Händl offered a fresh set of solo piano renditions inspired by the music of Frank Zappa, a challenging but rewarding task that transforms Zappa’s complex and eclectic sound into a surprisingly intimate and melodic piano experience. Händl guides us through his piano renditions of Frank Zappa’s fantastic and cryptic world . . .
The piece is unapologetically demanding because of its fragmented nature. The first half is an extended build-up consisting of a sumptuous set, live actors, live footage, and the English/Dutch subtitles. The storyline is delivered largely through dialogue primarily in Polish and Latvian.
Aw’s own biography is a migration narrative in itself: born in Taiwan, raised in Malaysia, educated in the UK, and now residing in Paris. This layered sense of belonging infuses his work and was a throughline in the discussion. For Aw, movement is never just physical. It is entangled with class mobility, linguistic alienation, and the burden of constantly having to translate oneself.
Much of the discussion circled around U.S. President Donald Trump, whom Kaplan portrays as a harbinger of deeper structural upheaval rather than a passing aberration. However, it was Kaplan’s diagnosis of our tightly networked, claustrophobic, anxiety-ridden world that struck the deepest chord.
The talented young artists of the Dutch National Opera Academy, alongside the Residentie Orkest, invited the audience into a space of reflection with two one-act operas that confront the realities of war, power, morality, and the human cost of survival.
The show was a sequence of cameos offering an insight into the ancient Yi culture, mainly through song. The Yi people are the sixth-largest ethnic minority in China, with a population of nearly ten million and a history going back 3,000 years. According to Yi legend, all life originated in water . . .
HaagsPianoHuis 64A Noordeinde, 2514 GK, The Hague Behind the facades of and right next to the Royal Palace is the HaagsPianoHuis. Pianists and piano music lovers have been able to indulge themselves here since September 2022. The studio has a refurbished Sauter grand piano, a Yamaha C5 grand piano, a Yamaha grand piano suitable for…
On Thursday, 26th June, Ma Yansong, architect of the amazing new Fenix Museum, will be the guest of honour at the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam for An Evening With…, the latest in a series of regular evening discussions featuring leading figures from the worlds of architecture, design and digital culture.
