28 August 2025. Today Dennis Bajram wrote the four-star review ‘The music of Rozalie Hirs is at once mathematical, colorful, and spiritual’ in the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant. He writes:
“There is no one quite like Rozalie Hirs (60) in the Dutch musical landscape. A composer, poet, and chemical engineer, she brings these disciplines together in a musical language that is simultaneously mathematical, colorful, and spiritual. Infinity Stairs gathers works she composed between 2008 and 2021.
Hirs writes spectral music, rooted in the natural overtone series carried within every sound. The album opens with five Articles: solo works that showcase, among others, the elastic voice of soprano Keren Motseri and the supple electric guitar playing of Wiek Hijmans. Flautist Marieke Franssen dazzles in the virtuosic Article 8 (Infinity).
The most striking piece is the trio Infinity Stairs, where three earlier solo works merge into one. Its intricate foundations can be difficult to fully grasp — though perhaps it’s best not to try too hard. What matters is this: as Hirs reflects and explores, she creates sonic worlds that feel at times familiar, at times uncannily strange.”
Read the review by Dennis Bajram in the Volkskrant edition of 28 August 2025 (online) or 29 August 2025 (newspaper).
Listen to Rozalie Hirs’ full album Infinity Stairs on Spotify or Apple Music.