‘Dada in de kelder: What the Waf, mooiste concert van het Grachtenfestival, wekte Nelly van Doesburg tot leven.’ Joyce Roodnat – NRC What the Waf is een ode aan kunstbeweging De Stijl en de dadaïstische soirees van begin vorige eeuw. Muzikaal aanknopingspunt voor What the Waf is pianiste Nelly van Doesburg, vrouw van Theo van […]
An overview of seven years of the concertserie Tracks for the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Musicians: Rembrandt Frerichs Remy van Kesteren Nieuw Amsterdam Klarinet Kwartet Hauska Alma Kwartet Ragazze Kwartet Matthew Barely Izhar Elias Stage director: Jorinde Keesmaat Light: Desiree van Gelderen Video: Jurjen Alkema Producer: Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Official announcement After studying in London and the Netherlands, she feels just as much at ease in the New York art scene, where her spectacular music theatre scores highly. Even more remarkable is her ability to connect the work of established composers such as Louis Andriessen with the makers and audiences of her own generation. […]
Fast Forward: Jorinde Keesmaat & Center for Contemporary Opera, New York from Fonds Podiumkunsten on Vimeo. Met het programma ‘Fast Forward: talent in internationale context’ biedt het Fonds Podiumkunsten elf talentvolle makers de gelegenheid om onder de vleugels van een buitenlandse producent te werken aan een voorstelling of concert. In deze reportage van Fonds Podiumkunsten zie […]
Opera News review of Odysseus Women + Anais Nin in New York ‘It unified the whole into an evocative meditation on femininity in its strongest sense. By the end of the evening the entire cast was fully nude. In the close intimate environment of National Sawdust, this very nudity itself took on a powerful directorial […]
December 9th, “Odysseus’ Women & Anaïs Nin” had its Dutch première in ‘Muziekgebouw aan het IJ’ in Amsterdam. ‘Volkskrant’ wrote this wonderful review about it. Quote: “Dat de vijf zangeressen uiteindelijk geheel naakt op de speelvloer staan, is even moedig als confronterend, maar het is kies gedaan en past volkomen bij de lading van het werk.”
The day before the Dutch premiere of the opera’s Anais Nin & Odysseus’ Women, the Dutch Telegraph published an interview (and action photo) with Jorinde Keesmaat.
October 15th, “Odysseus’ Women & Anaïs Nin” had its première in Brooklyn, New York. New York Times wrote this wonderful review about it. Quote: “What matters in contemporary opera, finally, is the quality and power of the individual works. The Andriessen production may have stretched the definition of opera. But it was gripping music theater.” New […]
October 15th, “Odysseus’ Women & Anaïs Nin” had its première in Brooklyn, New York. The Wall Street Journal wrote a wonderful review about it. Quote: “The directing which was honest felt like the right way to deal with this expliciet, even repellent subject” The Wall Street Journal – 2016-10-31
Jorinde Keesmaat is appointed Guest Director-in-Residence at the Center for Contemporary Opera in New York Jorinde Keesmaat is invited by the Center for Contemporary Opera, New York, to direct a series of four productions over a three-year period. Three works will be by Dutch composers and one work from an American composer. The residency begins in October […]
