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World premiere of "Imprint"
Michel van der Aa’s new work Imprint will be premiered on 27 August 2005 at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland. It was written for the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra as part of the project ‘About Baroque’ in collaboration with the Siemens Arts Programme.
The 14-minute composition is scored for a chamber ensemble consisting of two oboes, harpsichord, portative organ and strings (4.4.3.2.1). This virtuoso work, with a solo violin and cello as its focal point, exhibits Van der Aa’s characteristic theatrical elements.
Subsequent performances of Imprint include concerts at the Berlin Festival, Huddersfield Festival, Holland Festival, Fränkischer Sommer and in the Konzerthaus Dortmund.
(Photo Ellen Mandemaker; "fingers" used during Imprint)
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Michel van der Aa wins Charlotte Köhler Price
Michel van der Aa has been awarded one of the Charlotte Köhler Prizes 2005. The Charlotte Köhler Prize is an annual award granted by the Prins Bernhard Culture Fund to three artists in the field of theatre. Michel van der Aa received the prize in recognition of his directing work and for the interdisciplinary nature of his oeuvre. The prize, which includes a cash award of €20,000, was presented at the official awards ceremony on 28 June in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam.
Third tour of "One"
The third international tour of Van der Aa’s opera One will take place in October-November 2005. The work will be produced at festivals in Venice, Milan, Barcelona, Vilnius and Estonia.
This successful opera will enjoy its Netherlands revival in June 2006 as part of the Holland Festival.
(photo: Barbara Hannigan)
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Looking ahead
 Michel van der Aa is currently working on After Life, a new opera commissioned by De Nederlandse Opera and the ASKO ensemble.
In addition to the composition itself, Van der Aa is responsible for the film projections and is also stage director for the production.
The opera is based on the film of the same name by the Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-Eda. After Life is set at a way station between Earth and Heaven. There, guides have less than a week to help the recently deceased sift through their memories for one defining moment to take with them to Heaven. The opera centers on the grudging respect that develops between Mr. Walter, an undistinguished old man coming to terms with his uneventful life, and Aiden, the young guide assigned to help him.
The world premiere of After Life will take place in Amsterdam on 2 June 2006 in the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ. This performance will mark the official opening of the 2006 Holland Festival.
(photo: Kore-Eda and Van der Aa)
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doubleA newsletter - 18 August 2005 - Year 2, Issue 2
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Upcoming concerts
27 August 2005
Imprint (World premiere)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Lukaskirche, Luzern, Luzerne Festival
3 September 2005
Imprint
Freiburger Barock Orchestra
Markgrafentheater Erlangen im Rahmen des Festivals, Fränkischer sommer, Germany
5 September 2005
Imprint
Freiburger Barock Orchestra
Kammermusicsaal, Philharmonie, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany
1 October 2005
Just Before (French premiere)
Ensemble SIC
Festival Musica, Strasbourg, France
9 October 2005
One (Italian premiere)
Chamber Opera. Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
12+13 October 2005
One
Chamber Opera. Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Milano Oltre Festival, Milano, Italy
16 October 2005
Imprint
Freiburger Barock Orchestra
Konzerthaus Dortmund, Germany
17 October 2005
Memo
Barbara Lueneburg, violin
Festival Nuovi Spazi Musicali, Hungarian Academy, Rome, Italy
22 October 2005
One
Chamber Opera. Barbara Hannigan, soprano
NYYD Festival, Estonia concert hall, Tallinn, Estonia
25 October 2005
One
Chamber Opera. Barbara Hannigan, soprano
GAIDA Festival, Vilnius, Lithunia
11+12 November 2005
One (Spanish premiere)
Chamber Opera. Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Festival d'Òpera de Butxaca i Noves Creacions, Sala Beckett, Barcelona, Spain
18 November 2005
Imprint
Freiburger Barock Orchestra
Huddersfield Festival, Huddersfield, UK
25 November 2005
See through
Het Brabants Orkest, cond. John Axelrod
Eindhoven, Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, The Netherlands
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