( writing essays on music )

a monthly newsletter — 2025

in dec.24, i spontaneously started writing a monthly newsletter on Substack as dis ce que. the newsletter focuses on experimental/contemporary music, composing, listening, and analysing all kinds of works. i mostly enjoy doing comparative analysis or portraits. you'll find below a list of articles published until now, with a short description.

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• july.25:

intersecting (1): first part of a series of articles around Cenk Ergün's work — part 1 is an analysis of the string quartet Celare

• jun.25:

shade/gradient: an in-depth analysis of Catherine Lamb's piece for viola and electronics

• may.25:

exiting pharaohs: on north african choreographic imaginaries

• apr.25:

for kali: reflecting on my piece for kali

• mar.25:

happy womxen, dah: celebrating womxen composers currently in their 30s

• feb.25:

missing case: Loren Rush: an investigation on selected pieces from the composer Loren Rush

• jan.25:

- Yano | Natsu — dancer-travelers: on Yano Hideyuki and Natsu Nakajima

- 'Mustapha Skandrani' — (inadvertently) emblematic: observing different ways we relate to Mustapha Skandrani's pieces

• dec.24:

- self-driven — a few words on Adrian Piper, Catherine Christer Hennix & Katrina Burch: portraits of personal heroes, from a giftedness-informed perspective

- 'assisting' others — reflecting on ± one year of assisting other composers: sharing personal experience of assisting composers for Echonance Festival at Orgelpark in 2024 and 2025

2025

for quatuor bozzini

for string quartet [in progress] — ± 15'00"

a cycle of short pieces for piano/keyboard — 40'00" [in-progress]

for HSO (a chord)

5-8 instrumentalists, <2'00" [in progress]

( writing essays on music )

a monthly newsletter

( curating a series of masterclasses )

at the Institute of Sonology (Royal Conservatory of the Hague)

2024

a piece for vl, vc, fl, cl, harm, pn, and/or computer — 30'00"

recording for siblings

for pf solo, gtr solo, pf & 2 gtrs, and 2 gtrs — ± 60'00"

Für Simon-Jonassohn Stein for Orgelpark

for two programmable organs — 5'00"

(± one year of assisting other composers)

including Cat Lamb, Chiyoko Szlavnics, and Arnold Dreyblatt

2023

for siblings (tempered)

for pf and/or gtr(s) — between 8'00-60'00"

for experiencers (modelo62)

for 2 gtr, vln, vc, cb, fl, cl, trp, pf, harm, perc &computer — ±30'00"

untitled electronic studies

variable combination — 30'00"

until counterfeiting

a talk & a text

approximation pieces

a talk comparing pieces based on 'approximation' & maths

music & the wende, now

a collective endeavor in Latvia

2022

for experiencers

for harp, gtr, cl, vl, tbn, 2 fl, sax, acc, perc, & computer — ± 18'30"

for blandine & maciej

for harpsichord & computer, 17'00"

reconstruction of J. Tenney's Arbor Vitae for sine tones

a programming endeavor —13'00"

an academic experiment

..d'une fenêtre au-dessus

an aside with the rain — 2,30"

2021

36 forms (1024)

for organ (3 organists) —12'00"

untitled collaboration w/ tony guarino

for small sized percussions & field recording — 20'00"

for electric guitar & computer —12'00"

a radio podcast with diverse pieces & personal recordings — 60'00"

for inis:eto series — 45'00"

2020

harbor vite, haye

fixed media (stereo) — 11'00"

for clarinet & computer — 7'00"

2019

untitled something for two organs

for two programmable organs — 5'00"

once racing ceased, essentially the old 166 renumbered

fixed media (8 channels) — 8'00"

a cage through which to listen

fixed media & text — 6'00"

fixed media & text — 6'00"

a solo upper-body dance piece, ± 10'00"

1998

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