30 November 2025. Today, the essay Contemporary Poetry Studies and Cognition by Helena Van Praet was published in Cahier voor Literatuurwetenschap Volume 16 (2025), by the Flemish Association for General and Comparative Literature Studies, Ghent University, Belgium. The full article is available here. In her new article, Van Praet writes: […]
Month: November 2025
rosehart – review aart van der wal, opus klassiek
27 November 2025. Today Opus Klassiek published a wonderful review [in Dutch] by Aart van der Wal of Rosehart, the new album by Rozalie Hirs. Below is its English translation. Aart van der Wal: Rozalie Hirs – Rosehart Last month I wrote about Infinity Stairs – solo and chamber works, […]
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article 10 [prismes], article 7 [ways to climb a mountain] – concertzender
On Wednesday, 26 November 2025 at 20:00 CET, Mark van de Voort presents a broadcast on the Concertzender around the theme “microtonal music,” featuring music by Rozalie Hirs, Fredrik Rasten, Donnacha Dennehy, and Chiyoko Szlavnics. Works by Rozalie Hirs include article 10 [prismes] (2021) and article 7 [ways to climb […]
für ein zartes daheim | for a delicate home – installation by anja utler, museum morsbroich, germany
From 23 November 2025, Anja Utler’s installation if I can only say how_there may be a delicate home will be on display at Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany. The installation includes verses from more than fifty fellow poets, including Rozalie Hirs. Download the brochure here [PDF]. The installation is launched on […]
dagtekening van liefdesvormen – best dutch book designs, stedelijk museum
From 8 November 2025 until 4 January 2026, the exhibition Best Dutch Book Designs is shown at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Part of the selection and exhibition is Rozalie Hirs’ recent poetry book dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Querido, 2024), designed by Michaël Snitker. Each year, the Stedelijk Museum and […]
rosehart (cd, 2025)
On 7 November 2025, the portrait album Rosehart (2025) by Rozalie Hirs is to be released. It consists of recordings of her orchestral works. Listen to the full album on Spotify or other digital platforms.
poet-in-residence, friederike mayröcker-residency, literaturhaus wien
From 3 November to 31 December 2025, Rozalie Hirs (*1965) is the poet-in-residence in Vienna, Austria, as part of the prestigious Friederike Mayröcker Residency Programme. During her residency, she will have the unique opportunity to live and work in the former apartment of the renowned Austrian poet Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021). […]
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article 10 [prismes] (2021) – concertzender radio
On Sunday 2 November 2025, Thea Derks presents a new episode of her programme De Os op het Dak broadcast on the digital radio channel Concertzender. Part of the broadcast today features the composition article 10 [prismes] (2021) by Rozalie Hirs, performed by Marie Ythier (cello). The piece was commissioned […]
come sempre (2025) for soprano and coloratura
Come sempre is a new duo for soprano and coloratura soprano by Rozalie Hirs, commissioned by Susan Narucki and dedicated to its first performers, Susan Narucki (soprano) and Kirsten Ashley Wiest (coloratura soprano). The text is taken from the opening poem of Hirs’ eighth collection, ecologica (Uitgeverij Vleugels, 2023), here sung in the Italian translation by Patrizia Filia, to be published in the Italian edition of ecologica (Nous Editrice, Catania, 2026; forthcoming).
At the heart of come sempre lies the joy of singing — and of singing together. Hirs deliberately writes clear, singable melodic lines that move around broadly conceived, flexible tonal centres, which shift gradually to create a transparent, responsive harmonic landscape. The two voices engage in multiple forms of interaction: dialogue and responsorial exchange, completing each other’s melody or text, shaping a single line together, or moving in parallel melody and functional harmony. Vocal roles alternate throughout, without a fixed hierarchy.