Israel, with its highly heterogeneous immigrant society, offers to the observer a fascinating instance of multifaceted performance practice. Within a relatively limited area, there are numerous mus...
Veel blazers in Nederlandse orkesten hebben ooit gespeeld bij muziekensemble Contraint. Een geschiedenis. Contraint zocht vanaf het begin qua programmering nadrukkelijk naar een eigen stempel. Avan...
MUZIEKHISTORISCH OVERZICHT VAN BELANGRIJKE COMPONISTEN EN HUN DODENMISSEN De dodenmis (of requiem) is een van de oudste en langst overlevende genres uit de westerse muziekgeschiedenis. Honderden...
Every day, electronic sounds bombard us and add to our stress levels. Well, here's the perfect antidote! Harmonic overtones, which exist in all natural, acoustic sounds, are the multiple tones we c...
The process of practising is intrinsic to musical creativity. Practising may primarily be thought of as technical, but it is often also musically meaningful, including elements of interpretation, i...
The three Mozart/Da Ponte operas offer a inexhaustible wellspring for critical reflection, possessing a complexity and equivocation common to all great humane works. They have the potential to refl...
metaCage investigates the musical practice of John Cage in four essays written by current ORCiM Fellows. Three works (Fontana Mix, Aria and Freeman Etudes) serve as threads that link the contributi...
How best to approach the performance of early music has long been a bone of contention. The same can be said of the instruments used in playing it. The Amsterdam violin maker Fred Lindeman is a pio...