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Thea Derks

Thea Derks is a Dutch music journalist, specializing in contemporary music. She published the biography Reinbert de Leeuw, mens of melodie (in Dutch).
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Art Srisayam and Bernadeta Astari in Ine Aya'--Photo by Nichon Glerum

Ine Aya’ Addresses the Deforestation of Kalimantan at the Holland Festival

The idea for Ine Aya’ – voice from a fading forest sparked off at a chance meeting between Ind...
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Thea Derks
Molly Pease--Photo by Sera Lindsey

5 Questions to Molly Pease (vocal artist, composer)

Molly Pease is an eclectic vocal artist and composer who sings rock, folk, jazz, neo-soul, classical...
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Thea Derks
Dario Calderone

Opening La Biennale di Venezia: Focus on Zappa, Carter, & Double Bass

The yearly International Festival of Contemporary Music staged by La Biennale di Venezia opened its...
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Thea Derks
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György Kurtág Box Set: A “Royal Gift” Conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw

“Thanks for this royal gift,” writes György Kurtág (b. 1926) in the album on which Reinb...
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Thea Derks
Sabrina Peña Young

5 questions to Sabrina Peña Young on her virtual opera “Libertaria”

In 2010, after winning the IAWM Genre Prize for her multimedia work Creation, Sabrina Peña Young imm...
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Thea Derks
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Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar on New Amsterdam Records

In 1904 the Swiss adventurer Isabelle Eberhardt (born 1877) drowned in a flash flood in the Sahara,...
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Thea Derks
Nicola Benedetti

5 questions to Nicola Benedetti on Korngold’s Violin Concerto

The Scottish-Italian violinist Nicola Benedetti has an unorthodox choice of repertoire. She was elec...
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Thea Derks
Toshio Hosokawa

Hosokawa’s The Raven: Gripping Monodrama

On Thursday, October 25, a heartfelt applause rang out after the last flutterings of Toshio Hosokawa...
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Thea Derks
Cécile Chaminade

French Composers’ Names: Cécile Chaminade

The pianist and composer Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) was admired by the British Queen Victoria, for...
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Thea Derks
Composer Annie Gosfield

5 questions to Annie Gosfield (composer), jury member for the Gaudeamus Competition

Update Monday, September 10: the Gaudeamus Prize 2012 was won by Christian Heuer (1989, Germany).The...
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Thea Derks
Henk Heuvelmans - Photo by ISCM

5 questions to Henk Heuvelmans, director of Gaudeamus Music Week

From Sunday, September 2 until Sunday, September 9 the Dutch city of Utrecht forms the center of the...
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Thea Derks
Emmy Storms - Photo Sanja Harris

NJO Summer Academy ends with a Bang

On August 19, the NJO Symphony Orchestra and conductor Antony Hermus ended their three-day concert t...
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Thea Derks

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