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13 Apr 2014
14:00 noordbrabants museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch
article 7 [ seven ways to climb a mountain ]
Fie Schouten performs the composition article 7 [seven ways to climb a mountain] for bass clarinet and electronic sounds during her recital at the North Brabant Museum.
25 Oct 2014 
Transit -  Festival van Vlaanderen/ Vlaams-Brabant, Leuven, BELGIUM
16:00
WORLD PREMIERE: Nadir (2014) – world premiere
New work for string quartet and electronic sounds
Transit - Festival van Vlaanderen/ Vlaams-Brabant, Leuven, Belgium
Bozzini Quartet
World premiere of a new composition, commissioned by Bozzini Quartet, and November Music
On 25 October 2014 during the Transit Festival (Festival van Vlaanderen) Bozzini Quartet will present the world premiere of Nadir for string quartet and electronic sounds (2014) by Rozalie Hirs. In 2011 and 2012 the exquisite Bozzini Quartet, based in Montréal, toured Hirs’s first string quartet Zenit(2010) in Canada, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. The new work is scored for two violins
28 Oct 2014 
November Music, De Link, Tilburg, NETHERLANDS
NETHERLANDS PREMIERE:  Nadir (2014)
New work for string quartet and electronic sounds
Dutch premiere of a new composition, commissioned by Bozzini Quartet, and November Music
On 25 October 2014 during the Transit Festival (Festival van Vlaanderen) Bozzini Quartet will present the world premiere of Nadir for string quartet and electronic sounds (2014) by Rozalie Hirs. In 2011 and 2012 the exquisite Bozzini Quartet, based in Montréal, toured Hirs’s first string quartet Zenit(2010) in Canada, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. The new work is scored for two violins
6 November 2014 
November Music, 
Verkadefabriek, 
Den Bosch
Roseherte – world premiere of the new version for small orchestra
During the opening concert of November Music 2014 on Thursday 6 November 2014 Roseherte (2008) by Rozalie Hirs will be performed by philharmonie zuidnederland.
In its original version this work is scored for a ninety-piece symphony orchestra & electronic sounds. On 6 November 2014 a brandnew version for forty-two piece orchestra & electronic sounds will be played. The new instrumentation is 2222.2221.arp.2perc.pf.66442 & electronic sounds.
8 Nov 2014
November Music, Muziekcentrum De Toonzaal, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
NETHERLANDS PREMIERE:  Nadir (2014)
New work for string quartet and electronic sounds
On 8 November 2014 at 19:00 Bozzini Quartet will present the Dutch premiere of Nadir for string quartet and electronic sounds (2014) by Rozalie Hirs at November Music, Den Bosch, The Netherlands. In 2011 and 2012 the exquisite Bozzini Quartet, based in Montréal, toured Hirs’s first string quartet Zenit (2010) in Canada, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. The new work is scored for two violins, viola, cello, and electronic sounds. The sounds are synthesized from sinetones through additive synthesis. The other pieces on the programme are a new work by Frederik Neyrinck and Euler Lattice Spirals Scenery by Marc Sabat. (photograph: Michael Slobodian) 

With special thanks to Casper Schipper for assistance with the sound synthesis in SuperCollider and to Arne Bock for the sound projection in the hall.

Nadir (2014) was commissioned by Bozzini Quartet and November Music, with financial support from Netherlands Performing Arts Fund.
26 Nov 2014
Concertzaal, Tilburg, The Netherlands

27 Nov 2014
Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Piet Heinkade 5, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
       
      
New work for string orchestra – world premiere
On 27 November 2014 Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Candida Thompson (principal player and artistic director) will perform a new work by Rozalie Hirs for string orchestra, commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

In her youth Rozalie developed an early affection for the works by Béla Bartók, starting with the works for piano solo, soon to be followed by the works for strings: his string quartets, duos for two violins, violin concertos, Divertimento for strings, and Music for Strings, Celesta and Percussion.

Hirs’s new work is written in reply to Bartók’s Divertimento. She regards it as an honor to be performed by Amsterdam Sinfonietta alongside her first musical hero. Further compositions in the program are Fugue on the name B.A.C.H. by Robert Schumann and Concerto Funebre by Karl Amadeus Hartmann. The soloist of the evening is violinist Isabelle Faust.

The instrumentation of the new work by Hirs is 6-6-5-4-2 (6 first violins, 6 second violins, 5 violas, 4 cellos, 2 double basses).
26 March 2015
Korzo Theater, Prinsestraat, The Hague, The Netherlands
New Work for Ensemble
On 26 March 2015 at 20:30 CET in Korzo theater, The Hague, The Netherlands, Ensemble NAP (Nieuw Amsterdams Peil) will present a program with works by Reza Namavar, Janco Verduijn, Pavel Szymanski, György Ligeti, and Rozalie Hirs. The performers are Eline van Esch, Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, Gerard Bouwhuis, Heleen Hulst, and Mick Stirling.

The work by Hirs is a new quintet, scored for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello, commissioned by Ensemble NAP, and premiered a week before at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
18 March 2015
AAA serie, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Piet Heinkade 5, The Netherlands
New work for ensemble – world premiere
On 18 March 2015 at 20:15 CET Ensemble NAP (Nieuw Amsterdams Peil) will present the program Aan Barrels as part of the AAA-series in Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The consists of works by Reza Namavar, Janco Verduijn, Pavel Szymanski, György Ligeti, and Rozalie Hirs. The performers are Eline van Esch, Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, Gerard Bouwhuis, Heleen Hulst, and Mick Stirling.

The work by Hirs is a brandnew quintet, scored for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello, commissioned by Ensemble NAP.
13 April 2015
Composition/ Department of Music, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Lecture, UC Santa Barbara, United States
On 13 April 2015 Rozalie Hirs is giving a lecture at the Composition Department at University of California, Santa Barbara, on her recent musical works and compositional techniques.
18 April 2015
Music Department, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA 94613, United States

Concert, Mills College, United States
On 18 April 2015 at 20:00 PST Mills Performing Group (MPG), founded in 1963 by Darius Milhaud, Luciano Berio, and Morton Subotnick, will perform several works by Hirs during Mills Music Now at Mills College, Oakland, California.
26 April 2015
Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Piet Heinkade 5, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Hilbert’s Hotel – world premiere
On 26 April 2015 at 11:00 CET the new composition Hilbert’s Hotel for microtonal organ and electronic sounds by Rozalie Hirs receives its world premiere during the program Hilbert’s Hotel at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The organ is the 31-tone Fokker organ of the Huygens-Fokker Foundation, Center for Microtonal Music, Amsterdam. The photograph shows the keyboard of the instrument.

Other works on the program are Reflexions Sonores by Henri Carf and several baroque works for flute and organ. The performers of these works are Ere Lievonen (organ) en Raymond Honing (flute).
P A S T   H I G H L I G H T S 
September 2013
Korzo Theater, Den Haag
PREMIERE 'Article 6'
Premiere Concert of 'Article 6' for electric guitar and electronic sounds.
September 2013
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
Amsterdam Sinfonietta perfom 'Zenit' at anniversary concert
The Amsterdam Sinfonietta will perform 'Zenit' as part of their 25th anniversary concert
September 2012
'Roseherte' performed by Warsaw Philharmonic
Rozalie Hirs work 'Roseherte' will be presented at the inauguration concert of the 55. International Festival of Contemporary Music ‘Warsaw Autumn'.
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