‘One’ to be televised in 2006

The Dutch broadcasting company NPS will produce a television version of the chamber opera One. The production will be recorded in July 2005 and is scheduled for broadcast in 2006. Michel van der Aa will direct this TV adaptation.

The third international tour of One will take place in October-November 2005 and will be produced at festivals in Venice, Milan, Barcelona, and the Baltic states. The next performance in the Netherlands is 20 April 2005 at the chamber opera festival in Zwolle. (photo: Barbara Hannigan)
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Michel van der Aa receives Vermeulen Prize and Siemens Grant

In December 2004 Michel van der Aa was awarded the Matthijs Vermeulen Prize 2004 for his chamber opera One. This prestigious Dutch composition prize is awarded annually for a significant new musical work.
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In February 2005 the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation announced that Michel van der Aa will receive one of the foundation’s Composer Grants. The prize, worth 30.000 euros, will be presented at the official awards ceremony during the Münchner Kammerspielen on 3 June 2005. To mark the occasion, pianist Benjamin Kobler will perform Just Before.
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Looking ahead

Michel van der Aa has just completed Imprint for the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra as part of the project ‘About Baroque’ in collaboration with the Siemens arts programme and the Lucerne Festival (premiere: 27 August 2005 in Lucerne, subsequent performance on 29 August 2005 at the Berlin Festival).
He is currently working on After Life, a new opera for De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam. After Life will be premiered on 2 June 2006 at the opening of the Holland Festival 2006. (photo: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra)
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Upcoming concerts

20 April 2005
One
Chamber Opera. Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Odeon - Dommerholtzaal, Zwolle, Netherlands

24 April 2005
Oog
Hans Woudenberg-cello, Thom Stuart-dancer
De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

28 May 2005
Here [enclosed] (US première)
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, cond. John Kennedy
Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC, USA

2 June 2005
Here Trilogy (Dutch première)
ASKO-Schönberg ensemble, cond. Reinbert de Leeuw, soprano Barbara Hannigan
Utrecht Vredenburg, The Netherlands

3 June 2005
Just Before
Benjamin Kobler, piano
Münchner Kammerspielen, München, Germany

9 June 2005
Between
Synergy, percussion
Sydney, Australia

27 August 2005
Imprint (World première)
Freiburger Barock Orchestra
Luzern, Luzerne Festival

3 September 2005
Imprint
Freiburger Barock Orchestra
Erlangen im Rahmen des Festivals, Fränkischer sommer, Germany

5 September 2005
Imprint
Freiburger Barock Orchestra
Kammermusicsaal, Philharmonie, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany

9 October 2005
One (Italian première)
Chamber Opera. Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

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