiere: 13 June 2009, Gashouder Amsterdam, Holland Festival

Holland Festival project page

 

After Life

film production, first assistant

for the critically acclaimed opera by Michel van der Aa
crew setup and assisting the director

film shoot on location in Holland, and in the studios of the Dutch National Opera

premiere: June 2 2006, Holland Festival

A Dutch Opera production

Film producer Inexcelsisvideo

project page

Inside Out

film

developed in collaboration with composer Roderik de Man

featuring the Asko|Schönberg ensemble

original premiere: 6 May 2006, Grand Theatre Groningen

 

excerpt in the media section