composer | director
Ophelia
film, 10 min. (loop)
short film based on a character from the film "Urwald"
Jimei x Arles festival, Xiamen, China, 2017
Images Énervées
multi-channel video and audio installation
an ongoing collaboration with photographer Sofie Knijff
Arles (FR) 2017
Seattle (USA) 2017
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
recorders, video
solo recorder player uses foot switch to trigger interactive video and audio samples
duration: 11 minutes
Original premiere 2009, Jorge Isaac, recorders
percussion solo, 3 foot switches trigger samples and video
duration: 20 minutes
Original premiere December 2008, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam
Arnold Marinissen, percussion
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
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
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
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
Inside Out
film
developed in collaboration with composer Roderik de Man
featuring the Asko|Schönberg ensemble
original premiere: 6 May 2006, Grand Theatre Groningen
composition for solo recorder, samples, video
duration: 16 minutes
Jorge Isaac, recorders
Mirjam ter Linden, actrice
premiere: Feb. 2006
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
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
piano solo, video, super8-film
duration: 16 minutes
premiere: Feb. 2005, Alkmaar, NL
Ralph van Raat, piano
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
recorders, video
solo recorder player uses foot switch to trigger interactive video and audio samples
duration: 11 minutes
Original premiere 2009, Jorge Isaac, recorders
percussion solo, 3 foot switches trigger samples and video
duration: 20 minutes
Original premiere December 2008, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam
Arnold Marinissen, percussion
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
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
composition for solo recorder, samples, video
duration: 16 minutes
Jorge Isaac, recorders
Mirjam ter Linden, actrice
premiere: Feb. 2006
piano solo, video, super8-film
duration: 16 minutes
premiere: Feb. 2005, Alkmaar, NL
Ralph van Raat, piano
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
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
Ophelia
film, 10 min. (loop)
short film based on a character from the film "Urwald"
Jimei x Arles festival, Xiamen, China, 2017
Images Énervées
multi-channel video and audio installation
an ongoing collaboration with photographer Sofie Knijff
Arles (FR) 2017
Seattle (USA) 2017
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
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
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
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
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
Inside Out
film
developed in collaboration with composer Roderik de Man
featuring the Asko|Schönberg ensemble
original premiere: 6 May 2006, Grand Theatre Groningen