composer | director
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Al
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
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
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
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
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