Music@venture

"Ictus, Oxalys, The Hague Percussion Group, Champ d'Action, I Solisti del Vento, Hermes, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Blindman, Collegium Vocale, VRO and others present 'previously unheard' work by Riccardo Nova, Michael Gordon, Raphaël Cendo, Paulus Oomen, Wim Henderickx, Mayke Nas, Anthony Pateras, Matthew Wright, David Young, Dmitri Kourliandski, Serge Verstockt, Yannis Kyriakides, Thomas Smetryns, Kaija Saariaho, Kaffe Matthews, Kurt Ralske, Eric Sleichim, Geert Mul, Tan Dun and several more. The 'enfants terribles' of contemporary music give their wildest dreams free rein. Renaissance instruments with live electronics. A percussion concert without percussion instruments. A hybrid opera. A symphony orchestra put together between three projections of irreparable film material. Voices from bygone eras ground down by modern technology. Joint works by young composers and artists. Graphic scores played by DJs. Watched silence… This is a selection from 'Strange Attractors', the 2007 music@venture, which, as the name suggests, propels the musical experience through numerous surprising polygons. Perception is challenged and the listener is asked to remove his glasses. The venues of St Augustine's Church, deSingel and Petrol are like wombs for a kaleidoscopic view of today's music. A platform for the logic displayed by a generation of artists who want to escape from logic." Eric Sleichim, curator music@venture 2007