Friends, allow me to share with you the exciting news: The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences announced today that I am a recipient of the KNAW Early Career Award! What a fabulous way to celebrate the twelfth academic-year anniversary of my arrival in the Netherlands and Dutch academia,… Continue reading
I was excited to see our posters up on the streets again last week, in eager anticipation of the reprise of Echoing Europe – Postcolonial Reverberations in November. Today, we indefinitely postpone the restaging once more. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced, last Wednesday, the re-closure of theatres to combat the second wave… Continue reading
Last month, our production “Faust [working title]” at the Dutch National Opera’s premiered. Due to the CoVid-19 regulations, there were very limited seats and the tickets sold out pretty fast. Luckily, the final performance on 24 September has been filmed and is now available for streaming on the DNO website… Continue reading
Date : 25.09 — 25.09.2020Location: Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz, Berlin, Germany For more information see the Sounds Now website. The symposium “Curating Diversity in Europe”, taking place online (September 25, 2020) and offline (May 2021), offers a platform for keeping the discourse on diversity in contemporary music in Europe… Continue reading
This evening, FAUST [working title] will premiere at the Dutch National Opera. In echoing the dialogical process of the creation of the work, I wrote my article for the programme booklet as an epistle to the Artistic Team. In time for tonight’s premiere, I share with you the English version… Continue reading