IT'S HAPPENING - Today's the day! 🔥
After years of preparation and weeks of rehearsals, we're premiering Theory of Flames.
I'm so grateful for this incredible team of singers, creative collaborators, musical staff, and stage technicians.
See you at a performance?
x Michel
Today is the Belgian premiere of "From Dust" at the Bozar Arts Centre in Brussels. The installation will be on view for two weeks, and you can get your tickets here! 👇
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Voor de nachtbrakers en mede-slapelozen: ik ben tussen 0:00 en 1:00 uur te gast in het radio programma VPRO Nooit Meer Slapen en praat daar over mijn nieuwe opera "Theory of Flames".
Luister hier live (of luister terug):
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Sitzprobe! with the brilliant Mary Bevan, Helen Charlston, Roderick Williams, and Residentie Orchestra conducted by Elena Schwarz
What happens when facts become a matter of belief rather than evidence?
At what point does the person we love – and think we know – become a stranger to us?
Two more weeks until the premiere of "Theory of Flames"!
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In my old life as an audio engineer, I recorded this work with the Ives Ensemble—the longest session I've ever done!
NRC newspaper looks forward to "Theory of Flames". So do I! 😊🎈
Grab your tickets here: www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-nat...
Five years ago, our great American democracy was put to the test, and Donald Trump failed it.
The danger he poses was clear then, and it remains clear now. We must never forget that.
Radiohead @ Berlin
What an amazing concert!
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zelfplug: ik schreef iets voor @filmkrant.bsky.social over Michel van der Aa's nieuwe VR-app 'Here', met voorlopig als hoogtepunt het, in mijn beleving, esoterische The Book of Sand.
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
I'm a bit of a reverb fetishist, currently really enjoying the new Strymon Cloudburst.
HERE is now live – bringing immersive music theater directly into your home!
🔗 Download the PCVR app: here-app.net
🏛️ Try it IRL at NXT Museum Amsterdam until Dec 19
📷 Joost Rietdijk - Launch party
We're hosting a launch party this Thursday (4 Dec) at NXT Museum in Amsterdam. If you're curious and would like to join us, there are limited free tickets available: www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-he...
I'm thrilled to unveil HERE – a new platform bringing immersive music theater into your home.
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yes!
This afternoon, at 16:00 hrs at the Muziekgebouw, the Nieuw Amsterdam Pijl ensemble will play an exciting "Oog en Oor" (eyes and ears) program that includes two of my works: Oog and Memo, as well as works by Brigitta Muntendorf, Molly Joyce, and Younghi Pagh-Paan
www.muziekgebouw.nl/nl/agenda/oo...
The move toward settlements and licensing agreements, distasteful as it no doubt seems to many artists, represents a safer path. And so long as artists can opt out of their work being included, the most obvious direct harm to individuals can be avoided. Still, you can probably imagine what lesson the tech industry will take from this development. Just as Google learned with books, or YouTube did with Viacom, it rarely pays to ask for permission — and forgiveness often comes more cheaply than you would guess.
Record labels had the chance to stand up for copyright against AI scrapers — but now they're folding www.platformer.news/suno-warner-...
The next leg of Abel's tour with our joint composition "Entanglements" is... Italy! 🇮🇹
Tomorrow my new work for reed quintet, "Link," will be premiered at the Muziekgebouw by the fabulous Calefax.
"Link" was written to celebrate Calefax's 40th anniversary. 40 reed quintets from around the world joined forces, and performed a part of the piece: link.reedquintet.net
🍾🔥 Two years of composition. It’s so exciting to finally be holding the full score of my new opera “Theory of Flames”. An indescribable feeling - did I really make this?
The opera will premiere at Dutch National Opera & Ballet in March 2026. Order your tickets here:
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Tonight's Geography of Sound will focus on new recordings of works by Bent Sørensen, Chiyoko Szlavnics and @vanderaa.bsky.social.
Click here at 24h (GMT) to listen: www.rtp.pt/antena2/ or listen to it later here: www.rtp.pt/programa/rad... #radio #newmusic #composers #antena2
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F them.
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